@MistressJennie the more seams the less accurate it becomes. I’ve had the same issues. It’s those little 1/4" inaccuracies building up. I guess that’s why they say a scant 1/4"…but I always have problems at some point.
-I marionberries submit this as my September BOM entry, End of Season Camping
It’s gorgeous! I don’t normally like star quilts, but the way the center points are offset, and the addition of the triangle sections just makes me happy. I really love it and can’t wait to see it all finished!
The first one pictured is actually for the challenge, but I wanted to show the other one, so you can see the difference.
I made the green and light blue one first following the FPP method I have always done (and, I meant to use the green for the center portion and the blue for the outside, but I wasn’t paying attention… so I ran out of green). It’s not squared up, and I think I have a couple of questionable spots, but I can’t be sure how off it is until I square it… which I probably won’t.
In any case, for the nice and neat looking block, I used this method:
The block came out almost perfectly sized! So, I’m planning to use this technique for as many of the Dear Jane blocks as I can.
Just saw this, and thought you all might like it. A few free block patterns that you can put together into a wall quilt. Seems like something the Happy Mail folks would love. Sorry the preview doesn’t show a picture. I promise, it’s a real quilting related link, not spam.
Oh, meanwhile I’m about 3/4 of the my though quilting my Wind Drifter quilt! Hoping to finish the quilting on it today, if the weather holds. (When it storms, I have to stop whatever I’m doing and go hold my terrified pup on the couch.)
@AudiobookLover, I tried to teach her, so we’ll see if it sticks! Almost all of the blocks use FPP, but there are a few with traditional piecing, and some that are applique. I finally got to see the original quilt on Sunday (gorgeous day for a drive to VT!). And, I was looking for the block I made, which was supposed to be in the first row. I didn’t see it, and thought that maybe the pattern designer swapped out a block. Then, my friend realized that it was on the right side. They must rotate the way they display the quilt! I’m glad I got to see it in person- it’s impressive!
We are nearly to the end of September . That means our quarterly drawing is coming up!
If you have any summer-related quilty items that you haven’t posted yet, we’d love to see them and enter you into the drawing (this is the quarterly challenge, so you can enter 1 small, 1 medium, and 1 large for multiple tickets).
We also have the monthly prompt of ‘back to…’ Whatever it is that you are getting back to/into, craft something for it and earn a ticket for the drawing.
Last of all, you can earn a ticket by creating September’s block of the month - the economy block.
You have until the 30th to enter and earn tickets!