(American Banner Rose Quilt Pattern by Minick and Simpson)
I avoided making this quilt because of Y-Seams. They really are hard, I don't care what all of the ladies on the Youtube videos said, I ended up figuring out how to do them on my practice block. You can see the earlier POST HERE on that. So, I had figured it out, but was not looking forward to making 4 blocks with 8 Y-Seams each on them. A lovely blog reader, Dolly, left a comment saying:
"I can't remember where, but the other day I ran across a blog post where the person had split the corner square into 2 triangles, so that they could sew a triangle onto each side of a diamond point, and thereby avoid doing a y-seam, she split the triangle between two diamonds that way"
Dolly, thank you! I love having a blog, it is fantastic!! I managed to find some information on it, and made my quilt blocks in record time!
I had the cutest ship fabric for the backing!
I used a light gray solid for the background, I thought it really made the colors *POP*
I fussy cut a starfish for the center sashing *so cute*
And yes, I decided to hand quilt it using a light gray thread. I really love hand quilting! I think I'll be doing it more often now. (this quilt was a lot of firsts for me!)
Thanks for modeling my quilt for me Jessie!
And a fun shot for you. We have a real full size teepee set up in our backyard for the summer, the kids love to play in it. Mark's mom made this (yes I said she MADE IT. Who makes a teepee?) back in the 70's and he inherited it! Isn't it so much fun?? It's huge! It also cracks me up that I have a teepee in my backyard. LOL! Have a great week everybody!!
8 comments:
How great that you made a quilt that's been in your head for so long.
I finally figured out where I saw the quilt without y-seams. It was on this blog........
http://betteroffthread.com/2012/08/17/lone-star-quilt/
She even does a tutorial on her quilt. I think that the split-square/triangle is a wonderful solution to a step that is totally, unnecessarily awkward !
Those stars look absolutely at home oon that teepee !
Congrats on such a beautiful finish!
I just love the backing fabric too!
Heather,
Your quilt is beautiful! It is so much fun seeing a tepee in your back yard. Also it is wonderful following you in instragram.
Have a great day!
Linda
Aka: Sunflowergirlsquilt
Beautiful quilt and fun teepee!!!
Beautiful! It is stunning! Great job!! Love everything about it!
I want the Teepee. That is the best, I can't believe she made it...a kids dream for sure.
Heather, your quilt is gorgeous...Wow, really something to be proud of. I am impressed that you hand quilted it as well, good for you.
Hope you enjoyed your summer.
I have also had a fascination with the lone star. My Grandmother made one that we used for years. So I finally pieced one a few years ago using a Fig Tree pattern where she has you sew strips then you cut them into strips on a angle and it makes it so simple. I think she called it "Jelly Roll Stars" because you could use jelly rolls to do it. I still have to quilt it though...might have to check out Angela's book!
I'm working on a similar block right now... Minick and Simpsons new pattern with 16 of these star blocks... WOW, it's hard! Not only the y seams but getting all those little diamonds to work together and make the correct sized large diamond.
You did a fantastic job with yours. It's beautiful!
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