Remember when so many people wanted to know about the quilt behind Jenny Doan?

**AlienQuilter** · 02-06-2013, 05:12 AM

Well, she has done a tutorial on how to make it. It's called Periwinkle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubaCTtzKfR0

**dakotamaid** · 02-06-2013, 05:32 AM

I watched that demo this morning. One question, when she showed her completed block there was no way you could sew those blocks together without cutting off the points of the periwinkle. Did I miss something?

**PatriceJ** · 02-06-2013, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by dakotamaid

I watched that demo this morning. One question, when she showed her completed block there was no way you could sew those blocks together without cutting off the points of the periwinkle. Did I miss something?

if you watch closely you will see that by cutting along the bottom of the triangle paper she is also cutting off what could/should be the quarter-inch seam allowance for assembling the block.

if you lay your 1/4" line along the paper (thus cutting 1/4" below the bottom of the paper) you will not create snub-tailed kites when you assemble the block. my mental geometry is a bit rusty, but i think that might result in a rectangle that can be trimmed back to a square. since you would not be trimming at any points or point-joins, the blocks should all go together properly.

**AlienQuilter** · 02-06-2013, 05:37 AM

Good question. Hopefully someone will be able to answer that. I was hoping it would not be paper pieced, but it is.

I wonder if you can do the same block using a triangle template with a quarter square triangle block in the center?

**ksdot417** · 02-06-2013, 05:39 AM

Thanks for sharing the link.

**dakotamaid** · 02-06-2013, 06:01 AM

So it is just set on point. Looks like the angles might be a tish different (sorry, I'm anal about angles!) but more or less the same block.

**dakotamaid** · 02-06-2013, 05:42 AM

I'll get out my graph paper later and see! That was also alot of white yardage!

**judylg** · 02-06-2013, 05:49 AM

I am working on something similar, it is one of those quilts that you work on and work on, get tired of it. Have not done anything since last fall, it was a way to use up my scraps, with white and peach centres. I am going to find the directions, it is done the same, with the template in the centre (white) and then strips were added on either side. Found it, check out quiltville....spiderweb. The picture of the spiderweb quilt has red where I have white. I did use up a lot of strips of fabric, when I found I was using too much light or dark, I cut strips to add some more color contrast. She gives directions to make your own template, so no buying new templates, which I like. I sewed it on thin computer paper. If I get it done and get around to it will post. It is a great way to use up fabric!

**AlienQuilter** · 02-06-2013, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by judylg

I am working on something similar, it is one of those quilts that you work on and work on, get tired of it. Have not done anything since last fall, it was a way to use up my scraps, with white and peach centres. I am going to find the directions, it is done the same, with the template in the centre (white) and then strips were added on either side. Found it, check out quiltville....spiderweb. The picture of the spiderweb quilt has red where I have white. I did use up a lot of strips of fabric, when I found I was using too much light or dark, I cut strips to add some more color contrast. She gives directions to make your own template, so no buying new templates, which I like. I sewed it on thin computer paper. If I get it done and get around to it will post. It is a great way to use up fabric!

Wow - just looked - you are right! Just reverse the background and it's the same block.
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...pider-web.html

**momsobon** · 02-08-2013, 10:01 AM

Well this quilt I think is beautiful...I have done some research on this quilt and it is also called Arkansas Star..I thought that 7 1/2 yards was a little much..so I drew it on paper..then low and behold I found templates on the internet from Austraila that makes it all with templates (3) the octegon shaped piece is one piece between the stars. I have seen it done using hst for the center. I cannot wait until my templates come....I like the one piece for each star point I am thinking of making this for my daughter......

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