Lstew2212

I just sent a PM, Looking forward to using up some of my scraps.

givio

Lstew2212, welcome!

quiltingnd, hope you join us! I was nervous my first swap, but I found out people hereon the Board are helpful and sooo nice, and I had a fun time. :-)

Janice McC, your blocks look great to me! I think they look plenty colourful, you have dose of every color. Talk about mixing it up-- I guess I've got a lot of blue and red in this one!! I love scrappy-- once it all gets put together it surprises you how cute it becomes.

jclinganrey

Sew happy to have your questions. As Janice mentioned, there is no paper piecing in this block. She shared the link to the site for the instructions and you can also find it on the first page.

The block for September will be the Three Dudes block using Batiks. More info to come soon on that one. . . .

I mentioned the possibility of doing some paper pieced blocks; just 'put it out there' as an idea. I have struggled for years with PPing and have been determined to conquer it - - - - and I have!!! So I thought it might be fun to do an easy PP block. It's open for discussion - - - so please speak up. I'll post a picture of the block I have in mind.

I hope you decide to jump in and have some great fun with this group. We're a very friendly, helpful group.

Jump in!!!

Jane

jclinganrey

Here's our update:

1. SheriR
2. Purplecat – 6 sets
3. Janice McC – 4 (maybe more) sets
4. Juanita Bean – 6 sets
5. Grannyrosie – 6 sets
6. Jaba – 6 Sets REC’D
7. Mariposa
8. Havplenty - ? sets
9. Quiltlovergrandma – 6 sets
10. Glasqlts – 4 sets
11. Kaitlinedowns – 1 set
12. Sunrise450 – 4 sets
13. Lstew2212 – 3 sets

Also, here's a pic of the PP'ed block I have in mind. It's called Star String from Wombat Quilts. It's a free download if you want to check it out.

givio

Jane, I like the paper pieced block pattern, but not sure how it will work out to make the stars appear on the finished top, when we send in sets then mix sets of other sewers-- unless we all make all the star pieces with the same color for every block?

Here's another block.

jclinganrey

Here's the updated update:

1. SheriR
   
2. Purplecat – 6 sets
   
3. Janice McC – 4 (maybe more) sets
   
4. Juanita Bean – 6 sets
   
5. Grannyrosie – 6 sets
   
6. Jaba – 6 Sets REC’D
   
7. Mariposa
   
8. Havplenty - ? sets
   
9. Quiltlovergrandma – 6 sets
   
10. Glasqlts – 4 sets
    
11. Kaitlinedowns – 1 set
    
12. Sunrise450 – 4 sets
    
13. Lstew2212 – 3 sets
    
14. Givio – 6 sets
    

If anyone sees anything else needing correction, please let me know!

Jane

jclinganrey

RE: the Star String block, it's part of the fun - mixing & matching the colors. If someone wanted all 4 corners the same color, okay; all 4 corners different colors, okay too. There would be established colors: the primary colors, red/yellow/blue and the secondary colors: orange/green/purple. A block would have any 2 different colors of those 6 colors. That's not to say a swapper might need to make additional blocks to finish off a top, but that's nothing new, right?

Thoughts??


Jane

Quilt Lover Grandma

I went on the wombat site and I am no expert on this but, it looks as if it would take quite awhile to make. Wonder if it is good for so close to the holiday seasons.

givio

It looks like a nice paper piecing pattern for beginners. I have a feeling the example is being sewn with planned color placement, not swaps. But if it's not wanted for all the stars to come out each in their own color, then it's a different ball game! :-) ...It's a pity though, because the one-color-star is part of what makes that pattern cute.

Gannyrosie

Jan PP is something I want to learn to do correctly. How big are those blocks, they look small.