Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Blocks of the Month and Week
April 15 2011 Stars BOM - Pictures. >

April 15 2011 Stars BOM - Pictures.

April 15 2011 Stars BOM - Pictures.

Thread Tools
 
Old 04-27-2011, 06:16 AM
  #111  
Super Member
 
Cuddly Quilter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Tzaneen, South Africa
Posts: 1,305
Default

I am loving all your stars you have made. Well done. Cannot wait to see your next lot of creations. ;-)
Cuddly Quilter is offline  
Old 04-27-2011, 09:42 AM
  #112  
Senior Member
 
seymoore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 571
Default

Whitepine - your stars are stunning. I love the colors you are using!
seymoore is offline  
Old 04-27-2011, 12:08 PM
  #113  
Super Member
 
Floralfab's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,957
Default

Here's my April star. Now I have to finish my house block up. Time sure flies!!
Attached Thumbnails attachment-189938.jpe  
Floralfab is offline  
Old 04-27-2011, 02:04 PM
  #114  
Super Member
 
Crlyn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,800
Default

Originally Posted by Floralfab
Here's my April star. Now I have to finish my house block up. Time sure flies!!
Time sure does fly Floralfab.............when your having fun!! :D
Crlyn is offline  
Old 04-27-2011, 02:05 PM
  #115  
Super Member
 
Crlyn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,800
Default

Whitepine, your quilt is going to be beautiful! :D
Crlyn is offline  
Old 04-27-2011, 02:49 PM
  #116  
Senior Member
 
Lady Shivesa's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: WV, USA
Posts: 748
Default

Gorgeous, gorgeous stars!

I just cut out all the pieces for mine. Might put the block together either tonight or tomorrow. I ended up getting the same pattern from Quilter's Cache, 'cause I'm more familiar with the way she lays out her patterns. :)
Lady Shivesa is offline  
Old 04-28-2011, 01:41 PM
  #117  
Junior Member
 
mstandridge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: jackson missouri
Posts: 167
Default

Originally Posted by Michelle48350
Originally Posted by whitepine
Originally Posted by mstandridge
was gone to my daughters house for Easter and just looked through all the stars. how beautiful everyones are! All the quilts are going to be so uniquie, but like me how many will really be put together when all the blocks are finished
that is where I hit a road block. out of 9 BOM projects only 2 have been quilted.

What is your secret to get to the finished product? Any hints?
Will take all ideas, comments, theroies.

thanks
What is a Quilt-as-you-go? I really need to get these going and together since I now have a new Babylock crown jewel long arm quilting machine. I guess just knowing the machine is waiting for my projects may be enough encentive to finish them up also 1 is for my parents 50th and 1 is for my sisiters 25th both are next year have had the material and blocks all done for mom & dads and the material & pattern for my sisters just havn't made the time to finish them. must prioritze myself. Yeh right, then off on to another tangent

The stars and buildings are my 2nd and 3rd BOM. I did the flowers last year. I have the same question/problem. I haven't done anything with the flowers and am worried I'll do the same with these two. Someone said in another thread that they enjoy the piecing and not the quilting so they just donate their blocks to a group that will finish them and donate to a good cause. I think that's a good plan. But.... I would like to finish them. I think a quilt-as-you-go might work. Also, in December, or earlier, I would like to see people lay out their blocks on the floor if they have a design planned for them.

I have been considering doing this with "quilt-as-you-go" too. I wanted to get a few of the blocks done so I could decide what color back and sashing to use.
mstandridge is offline  
Old 04-28-2011, 03:51 PM
  #118  
Super Member
 
whitepine's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Olympic Pen., WA
Posts: 1,167
Default

Originally Posted by mstandridge
Originally Posted by Michelle48350
Originally Posted by whitepine
Originally Posted by mstandridge
was gone to my daughters house for Easter and just looked through all the stars. how beautiful everyones are! All the quilts are going to be so uniquie, but like me how many will really be put together when all the blocks are finished
that is where I hit a road block. out of 9 BOM projects only 2 have been quilted.

What is your secret to get to the finished product? Any hints?
Will take all ideas, comments, theroies.

thanks
What is a Quilt-as-you-go? I really need to get these going and together since I now have a new Babylock crown jewel long arm quilting machine. I guess just knowing the machine is waiting for my projects may be enough encentive to finish them up also 1 is for my parents 50th and 1 is for my sisiters 25th both are next year have had the material and blocks all done for mom & dads and the material & pattern for my sisters just havn't made the time to finish them. must prioritze myself. Yeh right, then off on to another tangent

The stars and buildings are my 2nd and 3rd BOM. I did the flowers last year. I have the same question/problem. I haven't done anything with the flowers and am worried I'll do the same with these two. Someone said in another thread that they enjoy the piecing and not the quilting so they just donate their blocks to a group that will finish them and donate to a good cause. I think that's a good plan. But.... I would like to finish them. I think a quilt-as-you-go might work. Also, in December, or earlier, I would like to see people lay out their blocks on the floor if they have a design planned for them.

I have been considering doing this with "quilt-as-you-go" too. I wanted to get a few of the blocks done so I could decide what color back and sashing to use.
Quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) is the technique of taking one block, sandwiching it with the filler and the backing, then quilting the one block. Then you join them together in rows, then join the rows. There are different methods of doing this but I've never done any so I have no opinion or advice. I wouldn't be surprised if there are tutorials on this website. Certainly there are turtorials on the web and many books. I would be glad to hear any pros and cons to the different methods from people who may have tried them.
whitepine is offline  
Old 04-29-2011, 10:49 AM
  #119  
Senior Member
 
Lady Shivesa's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: WV, USA
Posts: 748
Default

Alrighty, so I finally put together my April block. I'm not going to lie, it was a bit of a relief to have such an 'easy' block. I still ended up ripping out three seams - but this went together very quickly nonetheless.

I did learn that I can make my points match better if I pin instead of just eyeballing it.

So anyway - here's my Amish star, and then one of my whole collection so far. :)

Originially I intended to have some plain white too - but I ran out!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]190688[/ATTACH]

A quarter of the way through the year!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]190689[/ATTACH]
Attached Thumbnails attachment-190682.jpe   attachment-190683.jpe  
Lady Shivesa is offline  
Old 04-29-2011, 01:41 PM
  #120  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Camarillo, CA
Posts: 4,598
Default

They all look so beautiful together - you will have a spectacular quilt when they are all done!
JeanieG is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
JudyG
Blocks of the Month and Week
715
09-15-2011 05:55 PM
user15356
Blocks of the Month and Week
480
09-01-2011 05:09 AM
SulaBug
Blocks of the Month and Week
351
08-31-2011 08:11 PM
Qbee
Pictures
8
08-07-2011 03:33 PM
candi
Blocks of the Month and Week
20
04-19-2011 09:50 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



FREE Quilting Newsletter