In the pink….

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This week I am starting on a new paper piecing adventure. It will not be a long one, but hopefully it will be fun. The coming series of blocks is inspired by the impending arrival of a friends baby…

Yep they are having a girl…I wanted to do a quick, scrappy fun quilt for them using snowball blocks. I have designed five 12 inch blocks for this quilt and for a change, I have an idea of what the final quilt will look like!

This first block takes 48 pieces of fabric to make and as you can tell I full embraced the novelty print and pretty pink. Just so that it did not get to sweet and girly I added some dinosaurs just for good measure! You can find the free PDF pattern here….Pink ball one

I hope you will indulge me and my love of pink over the following few weeks as I work to get this quilt done!

9Mar2015

The last green star for a while…

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So I have decided this will be the last green star for a spell…but do not despair I will be back next week with a new colour scheme and paper piecing pattern… but till then I give you my Inner Star…

This cute little number uses the same basic star shape as last week but with some tweaks to the pattern…and is a more manageable 32 pieces…

You can find the free PDF pattern here…Inner Star PP Pattern.

Enjoy.

2Mar2015

Paper Piecing Monday…

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Another Monday another paper piecing pattern… I am eventually going to run out of ideas I am sure, but until then I give you…

The Sunny Star, another 8 inch block. This is a cute one and was pretty easy to put together (no really strange angles) and takes just 40 pieces of fabric.

You can find free paper piecing pattern, in PDF form, here…Sunny star pattern.

16Feb2015

More green stars…

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As promised I am back with some more green stars. I have twelve finished blocks up on my design wall and this block is lucky number 13….

I called this star Nick’s star, after my husband…what can I say I am struggling to find names for some of my patterns! This 8 inch block has 24 pieces and I must warn you is easier than next weeks pattern, which is more complex, but really fun.

You can find the free PDF pattern here…Nick’s Star pattern. I have loved seeing people’s versions of my patterns on Instagram, so go forth and create pretty things!

19Jan2015

Swirling Star Paper piecing Monday

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Today’s block is a very simple block, is really easy to make but really effective…

Just twelve easy pieces and you get a fabulous twisting pin wheel star. I can definitely see a quilt made out of a larger version of this block… The free PDF pattern for this 8 inch star can be found here…swirling star

This is block 11, if I am counting right. I need to start thinking about what I want to do with these blocks and how many I need to make. Usually 12 blocks is enough but as these are smaller blocks I feel I need more… should I make a few more or move onto something else?