Okay I had a bit of fun with this block…it is a pointy little number…
It is a little crest like a little star like…and it is uses the easy triangle format that I am a little addicted to at the moment.
This free 8 inch pattern involves only 28 pieces and you can down load the PDF here…Sharp Star.
Enjoy…
After a crazy few months Paper Piecing Monday is back on track. To help myself slowly get back on track I made a green version of one of my Starry Night blocks.
A twenty-four piece cute little thing. The free paper piecing pattern can be found here… Starry Night WQ block 2 and if you want to see my original version you can find it here.
This block uses four triangle pieces to make the completed 8 inch block. Last time I posted this pattern I had a couple of questions about how I put the block together… It is an easy process of sewing two of the triangle together along one side so you get a joined piece…
I then do the same thing with the other two pieces of the blocks…and then sew the two halves together. I find this makes aligning the center piece very easy.
Paper piecing Monday will be back next week with some newly designed blocks….
After three weeks of sunshine, family and fun I am back to the cold wet reality of Portland… with jet-lag and suitecase full of Aussie sweets! It is the said “jet lag” that I am blaming for the lateness of Paper Piecing Monday…
For those of you who have not experienced the joy that is jet-lag, and in particular East Coast Australia to West Coast America jet lag it boils down to this…I want to be asleep when it is daytime and I am WIDE AWAKE at 2 am. Augh!
Enough whingeing and complaining and onto fun stuff…. this weeks block…
In my jet-lagged haze I named this one Simple Star, do not ask me why! The block is a 32 piece baby, and not really simple, but quite effective.
You can find the free paper piecing pattern for this 8 inch block here…simple star. Have fun with it.
Now that I am back home I promise that my posting will involve more than just green stars (not that there is anything wrong with green stars). A couple of months ago my laptop died and I have had to post from my husbands desktop…and for some strange reason I find writing posts in the office, surrounded by masses of Lord of the Rings Lego and Dungeons & Dragons books off-putting and un-inspiring.
But I promise to work through my discomfort and catch you up on some of the exciting things that have happened in my quilting universe in the last couple of months.
Welcomes to the launch of another Paper Piecing Monday adventure. After a little break I found myself back making paper pieced stars… surprise! This time I am focusing on simpler 8 inch stars. First up is…
….a fun, simple fun 8 inch twisting star. I love the four piece structure for this block… it is easy to make and align the pieces and the pattern only uses 28 pieces of fabric!…
I will be revisiting this type of star again I am sure… but to start you can find the free pattern here (with numbered pieces I promise) …Twisting Star block.
Just for fun I also made one of my previous 8 inch stars…
I did this pattern as part of my Starry Night quilt and I thought it was good one to play with in this colour scheme too. The pattern can be found here…WQ Starry Night Block 1.
I am currently playing with a couple of new star designs and having a blast. More next week…
Okay first things first… using a random number generator on my phone comment (much easier than printing out all the comments and putting them in a hat like I did last time!), the winner of my copy of Sam’s Quilt Talk is
WOMBAT QUILTS 
Right now my favorite color is yellow. All shades, from light to dark.
Thanks to everyone who played along, and thanks to Sam for (a) writing this cool book and (b) giving me a copy to give away.
Now onto today’s Paper Piecing Monday… in the continuing saga of the simple square I give you… the Rolling Square block…
This fabulous star is uses similar components as last week but has a very different feel. The components needed are…
As with all the other patterns there is a wonderful variety of ways this block can look…