I have the 30 blocks finished and am now squaring them up. I have them right up next to each other, but they will have sashing and cornerstones between them. The blocks are 12.5" unfinished.

When I complete the top I will post more pics!

I love the script fabric. It would be awesome for a teacher! It's very pretty!

Nice - and nice design wall too

Lovely.

Beautiful job! :)

Beautiful. I love it.

It is for my niece who is a teacher! :D

I love the quilt even without the sashing. I'm sure it will be beautiful either way you finish it.

Very pretty!

I think it looks great as it is without sashing and cornerstones!

Love it!

Georgeous, can't wait to see the finished quilt. The fabric choices are spot on.
Just lovely.

I love that quilt. It looks great just the way it is. It creates such interesting patterns. Great job so far. Thanks for sharing.

Love it with or without the sashing

Sooooooo beautiful!!!!!
You better keep your promise!! :D

Really nice and I am sure it will be just beautiful with the sashing added.

Your quilt is going to be gorgeous. Love the colour combos,
the red stars really catch the eye. Thanks for sharing.
What is the name of the block if you don't mind sharing or did you create it yourself. Thanks.

Very nice, I would like to do one similar to that pattern one day,thanks for posting it!

Very nice, can't wait to see more!

Very pretty. That's going to be one beautiful quilt.

That will be very pretty!! Looking forward to seeing your finished quilt!

those star points are so nice that you should consider leaving off the sashing.
it will make good 16-patches, too.

I'm totally with Butterflywing. It's beautiful the way it is now. Of course, its up to you, I was just thinking aloud.

Lovely!

Lovely.

The block is "Blackford's Beauty" according to Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville site. She uses it in a quilt called "Jared Takes a Wife", which is where I got the pattern.

Very pretty

Thanks to all for the kind comments.

So far this is the most involved block I've made as I am a fairly new piecer. I have been handquilting for longer than I've been piecing because in the beginning I started out handquilting embroidered quilt tops, cheater-cloth quilts, and a pieced top that was given to me. Then I found someone who liked to piece but didn't like to quilt them, so she and I exchanged projects for each other...she did my piecing and I did her quilting!

I, too, like the secondary patterns created by not having sashing/cornerstones, but I really need this quilt to be QS and don't think I have enough of the black and red fabric to make another row of blocks to make it bigger without the sashing.

I started putting the sashing and cornerstones on a set of 4 block last night so that I can see how it is going to look. If I don't like it, I will see if I can eek out enough black and red fabric to make another 6 blocks.

Thanks again for all your kind comments!

I think the pattern is wonderful as it is :thumbup:

Welcome from Florida! That is going to be smashing!!! Can't wait to see it finished!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

That is going to be a gorgeous quilt. I look forward to seeing the end result!

Very pretty!

Okay...here it is with sashing and cornerstones. I just have 4 blocks set together so far.

The first picture is from 10' away...the second picture is zoomed in...

That is awesome!

The sashing really makes the blocks stand out. If you are new to piecing you have a real gift for this particular art form. Thank you for sharing your talent with the rest of us. Beautiful.

I like it reminds me of my colors in my avatar

It's a beauty either way. But you could always add borders on it to make it larger and they need not be the same fabric, just the same colors. You could also add corner blocks of the fabric used in the blocks to tie the border more closely if you like. It's really pretty quilt.

I think it is beautiful and you are doing a great job.

Beautiful!

OOOOh! I can barely wait to see it finished! Sashing and corner stones are perfect to make secondary patterns!