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
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Starry Night… the big reveal
Okay I finally managed to wrangle the Starry Night quilt top enough to get some photos. I must admit there are a few strangling pieces of paper still attached to the back…
but I promised a reveal today so here goes…
As you know, if you have followed this quilts progress, I did not have a plan of how to put this together. I just went with the flow, putting pieces up on the design wall and jigsawing the blocks into a top (a technical maneuver I do not want to attempt again!).
My design wall was too small for it, so I had pieces hanging off the wall and laying on the floor….
My first step was to arrange the star blocks in a rough layout that made sure that they were as evenly distributed and as balanced as I could get them.
I carefully placed the bigger stars around the quilt making sure that the fractured stars were separated as well as the ringed stars. I wanted the eye to move around the top exploring and I felt this was the best way to do it.
I then I placed the smaller stars in the gaps!
Finally I just filled all the spaces with scrappy blue blocks… and voila… you have a finished quilt top. A scrappy, random, crazy quilt top.
Something new for Paper Piecing Monday
Over the next month or so I am going to try something a little different for Paper Piecing Monday. I recently found an old book of quilting patterns at a local thrift store and fell in love with the simplicity but complexity of the blocks. I was fascinated how many of the blocks used this simple square block …
So each week I am going to present a 12 x 12 inch classic block, and the pattern to make it…. starting with the Sawtooth Block.
To make this block you will need 9 components all of which are 4 1/2 inches square unfinished…
You can find the paper piecing pattern for the simple square block, which will be using over the next couple of weeks here…WQ Simple square block For the half square triangles you can easily make these traditionally or you can use a paper piecing pattern which you can find here….WQ Half Square triangle
You can also traditionally piece the simple square but I love the accuracy that you get from paper piecing for this. It also allows you to get your fussy cut center just right .
When you have made all your components, lay the block out and then start piecing it together.
You can remove the paper at this stage, particularly if you have traditionally pieced the half square triangle corners. To complete my block I sewed the three blocks together in rows and then sewed those rows together. Easy.
With all the blocks I will be showcasing over the coming weeks, there is so many ways to interpret the pattern. I will be using Lizzy House’s Catnap fabric range for all my blocks, but the patterns work just as well with solids and scrappy colour play as they do with complete fabric lines.
You get different feeling blocks depending on how you choose to place your colours and fabrics….
there really is so many options and so much you can do with just this block….
This is definitely a pattern that I will be revisiting. I already have a plan for a whole quilt just out of Sawtooth blocks.
So see you next week for another traditional block given the paper piecing treatment….
Mixed Medium paper piecing Monday
Today’s paper piecing pattern is a little bit different from my usual fair, as it is a lovely mix of traditional piecing and paper piecing, not that you can tell from the results….
The pattern I used is Lee at Freshly Pieced’s Arkansas Traveler block. Lee’s instructions are easy to follow and I loved making a block that had a little bit of traditional piecing
as well as some good old-fashioned paper piecing….
This is the block I am setting for August for my Do Good Stitches group. I can not wait to see how everyone in the Hope Circle interprets this block….
A smattering of quilt blocks…
I can not believe that June is nearly over…. this year is slipping away way to fast. It was with a small amount of panic that I realised this week that I was running out of time to finish up some of my Bee blocks, so armed with a pile of fabric, my iPad and a caffeine enriched beverage I set to work.
First up was the June blocks for my Do.good.Stitches bee…
The block is a great log cabin variation…Though one block does not look that exciting, put four of them together and you get a fabulous orb pattern…
While we are on the subject of Do.good.Stitches Bee blocks, here is May’s blocks which were a blast to make…
I have not done a cross block before and loved how easy it was to do. I got a little carried away with this block and made a few extra. I used Rachel from Wooden Spoons easy dimensions to make the block…plus lots of starch!
The final lot of Bee blocks I got done this week is a repeat of a block I did last year….
Yep the mini flying geese crazy is back. This month it was Stephanie from Quarter Incher’s turn to be Queen of our ScrapBeeLicous Bee, and she choose the Liesl Made’s Flying Geese Block. Yipee….
So I retooled my paper piecing pattern and set to work raiding my scrap stash. I actually think the only way to make this kind of quilt is to do it as part of a Bee (and to paper piece ti!). There is no way you want to be making more than a few of these blocks… okay there is no way I could make more than a few of these blocks and remain sane!
As it is Wednesday there is only one thing left to do….link up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday.
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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…