More green stars…

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday by wombatquilts

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!

9Feb2015

A little miniature fun

Posted in Finished Quilts, Paper Piecing Monday by wombatquilts

Any one who is active on Instragram will be aware of the flurry of miniature quilt swaps going on at the moment and last week I finally succumbed signed up for one … now if I am honest I would say that I did not always get what was so cool about miniatures but I finally worked it out…

(a) It is a quilt you can complete quickly and easy and have the satisfaction of a finish

(b) You can try new techniques quickly and easily (I keep thinking they are going to be a great way to practice my free motion quilting).

So with this in mind I had some fun this weekend making 3 inch Economy blocks…

What I love about the Economy block is that it allows for really great fussy cutting and what I love about paper piecing is that it allows for accuracy when working on such a small scale.

I must admit I got a little carried away and finished a whole mini quilt this weekend…

You can find a pattern sheet for these blocks here….Miniature Economy Block and these mini blocks will join my mini log cabin and my mini flying geese patterns in the “Free paper piecing pattern” tab.

I must tell you I am not done yet with miniature patterns…but it is back to green stars next week…promise.

2Feb2015

A heartfelt Paper Piecing Monday

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This week I decided to get into the Valentine spirit, despite my husband poo pooing the holiday at every turn. He strongly feels that it is a holiday that is purely about selling cards and flowers and chocolates. He feels just a little less negatively about Christmas and I ignore him then too!

So in honor the of the upcoming day of celebration…and to annoy my husband, I put together a little 3 inch love heart block…

The pattern for these darling little things can be found here….3 inch pp hearts. The pattern sheet has six of the heart patterns on it. After making my first heart I decided that one little heart was not enough for (1) annoying my husband and (2) making this a substantial Paper Piecing Monday, so I pulled some more fabric from my stash (the first block was done purely with scraps)….

and got to work making this….

Hopefully by the end of the week this will be a darling 18 inch cushion…which I may be allowed to put on our couch…

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!

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?