Barb Vlack
Put Your Paws On My Packages
I used the Stars 13 layout, which is my favorite. The Bear's Paw
block gave me a lot of great options for coloring! The sawtooth border
is an even number of Half Square Triangle blocks set on each side. The
even number of blocks allows me to reverse the direction of the blocks
in order to make all four corners identical.
St. Charles, IL
cptvdeo@inil.com
Barb Vlack
Tulips on the Prairie
I used the Stars 22 layout from the Layout Library. The grid block set
in the star points created a block similar to Prairie Star. I saw an
antique quilt in a book that has a similar layout with the stars, appliqué
blocks, and border. The quilting design is from the appliqué.
St. Charles, IL
cptvdeo@inil.com
Vicki Aljobritt
Bursting nine patch
VLT51@aol.com
The star is made up of 9 patch blocks.
Pinwheel Whirl Star
Combined Double Pinwheel Whirl and Flying Geese Variation.
Used layout: Stars - 19
Williamsburg, VA
Aczompo@aol.com
Ann Czompo
Autumn Cross Star
Made from two blocks, one named autumn cross. Used layout: Star - 35
Williamsburg, VA
Aczompo@aol.com
Ann Hubbard
Arlyn P
Star #13- 4 Patch Chain
What a fun challenge-I've never played with the layout library before!
Star#13-The Priscilla
Barbara
Gilstad
Safari Sunset 'n Shadows
My husband loves this design. But even in my wildest dreams, I can't
imagine actually making it. So, I think I'll surprise him and print
it as a big poster for his office. Now that will make his heart sing,
don't you think?
gilstad@texas.net
P.S. The layout is Stars - 20. Can you guess which EQ5 block I used? It's one of my all time favorites.
Barbara
Rotondi
Quilt
From one of the star layouts -- not sure which one -- I used different
blocks that I liked and used some fun colors.
barbr1@ix.netcom.com
Barbara
Rotondi
Quilt
From one of the star layouts -- not sure which one -- I used different
blocks that I liked and colored them to coordinate.
barbr1@ix.netcom.com
Fractured Star
This quilt uses BlockBase # 3271 - Mrs. Taft's Choice (Happy Hours Magazine ca. 1900) and Triangles and Strips 3 from the EQ Library - with variations for corner blocks created by me, (which were also used in the main part of the quilt.)
Winnipeg, MB Canada
hkleiner@attcanada.ca
Charlotte
Kleiner
West Virginia Reel
Using BlockBase #3533 - Star of West Virginia (Hearth and Home)
Stencils were created in PatchDraw from a bitmap made of the original block.
Winnipeg, MB Canada
hkleiner@attcanada.ca
Daphne Stewart
On a Lonely Hill in Spain
The quilt setting is Star #10.
I used a modified 'Celtic Squares and Loops' (1, 2, or 3) for the motif and a modified 'Alhambra Tile' block in the center. Alhambra is the site of remains of a Moorish palace and fortifications near Granada, hence the quilt's name.
I very rarely thought about using the layout library before this challenge. I think that will change in the future!
Sunnyside, Washington
stewartld@bentonrea.com
Daphne Stewart
Keep Ribbons Away from Devil's Claws
The setting is Star #29.
Devil's Claw is what our family called Sticktights; other names are Spanish needles and Beggar's ticks. Whatever the name, they stuck to socks, hair, clothing, your dog's fur or anything else they could grab.
I drafted these border blocks myself but I've seen variations elsewhere.
Sunnyside, Washington
stewartld@bentonrea.com
This was a fun challenge, and given more time I would play with different colorings. Have found it easiest to design first in greyscale, then color. Even so, coloring is still the most difficult design decision, for me.
Eyglo Fridriksdottir
Eyglo Fridriksdottir
Starquilt 2
This quilt is made from 2 blocks. I always like blue colours
Iceland
eyglof@eldhorn.is
Ingrid Akkersdijk
Guitar Showcase
I used the Stars-37 layout to showcase the guitar fabric I recently
bought to make a quilt for my son. Note the guitar inspired border.
igwessels@wxs.nl
Jane Turgeon
Star of Ice
Northeastern Ontario
turgeon@sympatico.ca
Jane Turgeon
Gold Star
Block modified
for easier piecing.
Jean Laino
Twirling Toads (original design)
Based on stars layout
38
What can I say...just thought I'd put toads and twirling pinwheels together
and see how it looked...tried to make the colors kind of "swampy"
I tried to camouflage the toads as much as possible.
Once again simple borders for a complicated quilt.
Amherst Mass.
midnitelaptop@aol.com
Jean Laino
chrysanthemums (original design)
Based on stars layout
45
I took a fan block and put it in each section of each star and then
rotated it until it looked like a mum..my favorite flower because I
have a November birthday...
I'm not big on complicated borders..... sometimes I feel like busy borders
distract from the quilt graphics...I just want the borders to frame
the center...
this is a virtual quilt that I doubt will ever become a reality...
Amherst Mass.
midnitelaptop@aol.com
Stars and Stripes
Used Stars 31 Layout from the EQ5 Layout library. Border #1 is a 1.75 long vertical. Border #2 is a 7 inch Corner block with a log cabin flag block in corners. Quilt dimensions are 67.50 X 67.50.
Sandy, Utah
JoAnn Banks
Star Gazing
Began with EQ5 Stars #30 Layout. A simple nine patch was set in all
outside points with plain red in others. Block Base block #1657 Ribbon
Quilt was used in center. Border #1-Big and Little Points out 5.75 inches.
Border #2 - Long Vertical 5.00 inches. Border #3 is binding of 1 inch.
Quilt is 52 X52 inches square.
Sandy, Utah
Jean Tate
Oh My Stars
Alamo, TX,
GJTate321@aol.com
Judy Best
Pink Posy
The block design was one that I had created while working on a previous
challenge and didn't use. When trying to come up with ideas for the
monthly challenge I usually have designs that just don't work for that
particular challenge. I now keep most of these in a separate file and
when new challenge is posted I check through these files to see if there
is some idea that I previously had that might work for the new challenge.
I find this gives me a starting point and before long I have many more
new designs, many of which just don't work for the current challenge
but may be useful in the future.
London, Ontario
juditha.best@sympatico.ca
K. Frye
Kari Schell
Dresden Lone Star
Brookly Park, MN
kkschell@cs.com
Keats Scott
Stormy Star
Thank you for the great challenge - I hadn't even tried the star layouts.
Heeney Colorado
keats@coloradodreams.com
Times and Seasons
This is my first challenge, and it was a challenge. After looking at photographs of stained glass windows in the newest issue of my Church magazine that came in the mail today, I was inspired.
I had fun playing
with the colors and fabrics to indicate dawn, morning, noon, afternoon,
sunset, dusk and midnight as well as Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.
But I'm not sure how to do the stained glass. There is probably a better
way because, although my lines were straight when I drew and colored
the square blocks, they look a little messy in the photo. Yet, when
I zoom in they look good again so....Anyway, feel free to email me any
suggestions for improving my drafting technique.
Philadelphia, PA
lynda_jeanne@go.com