Stars

Last February during Quiltcon, I joined an online event called Quiltnon.  It was a fun day or two of great challenges via Instagram.   I was lucky enough to win a prize - a 6 month subscription to Make Modern magazine.

This mini star quilt pattern is from the magazine.

I had fun doing some echo quilting around the stars.

I'll be linking up with Finish it Up Friday, Sew Cute Tuesdays, , Freemotion by the River,  Fabric Tuesday's,  WIP Wednesday's,  Let's Bee Social,  and Midweek Makers.



Have a wonderful day! Patty

The plan for the wedding quilt

It feels like I have been posting about updates on the wedding quilt for awhile yet my pictures of progress don't nearly reflect the amount of time invested.

Exactly how impressive is a plastic bin filled with 320 geese and 320 rectangles with stitch and flip triangles?

See what I mean?  There is certainly promise of things to come!

Each block uses two fabrics (plus background) so the first step was to be a matchmaker.  Most combinations of these fabrics worked just fine but some didn't offer enough contrast.

Then I sewed together each of the 4 units that make up a block and left them chained together.

Five of such blocks are kitted inside a plastic bag and now I have an even more exciting plastic box of plastic bags!

We've got a trip planned later this month which will give me some great time to sew so I'm bringing this along with me with the intent of finishing the blocks and the quilt top.

But I was tried of just looking at a single sample block so I un-kitted one of my kits and had fun.

I am loving this!

Finishing the quilt top - the blocks and deciding how much negative space I want - is my official OMG goal for July.  I'll be linking up with OMG here at Red Letter Quilts. 

I also plan to get the binding on my daughter's quilt - finished the quilt label this past weekend.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

repeat QAL - Give me r, s, t & l

Having fun paperpiecing your quilts?

The rest of the letters are available for the repeat QAL - r, s, t & l!!!   (And a day early since tomorrow is a holiday here in the US!)

 Links to the patterns for the vowels - a, e, i & u - plus the letters p & q can be found here.)

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• Download the paper piecing pattern for the letters r, s, t & l.    Note this download has TWO (2) information pages before the actual paper piece pattern sheets so only print the paper piece patterns on your special paper!  (This is your personal copy of the pattern.  Please don't share it with others - just send them to my blog and they can get their very own!)

• You'll need three (3) t's, two (2) l's and one (1) each of r & s ,  Print one (1) copy of each of the paper piece pattern.  

• The letter r will be trimmed to  5 ½  x 4 ¼ ''.  (Finished size will be 5 x 3 ¾ '' ) 

•  The letter s will be trimmed to  5 ½ x 4  ½ ''.  (Finished size will be 5 x 4 '' ) 

• The letter t will be trimmed to  5 ½  x 3 ¾ ''.  (Finished size will be 5 x 3 ¼ '').

 

• The letter l  will be trimmed to  5 ½ x 2 ¼ '' .  (Finished size will be 5 x 1 ¾ '' ).

If you are making the smaller quilt quilt and piecing the letters traditionally, you can get the pattern for the lt block here..  (This is your personal copy of the pattern.  Please don't share it with others - just send them to my blog and they can get their very own!)

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• For overall information on the QAL including any pattern updates, sponsor information and overall schedule, please visit the main repeat QAL page.

• Download a copy of the repeat QAL coloring sheet.

• Fabric requirement and suggested supply list are also available.

• Paper piecing tutorial

Share progress photos in the Elm Street Quilts QAL Facebook group.   Come cheer on others and make new friends.  

Don't use Facebook?  Share your progress on Instagram.  Make sure your tag the photo with@elmstreetquilts and use #ESQrepeatQAL as the social tag.     

Don't use Instagram either?  Send me a progress photo via email to elmstreetquilts at gmail dot com. 

Have a wonderful day! Patty