lone star quilt
07-18-2011, 02:01 PM
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I made a large one last fall, and I loved the process! If you sew the center star together in two separate sections (half and half) and then join in the center it goes together much flatter. If you try to join the sections in a circle, you can end up with a pucker in the middle. If it's a little puckered you can sew a little deeper on some of the seams (across the star from each other) and it will solve the issue. I also did the strip sets method, which is tons easier than cutting a gillion little diamonds.
Here's mine http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-79225-1.htm
Here's mine http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-79225-1.htm
08-02-2011, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
I made the lone star out of the books Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!!
The authors used a strip piecing technique then the strip sets were cut at a 45 degree angle. I found it very easy. The only trouble I had was it volcanoed up in the center. I ripped and resewed just the center bit several times and still ended up with about an "a" cup in the center but it quilted out beautifully. I hand quilted it. Here is a picture.
The authors used a strip piecing technique then the strip sets were cut at a 45 degree angle. I found it very easy. The only trouble I had was it volcanoed up in the center. I ripped and resewed just the center bit several times and still ended up with about an "a" cup in the center but it quilted out beautifully. I hand quilted it. Here is a picture.
08-02-2011, 08:06 AM
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I made a lone star for my third full size quilt. I didn't have a pattern, just a book with a picture and a template for the diamond.
It was hand pieced, and I didn't worry about the bias edges. I just kept going around until it was big enough, figure out how to square it off, added borders and there it was! It's a miracle it all worked out, and I really didn't think it was all that hard to do.
This is the center of it, and the only photo. I gave it to my sister-in-law, and got it back after she died.
Janet
It was hand pieced, and I didn't worry about the bias edges. I just kept going around until it was big enough, figure out how to square it off, added borders and there it was! It's a miracle it all worked out, and I really didn't think it was all that hard to do.
This is the center of it, and the only photo. I gave it to my sister-in-law, and got it back after she died.
Janet
08-02-2011, 10:58 AM
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Read somewhere - probably here - that when you sew toward the center....STOP your sewing at the center 1/4 inch from the end...thus no puckering... I'm anxious to try this theory ... but thought I would pass it on anyway.
Originally Posted by jljack
I made a large one last fall, and I loved the process! If you sew the center star together in two separate sections (half and half) and then join in the center it goes together much flatter. If you try to join the sections in a circle, you can end up with a pucker in the middle. If it's a little puckered you can sew a little deeper on some of the seams (across the star from each other) and it will solve the issue. I also did the strip sets method, which is tons easier than cutting a gillion little diamonds.
Here's mine http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-79225-1.htm
Here's mine http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-79225-1.htm
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