Recently, I spent the day with 5 lovely quilters as they learned how to make Antique Rose Star blocks by machine.
This is a great class to teach because the technique for mastering this block is something new to most students. And when I see the A-HA moment in their eyes I know they get it!
Only one problem for me--I want come right home and make another one.
This is a popular class I teach to lots of guilds--it has the advantage of being able include students who want to hand piece instead of machine piece--both can be part of the same class.
The blocks each contain 72 Kite-shaped pieces, exactly the same shape and size. Here are my samples:
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| Hand quilted with big stitch, about 65" square |
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| A Table Topper featuring just ONE block--about 36" wide |
A much smaller version--these kites are 1.5" high finished
Here are the blocks the students worked on in class:
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| Amanda |
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| Sally |
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| Sandy |
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| Glenda |
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| Shelley |
Great job, ladies! I look forward to seeing where you go from here.
Let's quilt.
Barbara
It is intriguing to me that you get such a lovely block from the shape of a child's toy. :) They are beautiful blocks, and it appears that your students all caught on wonderfully!
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed this class & am making progress on my blocks. While this is the most difficult quilt in my ten month quilting journey, I do believe it will be my most beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteSold - where to get the pattern????
ReplyDeletewell my sold comment has not come up BUT I googled antique rose star and they found it in Material Obsession book two and I HAVE that book..... now off to FIND that book..... have a great Saturday!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso can buy Kite templates from Marti Michell. www.frommarti.com
DeleteAlso you can buy templates for the Kite at www.frommarti.com
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