Beware of pattern!!
 

I have embarked on a new project that I saw on this board. It is a quilt that was named jelly roll starburst by Kimberly E...forget the spelling of the last name. I thought that it was a nice looking quilt that I could use for my cancer quilt in June. I cut all of the pieces at home in January and have started to work on it in my RV. I am in Miami at this time. So...I started attempting to sew my pieces together and they WOULD Not match up. I measured, measured checked everything to make sure I did not mess up the cutting. I did not. My pieces are exactly as the pattern states. I complained to another quilter that is also staying at this campground. We sat for a long time with the pieces, pattern and measures. We finally agreed that there is no way this quilt can be made with these directions. So now, necessity being the mother of invention...I am creating another quilt using all the pieces that I have cut. So beware of free patterns. And big question...has anyone made this quilt? Did my instruction get messed up in the download? Thanks for reading. I will post a picture of what I come up with for this quilt! Frustrating!

This pattern sews pieced diamonds cut on true bias without the Y seam. It can be very difficult if the bias is stretched any at all. I wouldn't attempt cutting and sewing the pieces without stabilizing the fabric first. She sure made the pattern as difficult as possible!

Curious about this and don't recall the pattern..anyone have the info?

It is a free pattern from Fairfield. http://www.fairfieldworld.com/pattern/131 it is really a beautiful pattern.

It is simple to find info: Google: jelly roll starburst by Kimberly

I starched the heck out of fabric. I know I did not stretch it!! Has anyone made it and did it turn out for them?

I have found errors in a couple of patterns I have tried from quilt books. One pattern said to cut so many pieces out of a bigger piece and no way could you do it. I usually make up my own.

Reba, was it Kimberly Einmo? I googled her site but couldn't find a starburst free download. Maybe that's not the right Kimberly.

Absolutely frustrating and expensive, because you use fabric intended for the project and don't get those results. I do not trust most patterns. I read it all several times before I begin. Then I let it roll around in my brain for a day or so to be certain that I'm on the right track.

Can you be more specific about what is wrong. From the look of her directions, it should work.

I put a lot of my patterns in my EQ program but I doubt if I could put this pattern since mine is an older version. The reason I do it is to have a backup copy in case the pattern goes yo play "hide and go seek" !! Also, then I can put my fabrics I am using into the pattern and see if the color selection will work. Good Luck with your redesign !!

There is a download on the left column. Beautiful quilt.

why don't you contact kimberly. I have seen this pattern used as one of her road2ca quilt show classes and if she used it for that I would imagine it would have to work or everyone in the class would have been mad. I am sure kimberly could help you with any questions, there is a contact in uper right screen of her blog

http://www.kimberlyeinmo.com/category/studio-tour/

also there is some info about book corrections, don't see that particular name but there is info on the Lonestar that might help? http://www.kimberlyeinmo.com/wp-cont...-info-8523.pdf

It's a pretty pattern and looks correct to me. Can you post pictures of your fabric pieces and the tools you're using to cut the diamonds? There's two easy ways that I can see for this pattern to go wrong. I don't see any seam allowances (there's room for mistakes to happen here when cutting odd angles) and maintaining a perfect or near perfect 72* angle on the diamonds would be tricky at best without some sort of jig. It wouldn't take too many small errors to throw the whole thing off.
Rodney

The first thing I would check are the seam allowances where you joined the pairs of jelly roll strips together. If that was even slightly off and/or inconsistent, the center points of the diamonds will be off and they will not line up properly.

The entire quilt relies on the accuracy of that seam, but it's obviously much easier to check it BEFORE you cut the diamonds. Not sure how to advise you to fix it at this point if that's the source of your problem, sorry.

I see nothing wrong in the instructions at all, though she does 'assume' a ¼" seam allowance. Because the cuts are 45º, they should be fairly routine and easy to execute with almost any ruler.

I have not made this particular pattern but I made another one called diamond mine! not an easy thing for sure. I took it at our lqs before it closed. The biggest hint we were told is that you can't line up a diamond four patch like you do a regular four patch. You have to offset them by about quarter inch. I am unsure how to explain this better. If this does not make sense please let me know.

The two stripped pieces will be difficult to piece together correctly because of the angles. What I would have to do is take two strips to the ironing board, then use a pin straight down through the seams on both, 1/4" from the edge. This will mean the edges of the strips are offset. I would then use a drop of Elmer's washable school glue in the seam allowance and iron that to "glue baste" the pieces together so that intersection will work out. This technique is not explained in the directions, but I think it's why this pattern is designated "skilled intermediate/advanced". If I can find a good tutorial on this, I will post it.

Edit: This isn't exactly the same, but it does show the offset that is necessary in order to match seams on diamond shapes:
http://six-white-horses.blogspot.com...-tutorial.html

Beautiful pattern but no I have not made it. BUT ran into similar issues with a baby quilt I made recently was was a free internet download. Very frustrating indeed. But the reality is, I guess it can happen with patterns we pay for also as I've seen many threads here recommending checking various sites for pattern corrections. Hope the other suggestions here make things work for you.

I want to thank everyone for their input. I think that I cut and joined correctly. I am taking all the cut pieces and making a quilt out of them. I think I came up with something that will look pretty good. I saved a couple of diamonds, and parts a&b to play with. I also may try to cut he pieces for one block out of paper and see what happens with the angles. My friend and I were really perplexed with this pattern! I wonder if my download messed something up. Thanks again.

I pulled up the pattern, pretty but not something I would make - guess, I'm not that much into stars. I did read the instructions though and it seemed pretty straight forward - if it were a pattern I wanted to make, I would certainly give it a try. I do use Best Press/Starch on projects that I know will have bias edges. I make mostly scrappy quilts so I use a lot of Best Press/Starch on all my pieces, since I never know which way they will end up.

Good luck with your quilt, can't wait for you to post pictures of your finished quilt.

It looks pretty simple once you join the first section to the second, the you have a square to attach to other star squares. If you look at the sections, you are taking your diamonds cut from he stips, sewing them together for a four patch, adding the side triangle and then adding the next triangle to the other side. If you break down the square in the two sections visually, you can see how they all go together with no Y seams. There are only three pages of instruction in the PDF, are you missing one of the pages? If not, you have all of her instructions. Best wishes

that was a beautiful block' i would not be able to do that.

Patterns I have a tendacy to start out with a pattern and end up doing my own thing.

Kimberly Einmo is usually right on, but that pattern looks like it could be as difficult as the one I just finished. Since the block is for a swap I wanted it to be as close to perfect as I possibly could make it. The y seaming just about drove me over the edge, well to be truthful I've been over the edge for many years; but, I watched a video on youtube.com by Kaye Wood saved what sanity I have left. Since that I have decided that I will not do any stars that require a y seam and there many. So while I can certainly appreciate your frustration it seems like no matter how carefully you cut your pieces there will always be that one pattern that won't work. I always blame myself, you just proved that there could be another culprit.

I don't know if this will be any help in the future. I always make a block first to see if I can make it.

I agree mistakes can happen but when people are informed they should print corrections.
My friend ended up following a pattern from a magazine and ended up cutting far too many for a king size quilt. Informed mag and they didn't even apologise or put corrections.
This is a quilter who can only follow directiOns and does it very well. Any mistakes and she is in trouble.

Here is a link to a thread I posted last year. http://www.quiltingboard.com/links-r...t-t218052.html If you scroll down, you will find some links I added to her website, as well as comments from somebody who was doing one, having trouble, and after going to those links was able to complete the project.

Here is a link to her finished quilt: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...y-t227475.html

For what it's worth, it's not just free patterns that this happens with. In the current Jo Morton Little Women Club, at least four of the patterns have errors. Some of them have corrections listed on here website, some not. It is so annoying to pay for the pattern, but the fabric and find out that there is no way for it to work!

Yes this! I must admit also cutting for a whole quilt to make my own kit to take along because I was going some where. Fortunately I have not run into any problems but your experience reminds me to make a test block.

I made this pattern for my granddaughter and had no problems. Made a beautiful quilt.

I Herd Ewe, that's gorgeous! Love the fabrics you chose. Is that her name on the quilt?

Hi Peace and Joy,

Thank you! Yes, that is her name in Korean writing appliqued on the center block. It says Jangmi which means Rose in English so her quilt is quilted in roses. That quilt is straight from the pattern except for the half stars added across the top to fit her twin bed with a pillow tuck. I found the pattern fun and easy and would do it again.

What a great addition to the quilt - and clever to include the English translation into the quilting, too. Asian symbols astound me - representing both a character and word, so hard to wrap my mind around. Yet the symbols are so graceful, they become art unto themselves.

Hangul (the Korean script I wrote Jangmi's name in) is actually an alphabet of 24 letters. The letters are grouped in syllables rather than written linearly as we write with our Roman lettering but, like our own alphabet, each letter represents a sound. Hangul is quite different than the stylized picture writing used in many Asian countries where each symbol represents a word. Called Kanja in Korea, Kanji in Japan, and Xandzi in China or Hantu in Vietnam, it has over 10,000 different symbols. I also think Hangul looks beautiful and handwriting skills seem far more emphasized in Asia so everything written appears more like our calligraphy than our basic scribbled script even when it is written using their basic alphabets rather than the elegant and more meaning filled Kanji.