Okay, so someone mentioned that they like to see the process that other people take. I started a baby quilt this week so I thought I would photo document the process..

This is not a tute so it's not step by step instructions, just a little something to show how I got there.

I didn't think about taking pictures before I started, so here is my already cut pile.

Oh I like wip pics

I'm very interested in watching this progress.

this will be fun to watch!

next I took those long strips labeled "F" and "G" and sewed them together. To make a the long rectangle under this new piece "D".

I put piece "D" face down on the first part and drew a line corner to corner. Sewed down the line and cut the excess off. Pressed the seam.

me too!

I can already tell by the colors picked that it's going to be a
Pretty Quilt. :D

So now I have a bigger unit that I am going to put new piece "B" on top of.

Same process. Put "B" on there face down. Drew the line corner to corner and sewed. Cut the excess off and pressed the seam again.

Okay, So I'm still "growing" this same unit.

Now, I am adding piece "A". This one is not a diagonal cut. I just layed it on the unit and sewed the side seam.

waiting...LOL

Okay, this completes the first unit of the quilt called "Unit 1". This is what it looks like opened up and pressed flat.

I did each of the above steps 4 times. So I have 4 of these unit 1 pieces ready now.

I cut the pieces over the weekend and I just did these first 4 unit 1's while watching American Idol.. and they took about an hour and 15 minutes.

I'm sorry to say that I will have to stop here tonight because that is all I have sewn!! I will try to do the "Unit 2" block tomorrow night during Idol and post afterwards.

Looking great so far........

Not only do I have a 1/4 of my quilt made already I have all of these cute little off cuts ready for something else. I just sewed the off cuts as they came off and set them aside since they are not needed for this quilt top.

I will bookmark this to watch your progress. This is fun..

WOW I can hardly wait to see the rest get together.

WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP and get to sewing! I can't wait to see how this turns out. Looks simple and quick so far.

May have to make a quilt soon and this may be the one.

ETA Would you post the sizes of each section? Thanks

Oh. I'm sorry... @ REAL WORK right now. Will be evening before I can sew again... lol

I know what you mean "real work" keeps getting in the way of my sewing. And my to do list gets longer every time I drop by the board. I cant wait to see this finished.

This looks fun! Thanks for the pics!

Okay, ladies I am ready to show you the rest! I'm sorry work got in my way today. Unfortunately I have to make money to pay for my nasty habit....fabric!!

I don't think I can post the cutting sizes since this is a pattern out of a book and it is Copyrighted. I will post the info for the book though and maybe your library will have a copy and you can make any of them!!

I will start with the pics on the next post.
Tracy

Okay, I am going to make Unit 2 now. It is very similar to Unit 1 last night. But kind of opposite.

I am going to start by putting piece "E" onto piece "G" and doing the corner to corner thing again.

Mark it, sew down the line, cut the excess and press open.

Next I am going to add piece "C" (the long strip) to that set.
Just sewing down the side seam and pressing open afterwards.

I am adding piece "B" to that set now. Once again doing the diagonal mark, sewing on the line, cutting the excess and pressing open.

We are just building a bigger unit again like last night.

Now I will add that biggest piece again to complete Unit 2. This is some more of "A". I will just sew up the side seam and press open.

This is all of unit 2. I did it 4 times just like last night. So now I have 4 of Unit 1 and 4 of Unit 2 and that completed the main part of my quilt top. Now I just have to cut it into shape.

It will start to look like something very soon!!

Ok, so now I am just going to lay Unit 2 face down on top of Unit 1. And I am marking corner to corner just like it is a big quilt square.

And once again I am going to sew down the line, cut off the excess (which is the not whole side) and press open.

This is where the magic happens and turns into a BIG BLOCK. It is 1/4 of my quilt top.

ARE YOU READY TO SEE IT OPENED UP?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS YET?

SMILES
TRACY

So this is what we get...

This big star block measures about 31" square. So now I just need to add a couple of borders and that is it. It may be a few days until I do them but I will post a pic afterwards so you can see it finished.

This was the important part to see in progress. You all know how to add borders already so no need to document that.

The book is
big one-star quilts by magic (all lowercase)
by Nancy Johnson-Srebro

and there are 14 different stars in 4 different sizes each. I used "wall hanging" size here and borders make it big enough for a baby. I used all flannels. This is a very forgiving method. There are very nearly no seams to match at all until you get to the last 4 blocks and then you just make sure the star edges are aligned.

Some of the stars get more complex and then of course there are more seams. I have done another one of them and it is at Charisma's being quilted now. I will post pics of my work and hers... when it gets here.

Tracy

It SCARES me to think that a quilt designer has a brain that can plan in such a manner to design this process. It's really cool!! Sort of like your own little "mini-mystery"!

Sue

the whole idea is to take the scary out of stars! Everyone is so afraid of y-seams. This is stars out of squares and rectangles to make them simple. I love it!
Tracy

That was awesome! Thank you for sharing the process with us.

I made two quilts from that book, that made me a believer they are the last two of them I will do. They are big stars
and much more than I want to do again. They turned out pretty. I took a couple of classes and only made 1/4 of it in class, I guess if you a long time quilter it is much eaiser.

I love it , Wow I am soooo looking for that book. thanks for the peek over your shoulder. :-D

Wow. I'm impressed. I've always been afraid to even try a star but you make it look easy. Please post which book this came out of.

Wow, I never saw that block coming! That was fun, thanks for sharing the process....

Oh that was cool and it was neat watching you make it. Thanks for sharing

Me neither - thanks for the preview of what looks like an awesome book to add to my shelf!

WOW..that was exciting to watch never thought it would be a star..love it 1!!

That was so interesting watching the 'magic' unfold. Look forward to seeing the finished product. Thank you for sharing.

Please see this post also.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-92522-1.htm

This is the first star I did from that book. Charismah has quilted it for me. I turned out Oh so beautiful.

Now I just have to get brave enough to try this on a bed sized quilt.
Tracy