Hi all -
I hope everyone is doing well and is enjoying their summer! It's hard to believe that August is just around the corner! Time sure does fly!!
This week, I was able to finish my Amazon Star quilt top designed by Judy Niemeyer.
Amazon Star |
I was amazed at how easily this quilt went together! The only "difficult" part was wrangling the quilt when insetting the large squares in the corners. The quilt is 104"x104", so there was a lot of fabric to wrestle with while sewing these Y-seams! If Judy were writing this pattern today, it would be even easier to put together. Last week I mentioned the smart corners that she uses now, but her newer patterns have also made the Lone Star units easier to make. In this pattern, you sewed each strip of diamonds separately. In newer patterns (like the Jungle Magnolia I'm also working on below), you sew strips together and then cut them into the needed rows of diamonds. So much easier! We got our next next packet for the Jungle Magnolia Block-of-the-Month (BOM) on the day I finished piecing Amazon Star, so I put this aside to work on the BOM. When I catch back up on the BOM, I'll prepare the binding for this quilt and then put it in my to-be-quilted pile. I'll need to find a longarmer to baste this quilt for me before I can quilt it. But I know this quilt will be really fun to quilt when I get to it! Except, of course, for having to wrangle the bulk of it!
As mentioned above, this week I got the next packet for my Jungle Magnolia BOM also designed by Judy Niemeyer. I've made this my highest priority because I'm usually so bad about getting behind on these things. So I started on it right away. I got the first couple of units finished this weekend.
Jungle Magnolia - B5 Units |
Jungle Magnolia - B6 Units |
Jungle Magnolia - B7 Units |
These units will be put together like this:
Jungle Magnolia - Unit Placement |
And a Lone Star-style unit will be slipped into the bottom of these units. After I assemble the block, I'm curious to see how it will be added to the rest of the quilt!
Nancy