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.
A couple of weeks ago, at one of our Guild Sew Days I got an amazing burst of creative energy. It all started with the fabulous Bill Volkening and his amazing collection of vintage New York Beauty quilts. Bill is a quilt collector extraordinaire and a collection of his 1970’s quilt hung at QuiltCon last week.
Anyway Bill was showing some of us the roughs for a new book he has done which highlights his amazing collection of New York Beauty quilts from the 1850’s through to modern. I had never seen such an awe inspiring collection of quilts and I was immediately drawn to the wonderful patterns that were used to make them. If you are interested in seeing what I am talking about Bill has a fun slide show of 30 of his New York beauties up on line HERE.
Having just conquered my fear of curved piecing I thought I had to give this block a go, just to see if I could do it. The second part of the inspiration came about 20 minutes later when a friend from PMQG gave me the most amazing gift… a tin of Mirror Ball fat quarters. It seems Tracey had bought the tin years ago, before I had discovered the magic of Mirror Ball and not used it…she had seen my love of Mirror Ball first hand at the PMQG retreat (I may have drooled over her fabric) and decided to gift me her tin of magic. I was at first speechless and a little teary. It was such a generous gift and I do LOVE Mirror Ball. Anyway a long story short while I was petting my new fabric I stumbled across this colour scheme…
…and my new project/obsession was born. So this week I have been making New York Beauty blocks…
…lots of New York Beauty blocks.,..
I found some paper piecing patterns for blocks in my EQ7 program and I have been playing…
There has been lots of unpicking and learning but I am having fun. I am not sure what final layout will be but for now I am just enjoying the fun of making these blocks. Each one is different…each one is unique…each one has sparkle in it.
I am linking up with Lee and Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday.
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!
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!
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