Quiltingboard Forums - Question and FYI triangles

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Originally Posted by mhansen6 (Post 5807191)

I made this quilt last year. It is not that difficult if you follow the directions carefully. Lots of Y seams.

Your version is wonderful! I love your patriotic take on it.

I was familiar with Edyta and her patterns, but sometimes she had so much beige in them that I just passed them by (even though I do try to look at everything in terms of value instead of color).

But after really looking at this and her other patterns, I really appreciate how well they're designed.

It's not a cookie cutter pattern using a jelly roll with sashing, which sometimes seems to be ubiquitous these days, and bore me to tears.

Designing those as large octagons blocks is really pretty slick.

As for the y-seams, even if you've never done one before, by the third one you don't even think about it anymore (I was in sheer panic on my first Lone Star).
I see at least 16 in the block alone, before joining them to the square and each other.
LOVE it!!

I think if they still freak someone out, the pattern can be easily modified by making those Log Cabin blocks into striped triangles (which is what I thought they were from the op's picture) - you still get the split coloring but you can then make as regular blocks (the stars and alternates).