Country Quilter

Marcella....that block is gorgeous....another I probably wouldn't dare try... as I have YET to do anything with Y seams!

jessiesmom

Thanks Marcella, I wish I knew about paper piecing when I did a quilt for my friend. I would have more hair on my head. lol

Here is a pic. Looks good after being professionally quilted, but take my word for it, my stars are not like yours. Mary

Marcella

Thanks, Patsy, that was my first try at the dreaded y-seam. I didn't exactly plan on putting white next to white when I set them in, but it turns out that ploy disguises a world of wonky-ness. We all had issues with the directions for that block at Sylvia's Bridal Sampler (block # F-9)

http://homepage.mac.com/chiaverini/sylviasbridalsampler/index.html

If you decide to try it, let me know, and I will p.m. a little visual aid. :-) It's not so scary, realllly! Just a little step into an alternate universe. ha!

Yvonne

Now was that nice? Hmm? Remember, I shared my star with you. You can clearly tell from that that Y-seams are not to be trusted! Yucky, :twisted: nasty little Y-seams. Stay far, far away from them C. Quilter! They are not safe!! They drive you mad :!:

CQ don't listen to her! She started me on my road to madness!

Marcella

Mary! What a wonderful gift that was to make. Marsha be a very dear friend indeed. Those stars look plenty pointy from here. You are the queen of non-foundation piecing!

patricej

what makes you think i've never had to sit in the bowl myself? do you see my June 1 block up there yet?
:shock:
that bowl is too small to fit both me and my quilting equipment.

in terms of my own skills, i'll take a Y-seam over traditional applique every day. i just wish i didn't like it ALL so much. then i could ignore something and not feel as though i MUST get good at it.

lucky for me i'm still young and have lots and lots of time. no hurries. no worries.
:mrgreen:

jessiesmom

Marcella thanks for the compliment, but far from true. Marsha is a dear friend and thats why I tried to make her quilt special. Actually she loved it, but those stars, like I said I wish I had tried pp before I attempted this. I must thank whoever it was that came up with that pp block. It was hard, but better than regular piecing. I really like pp a lot.

Mary, by the way your blocks are great.

vicki reno

The star is beautimous!!!!!! Good job. I will probably stick to applique for a while, till my stock in fusible webbing skyrockets and I sell out to buy more fabric. I don't know if I oculd do traditional applique anymore, now that I have found fusible webbing!

nanner

Yvonne,

I just saw this pic of your quilt.....I LOVE IT!! Great job! nancy

nanner

NEAT QUILT!! THANKS FOR SHARING! NANCY