Category Archives: liberated stars

Quilt top sewn together!

Posted on March 22, 2017 by admin

It’s now sewn together. It was rather tricky because some squares got turned around, and I had to rip them out and do them over. I started at the top and sewed four-patches, then sewed the four-patches together. But it’s … Continue reading →

Almost finished, almost ready to sew it together

Posted on March 15, 2017 by admin

I’m almost finished with the layout for this quilt. Any day now I’m going to start sewing the squares together. I’m having a great time adding more little triangles, but I think I should stop really soon. I’m wondering what to … Continue reading →

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Breaking my own rules

Posted on March 13, 2017 by admin

I read somewhere, maybe from Kaffe Fassett that when designing a quilt, you should make up some rules to follow for that quilt. Then, to add surprise and make it more interesting, every so often, you should break the rules! … Continue reading →

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Lots of progress on improv star!

Posted on March 13, 2017 by admin

I got more time to work on this today than I thought I would. See how much I accomplished! I wanted to mention that one of the reasons why I don’t cut out all the squares at the beginning of … Continue reading →

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New improv star quilt

Posted on March 9, 2017 by admin

I’m working on another star quilt. I’m making it about 3′ x 3′. This will be my entry in the Berkeley Public Library quilt show. It’s not due until late April, so I do have enough time to finish it. … Continue reading →

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Matching fabric

Posted on October 5, 2016 by admin

I didn’t have enough of this light blue fabric, so I went shopping. There was only one fabric in the whole store that worked. The fabric on the left is the one I was trying to match. The one on … Continue reading →

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Wonky/traditional stars

Posted on September 28, 2016 by admin

I decided to go with a white on white background fabric for these stars, rather than the lavender in the previous post. However, I didn’t enjoy the process of making this quilt as much as the previous quilt. I love … Continue reading →

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A slow beginning

Posted on September 20, 2016 by admin

I’m working on another version of the previous quilt. For the medallion format, I need 8 of these 4 pointed stars, which will surround an 8 pointed one. I’ve made two different color versions of the 4 pointed star, and … Continue reading →

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Improv star finished

Posted on September 19, 2016 by admin

Improv star is now quilted. Thanks for everyone’s advice on how to quilt it. I used the walking foot to quilt parallel lines, in various improvisational directions. I didn’t mark any lines on the quilt, but used the width of … Continue reading →

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Improv quilt

Posted on September 7, 2016 by admin

I’ve been working on this quilt top for a couple of weeks. It’s an idea for a class I’d like to teach. I’m getting ready to sandwich it and quilt it. Any suggestions for how to quilt it?

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