Lone Star in progress part 2

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08-05-2010, 01:40 AM

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Quilt4u

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I love it . That is so beauiful.

08-05-2010, 02:38 AM

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QweenBee

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Very Nice, BEE PROUD! :thumbup:

08-05-2010, 02:46 AM

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fabric-holic

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Wow..I've always been intimidated by Lone Stars but you've done a great job. I love the striped fabric in it.

08-05-2010, 02:47 AM

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mawmawbeve_60

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it's going to be really pretty....

08-05-2010, 02:59 AM

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hcarpanini

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Its beautiful. I've heard you can take a rubber mallot (hammer) and a block covered in batting and really whack that center down.

08-05-2010, 03:24 AM

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mygirl66

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I love it, I think you have done beautiful work!

08-05-2010, 03:26 AM

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Crlyn

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Beautiful, looking forward to seeing it again when finished. :D

08-05-2010, 03:33 AM

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kristen0112

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hcarpanini

Its beautiful. I've heard you can take a rubber mallot (hammer) and a block covered in batting and really whack that center down.

I have done this it does work - its for when you have a whole bunch of seams that come together. You want to iron it first then put it on a solid surface and whack it. It does really help and I would try that first. But I think one of the other earlier posts had it correct you might need to take it apart a little bit and adjust the seams - yeah I know it sucks.

P.S. Really like your lone star it's looking nice keep us posted.

08-05-2010, 04:37 AM

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It is not uncommon in this pattern for the center of the star to sometimes "volcano" a bit. I can't tell from your photo if this is what you mean when you say it puckers. If it is a bit of a volcano, this usually quilts out. Did with mine anyway. But when I did my lone star quilt I did also have to unsew the seams that meet in the middle and resew them, I think twice. Here is a link to a post of mine.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-22341-1.htm

08-05-2010, 04:40 AM

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DRogers870

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Bobbinchick - I made one of these several years ago during a class. We used the iron on stabalizer with the grid markings on it and used rectangle fabrics - it was soo much fun and alot easier to work with rectangles instead of diamonds. But one of the tricks they taught us to get the center to lay flat is that once you have it pieced into the 4 sections (each with two diamonds) you have to "square" the 4 points that are going to meet in the center - then when you have two halves, make sure your edges that will meet at the center are perfectly straught. My center turned out perfect, not a bulge in sight.