Monday, July 30, 2012

Paper-piecing adventure

July is Kati's month for our Sew Beautiful Bee. She sent us glorious stacks of gray and yellow fabric, along with a request for (preferably) paper-pieced stars. My paper-piecing experience is very limited, but I decided to give it a go, and I'm really happy with the result!
  Pioneer's compass for @the_blue_chair !
 I found some gorgeous Pioneer's Compass blocks made by Jen Johnston on Flickr. She linked to a downloadable pattern from eQuiltPatterns. I downloaded it (for the low low price of 99 cents!) and got to work. It was a challenge for sure, and my seam ripper was always close at hand. The site lists it as a difficulty of 1 (out of 5). I'm glad I didn't try a more difficult pattern!
  Paper piecing like a boss. For @the_blue_chair !
It's definitely not perfect, but I'm quite proud of my effort! I cannot WAIT to see how Kati's quilt comes together.
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12 comments:

  1. LinzJuly 30, 2012 at 4:26 PM

    It looks gorgeous!!! Way to go!!

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  2. Heather D.July 30, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    Katie, it's amazing!

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  3. Angela NashJuly 30, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    That's really good!!! Love what you chose, and it looks like you did an amazing job with it.

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  4. Sarah CraigJuly 30, 2012 at 7:59 PM

    It's very very pretty - and I think you did a wonderful job!! Way to go!!

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  5. ToniJuly 30, 2012 at 8:23 PM

    It looks awesome! She is going to have such a beautiful quilt with all these great blocks everyone keeps posting!

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  6. felicityJuly 30, 2012 at 10:54 PM

    It looks pretty darn perfect to me! Great job!!

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  7. DebbieJuly 31, 2012 at 8:36 AM

    wow! It's looking awesome!

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  8. KatiJuly 31, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    Thanks so much for making this Katie! I love it! I can't believe they said it was a 1 out of 5 though. That looks like a hard block.

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  9. CindyAugust 1, 2012 at 12:10 AM

    The compass block is absolutely wonderful!

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  10. AnonymousAugust 1, 2012 at 8:28 AM

    Great block. You should be very proud of it.

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  11. CarolineAugust 1, 2012 at 1:04 PM

    Love your star, beautiful!!

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  12. CilleAugust 1, 2012 at 3:39 PM

    Beautiful star.... It looks absolutely perfect :)

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