This weeks Paper Piecing Monday block is the second in my snowball series….
I am loving the shape of these blocks and I must admit I may do more than I originally scheduled… this block is adapted from a pattern that came with my EQ program. It has quite a few little bits, and takes 80 fabric scraps to make!
So if you would like to give it a try you can find the free PDF pattern here…Pink ball 2.
Tune in next Monday for another pink snowball block, and another bad pun!
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!
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.
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.
So here is my fourteenth green star block… and I can not believe that there are so many already…
As promised it is more complex than last weeks with 32 pieces but still less than some of my bigger star blocks!
The free PDF for this star can be found here…Lonely Star Pattern. If I was to make this star again I think I would alternate the light and dark greens more, as you would in a traditional Lone Star quilt.
Oh and as promised here is a shot of most of the stars so far (12 out of the 14)…
I am still not sure what I am going to do with them all but a plan is brewing…. I was really inspired by the QuiltCon quilts I have seen on Instagram…so there will be negative space and an off grid layout I think!
WOMBAT QUILTS 