What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

Might need some cool colours over the next few days to  take my mind away from the  increasing temperatures outside, though it is not going to be as hot as it has been over the last couple of weeks … the last couple of days have been quite nice and have given us a spell in between the hot spells.

I like the first design even if it does have pointy stars in the centre. The colours appeal to me even though I am not usually a fan of blue. Note the quilting lines which outline the block which has been ...

One block with several modifications, with the original block used as a quilting motif … and I like the results.

The second variation has a little bit of extra colour added, and like both variations.

One block, the one in the centre, which is used as the quilting motif, but some pieces are replaced by background fabric. or the seam lines can be totally ignored so that larger pieces of background can replace three smaller pieces.

The result for the maker is less cutting and stitching, but the result is much more interesting.

I should use some blocks with just background fabric with just the quilted outline! I might have a play!

Interesting.

Still very interesting with just a few changes.

I started this project fie to see how far I could go with one star block. It is not the simplest star block out there, but is is far less complex than many, including may I have designed.

The second design has the quilting lines which are simply outlines of the block design, and which disregard the placement of the fabrics, and even the missing pieces.

Playing with one block, usually removing patches from a complex block.

I like the second design best!

A one block design, with bits and pieces ignored or recoloured to create different designs.

I like the gentle curves in the centre of the block.

One block design used, in parts, for all the pieced blocks and the quilting motif.

Just a few changes … and I must have used a totally different virtual thread for the quilting motif!

I wonder how many ways the Vera’s Star block can be coloured?

And if Vera’s Star can be coloured so many different ways, how many ways can your favourite block can be coloured to create a centre feature, straight lines, diagonal lines, corners, small feature blocks?

The easy part is finding the quilting design … just follow the seam lines, though I would quilt a line just outside the seam lines so that the quilting stitches can be seen, not hidden in the ditch, and the coloured pieces stand up above the background fabric.

One block quilts do not ...

One block, one quilting design exactly following the lines of the block, but contrast fabric is not used in some of the pieces so those pieces disappear.

In a real quilt the cutting and piecing can be reduced by not cutting on all the seamlines.

Are you ready for the first challenge of the year?

I am working on it so it will be published over the weekend.