So this month in my Flickr- Neutral or Not bee – I had the honor to make a block for Christina of The Parfait Cafe . Christina wanted a star block and sent over grey and a variation of purple solids… OMG I totally need to make an all solid quilt now…
Christina is Super Talented and I was a bit nervous to make a block in which I had complete control over the design…
Its funny how I do my best work when I am worried about not being good enough…
I designed this block after seeing a paper template where the weaves are thicker… but I really wanted to incorporate thinner weaves … so I can use a wide variation of fabric.
I drew it on paper with a ruler… the paper template was terrible looking. I decided to spruce it up because I got so many compliments on it.
AND…… then decided to take it one step further with a tutorial….
So I made this…
Print 4 block templates.
Cut blocks out.
Cut out your fabrics.
I used 2.5×2.5 squares for the point of the star
Then used 1.5 inch strips for the braid
on the back side of your template square you 2.5×2.5 square in the corner and place the #2 fabric choice faces together overlapped about 1/4 inch… where if you folded the 2 over it would cover the 2 spot… does this make sense… you turn it over and sew on the line between one and 2…
See….
Flip it over and press….
Now the third piece… same idea… faces together over the line aprox… 1/4 inch.. Turn over and press… trim a bit… if you need to…
fold over and press….
Continue on….
Once you are all done with the weaving… I like to fold section 14 back… and trim the weaves… 1/4 past the edge. ..
Do this on both sides.
And you should have this…
Take a larger piece of your background line it up with the edge of the weave…
Sew flip press… sew flip press.. trim
Sew them together… careful to line up background fabric to each other… I prefer to leave the paper on … but take it off if that’s your preference.
And you are done!!!!
I took it one step further…
Now… what to turn this in to…. any ideas leave a comment 🙂