Stars

After two weeks break I sewed four stars for my starry quilt today.

I tried to focus on Pinwheel stars... but there is only two pinwheels and one... odd... variation of it.

Do you remember last week's Designer Mystery block 'County Fair'? Then I dreamed of doing a star variation of it...

... and now it's here;o)... the biggest star on the left.

If you like to sew it, I give you cutting instructions for the middle part of the star. The points of the star are made same way as in the Basic Sawtooth Star pattern.

Fabric A: cut two 3 7/8" x 3 7/8" squares

Fabric B: cut one 3 7/8" x 3 7/8 square

Fabric C: two 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" squares

Fabric D: cut one 3 7/8" x 3 7/8 square

Fabric E: two 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" squares

Oh, maybe it's better that I give you also some sewing instructions?

First draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the Fabric A squares. With right sides facing, layer one Fabric A square with a Fabric B square. Stitch 1/4" from each side of the drawn line. Cut apart on the marked line. You will get two A/B units, which should measure 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". Repeat this with Fabrics A/D.

Now you should have four HST units on your sewing table ;o). 

By the way... I pressed all the seams open.

Then draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the Fabric C and Fabric E squares. With right sides facing, layer Fabric C with Fabric A/B unit and Fabric E with Fabric A/D unit. Pay close attention to the direction of the Fabric A/B and Fabric A/D units. Stitch on the drawn line and trim 1/4" away from the seam. Don't throw away those trimmed pieces! You can sew the middle part of 8" star of them!

Now you should have two Fabric A/B/C and two Fabric A/D/E units, which should measure 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".

Sew those units together... you see assembling from the photo above.

Tadaa! 

You have now sewn the middle part of the star...

should we call it as a variation star of 'County Fair'?

 Oh my, there is many little stars undone...

What else I have done...

Virtual Quilting Bee continued last Friday... ... with Going Dutch block #4.

I like the other blocks, but somehow the third block is not my favorite. It's so different than the others...

if I tell you the true, I regret now that I used the blue Fat Quarters of Beach House to it.

I also got ready the fifth block of Pumpkinville BOM...

and started to applique the row of the pumpkin cars;o)

Now I have updated my doings... what is going on there at yours...?

I WISH you A CreAtive WeekEND!!!

The Flu...

has had ME in it's grip this past week...

and I'm still keeping more a handkerchief in my hand than a needle...

In my sewing room is heard...

 more male voices than voice of the sewing machine.

But yesterday I forced myself to sew at least one block this week!

 It's block eleven of 2012 Designer Mystery called 'County Fair', designed by Julie Comstock.

When I look the block closely, I clearly see a new pattern for my Starry -quilt.

ATsCHIII!!!! 

Oh, I'm so sorry!!!

Luckily we are not now face to face... and you are safe behind your own desks...

I have found a lot of new inspirations in these two books...

... above is a Finnish version of the newest book by Arne & Carlos 'Neulo kesä kotiisi',

below is the book by Ayumi Takahashi 'Patchwork, please!'

Tomorrow I'll try to spend some time 'in Pumpkinville' ;o)...

I'm now appliqueing block six...

hopefully I'll finish it tomorrow

Above is block five, which I got ready last Sunday...

before this horrible disease struck... ATShiuuuu!

Sorry again!

See you next week

... hopefully in more healthier atmosphere...

Pumpkinville BOM Rehab

I spent almost the whole Sunday with block five of Pumpkinville...

not all the day, only three or four hours... 

 ... appliqueing the pumpkin houses...

... and preparing the pumpkin cars for the row block.

Now there is all the small things (lot of windows, doors..) ahead...

maybe I have to focus more on Pumpkinville this week;o)

Again happy stitching...

PS. If you are doing BOM, Sinta Renee at Pink Pincushion is collecting the news of your progress every Monday here...

BOM Rehab

Perhaps I must close the internet connection to the quilting pages....

You can't never guess, 

but I sewed a block for the NEW BOM... new bom... yes, you read it right!... NEW BOM!

a new BOM is the Aurifil Designer of the Month.

Designer of January was Erin Russek and I'm an avid fan of her appliques! So how could I resist to make her block, Jumping Jack Flash?

There is a star... 

and it's size is 12" x !2"... 

so it may fit in well with the other star blocks...

Do I explain now too much my addiction for the BOMs?

... and IF I post my block to the flickr.com group, I might win some marvellous Aurifil threads!!!

No way, I'm not gonna be outside of when this fun happens!

Besides Jumping Jack Flash block was very quick and easy to make...

... because I found those half square triangles, which I used, from this scrap bag. These HSTs are all side products from the Designer Mystery 2012 blocks. I'm glad that I have spared them. The smallest HSTs are about 1 1/2".

Past week I focused also to finish block four for Pumpkinville.

 TADAA!

I'm still well in my own schedule! The Pumpkins will be on my wall in the next autumn;o)

And specially for you I'm taking picture of all the blocks...

Fenix, you can't sit there! No one else sees nothing!

Ok, I give up, another day then...

Well, I show you some details of the blocks.

 Isn't the Pumpkin Car cute?

In Pumpkinville is a lot of windows and making them the same size... is VERY hard job!

I haven't yet succeeded... but I improve all the time ;o)

Happy BOMming Time!!!!

PS. If you are doing BOM, Sinta Renee at Pink Pincushion is collecting the news of your progress every Monday here...