Traditional Block: Hexagon Star (Large)

My last entry for:


Hexagon Star (Large) -- Handpieced without English Paper Piecing

This is a rather large block, though it's deceptive in pictures. As the larger of the two stars I designed for my 'Garden of Stars' quilt, this one is made from 72 hexagons that are slightly smaller than 3 inches.

Traditional Block: Hexagon Star (Small)

Another entry for:



Hexagon Star (Small) - Handpieced (without English Paper Piecing)

This is one of two blocks I designed for my 'Garden of Stars' quilt. How they came to being was quite simple -- after *cough,cough*twenty*cough,cough* years of sewing hexagons into 'flowers' I needed something new. I stumbled upon a hexagon star pattern from the 30s and it eventually evolved into two stars. This is the smaller of the two.

Creative Block: Origami Pinwheel

Another entry for:


Origami Pinwheel

Each pinwheel is formed from folding one fabric, pinning it in place and then sewing the seams. Once the pinwheel is formed, you could either tack down the corners or do what I did in both examples below, roll the edges down and hand stitch them to form the curve.

Example One


Example Two


PostScript -- As a favour to someone, I'm working on a tutorial on how to make this simple block. Hopefully I will have it done by the end of the month.

Traditional Block: Lover's Knot

If you haven't heard, Quiltstory is hosting a Block Party.



Here is one of my entries:

The Lover's Knot

This is one of my favourite blocks to make; however that wasn't the case. I had some left over material from a previous 'Lover's Knot' and wanted to play with the block again. It's a simple block made complex by the ordering of the fabric.





To achieve the interlocking knots that are characteristic of a quilt using The Lover's Knot pattern, the quilt requires two blocks made from the same material (the fabric is ordered differently); hence two pictures.