I need the easiest lonestar pattern made to give to my mother
#12
The easiest would be a preprinted one that just needs to be quilted. Then there's one that's done on a cloth foundation, but that one wouldn't be easy for your mother to quilt, since there is an added layer of fabric, unless she wants a lighter weight quilt, without added batting.
The easiest one I've done calls for making strip sets and cutting them at an angle (the strip sets are off-set as well). I saw it in a class. I think it was called Lone star in a day, and it was pretty well done in a day. Another feature of this quilt is that it did'nt require y-seams. The corner pieces were sewn into each eighth of the star, and were stitched together when the eighths were stitched together. The eights were stitched together 2 at a time making a quarter of the center of the quitl, then the quarters were stitched together to form a half. Then the two halfs were stitched together. Then one finger in the center pressing down, and the points all twisted to make a perfect center without any bulk.
I'm with the other posters, that if a french curve is used, it's a giant dahlia, but I would have no idea how to use the french curve with that. If I did a giant dahlia, I think I would paper piece it in the curved strips going out from the center.
The easiest one I've done calls for making strip sets and cutting them at an angle (the strip sets are off-set as well). I saw it in a class. I think it was called Lone star in a day, and it was pretty well done in a day. Another feature of this quilt is that it did'nt require y-seams. The corner pieces were sewn into each eighth of the star, and were stitched together when the eighths were stitched together. The eights were stitched together 2 at a time making a quarter of the center of the quitl, then the quarters were stitched together to form a half. Then the two halfs were stitched together. Then one finger in the center pressing down, and the points all twisted to make a perfect center without any bulk.
I'm with the other posters, that if a french curve is used, it's a giant dahlia, but I would have no idea how to use the french curve with that. If I did a giant dahlia, I think I would paper piece it in the curved strips going out from the center.
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this one is easy made with all half square triangles
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post5460802
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post5460802
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thanks everybody. I bookmarked the LS pattern made with HST too. I have such a bucket list myself, and would like to do a Lone Star too someday. I'm glad my mom has her friends to help her out and her on QB I have mine!
#15
Maybe it was the giant dahlia quilt pattern? It looks like a rounded lone star. Here is a free pattern of cutting instructions.
http://www.plumcreekquilts.com/Dahli...20Patterns.pdf
http://www.plumcreekquilts.com/Dahli...20Patterns.pdf
#16
my bee made a lone star on the preprinted interfacing http://www.quiltsmart.com/khxc/index...77h4f71op5k3n2
it was easy.
it was easy.
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Maybe it was the giant dahlia quilt pattern? It looks like a rounded lone star. Here is a free pattern of cutting instructions.
http://www.plumcreekquilts.com/Dahli...20Patterns.pdf
http://www.plumcreekquilts.com/Dahli...20Patterns.pdf
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There are patterns and templates available for the giant dahlia. Also stencils available for the origional design. Marti Mitchell has a set of cutting templates but it deviates from the older pattern. My avatar is my version of this design. It uses fewer rays. An older book "Giant Dahlia on the machine". Published by Dover Books has instructions and cardboard templates.
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