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!

27Jan2015

Better late than never….

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Paper piecing Monday just did not happen yesterday. After spending 5 days celebrating Russian Christmas with friends at Hood River we got home late last night and I just could not get my act together enough to post. I blame the vodka, the lack of sleep and the rip snorting good time I had. So without further ado here is Paper Piecing Monday’s latest block…

I like the pointy light green spike behind the dark green star. I used the lightest greens for the background points so they almost fade into the sky….

I branched away from the triangle blocks this week and went with simple square components. You can find the free pattern here….Star petal I promise the PDF has a numbered pattern, unlike the one in the photograph! I once again blame the vodka!

10Dec2014

Catch Up #1… Teaching paper piecing

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The first lot of news I wanted to share was that just before I left for Australia my fabulous local quilt store – Modern Domestic – asked me to teach introductory classes on paper piecing. My immediate response was YES… of course…I want to corrupt/bring to the darkside as many quilters as I can.

I love paper piecing and love the amazing results you can get from the process. It initially surprised me that so many people had not tried this technique (I wrongly thought that everyone started with paper piecing and went from there!).

So for this class I designed a 16 inch star block, which can easily be turned into a pillow.

It really is a pretty easy pattern but very effective. This sample uses some of my Liberty bits and pieces, a splash of Kona cotton and Essex linen for the background. I loved how this sample turned out… but I did not stop there. I also made…

A Pearl Bracelet version…of course.

If you are interested in the class you can find all the details on Modern Domestic’s website…JUST CLICK HERE. My first class is next week, and we plan to offer this class throughout next year.

8Dec2014

Paper Piecing Monday…the jet lagged edition

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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.

14May2014

Paper piecing Wednesday!!!!

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This week’s paper piecing adventure was delayed a few days due to the SMS Giveaway… my apologies. But I think it was worth the wait… okay I am a little biased…what do you think?

A little bit about this particular pattern… it is a free paper pieced pattern from Craftsy called Compass Flower by Quilt Art Designs. The pattern is for a 25 cm (9 inch) compass star, has 80 pieces and is definitely not a “simple” pattern in my classification system as it has 16 paper pieced parts.

It is more a medium level pattern. What made it a little more interesting is that there is no instructions on how to put the pieces together and a small hiccup with the numbering system – there is no “G” on the pattern. Luckily it is not rocket science and goes together pretty easily (A is attached to B, C is attached to D and then you attach AB to CD etc).

As with all my paper piecing blocks this month this block is headed to Sarah @nohatsinthehouse.com for her charity quilts #opgivewarmth. I am having so much fun with these charity blocks… who knew doing good could be so much fun!