Pattern I.D.
 

Hi I'm Kathy,

I've been on here a couple of years I think, but never talk. So hear I am requesting help with this pattern. Can someone tell me what it is. I know its a 6 pt star, but the over all pattern is what I'm interested in.

Thank you
Kathy

This is a Seven Sisters Quilt Block. Here is an example http://www.shop7sisters.com/sevensistersquilt.html
Or you can Google Images "Seven Sisters Quilt"

I'm happy you finally wrote and showed us that star pattern. Glad you could join us.

Yep, Seven Sisters is what you've got there.

Jan in VA

Thank you from the bottom of my heart..

I'll try to participate more. :-) Love this forum. I have learned so very much..

Inklingo has a pattern for that block, if you like to hand-piece.
http://www.lindafranz.com/blog/how-t...oscope-star-1/

I have a house plant that blooms the sweetest-smelling flowers, it looks like that block.

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Your houseplant is a Hoya, and the blooms certainly are sweet! I received a cutting last year and I was blessed with a few blooms this year, love it!

You mean that is a real plant! It is beautiful. I thought the centers were those beads from Hobby Lobby that look like flowers, so I just assumed it was not real. Wow! I am going to have to go google this.

Dina

Yes, it's real. I have 3, taken from a cutting of my mother's plant which has to be at least 30 years old. She always called it a wax plant, the flowers are waxy in texture. They are very easy to propagate and care for, they prefer to be left alone. I LOVE when they bloom because the scent is so sweet.

I love to hand piece.

WOW I have this plant for almost 15 years and just learned what it was THANKS!!!

Now Adamsallekat aren't you glad you wrote. All of us learnt about quilt pattern and a plant name.

W*O*W such a beautiful bloom.
I Have never seen this one before.
I would love to have one.
J J

I'd love to find out how/where to get one also, going to see if they will grow here in zone 4/5

Inklingo
 

If you love that pattern you really need to check on Inklingo. I have no connection except enthusiam. Linda Franz is not only talented but incredibly helpful. Inklingo will open a whole new world to you. (can machine piece too).

Very pretty quilt block. I enjoyed the hoya picture. I used to have 1 and it was so pretty. Left it in the care of our dd while we lived out of state and it died. I'd love to have another. I'll have to keep watching for one.

Hoya
 

I have two different versions of the Hoya. One is just like the pic on here & one has much larger leaves. The one with the larger leaves is about 6 yrs. old & has never bloomed & the other one must be at least 3 yrs. old & has never bloomed. Will you please tell me how you look after yours? I was told they have to be pot bound , before they bloom.

where can i get one please:)

I had a hoya plant for years and it was in a pot in my house. It was always in bloom. The little flowers on mine were always closed and would open up in the evening and that's when they would let off the sweet smell. Where I live you can purchase them at any garden center. They are very easy to look after and only need a little watering.

Same here! I had cuttings from my mom's plants. She always had hers in bloom and mine never did! Till today I don't understand why. I do everything the same and still no flowers. Now I have a cutting from my neighbour's plant and the same thing happened. Mine bloomed once and never again!

Well, I'm not sure I'm going to be of much help in figuring out how to get the hoyas to bloom. I pretty much ignore them! They only get watered when I notice they're droopy, I haven't fertilized in probably 2-3 years, and I've never repotted them. They bloom in spring when the days start getting longer. They live in the sunnier side of my house.

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We had a pre 1900 seven sisters quilt in the shop. All hand made hand quilted and in absolutely perfect condition. The colors had not faded and there were no worn spots, I loved it!