The Sunday Sew and Sews meet at my house once a quarter for friendship and to show off progress on their Feathered Star quilts. Read more about that project here:
FEATHERED STARS PERFECTLY PAPER PIECED Part 1
As this was the weekend just before the total eclipse, three of our group had gone "eclipse seeking", two to Texas, one to Kentucky. They all saw a great sight, and I am glad for them.
Here is our Show and Tell:
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| Cheryl's Patchwork Barn top ready for quilting |
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| Donna's precise Feathered Star, the first of many |
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| Victoria's Roger and Rita, a loving pair |
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| Victoria has an "out of this world" plan for her Feathered Star quilt |
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| Mazie has her first 2 FS blocks done |
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Holly's Two-For-One--I am teaching this class locally this Summer at Patches & Stitches AND at Empty Spools Seminar March 2025
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| Holly's first 2 FS blocks |
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| Jodie has 2 FS blocks too |
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| Jan is making 4 Feathered Star blocks as corners for a long term project of Baltimore Album blocks, all needle turn hand applique. The FS are perfect as corners, Jan saw such an antique quilt which gave her the idea to incorporate the Feathered Stars with beautiful applique blocks. |
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| This very special block flew in space on a shuttle mission with Jan. All the details are beautifully written in hand calligraphy by Elly Sienkiewicz--a most important block. Jan designed it herself. |
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Terri is working on her first FS block, she got some good tips for getting everything to fit together perfectly
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| My first 9, only 4 or 7 more to go. Time will tell. |
Making Feathered Stars with Sue Garman paper piecing patterns is a great way to make a complicated block precise and perfect. Each unit is perfect in size once made on the paper foundation. Then I remove the paper and precisely piece the various units together. See more about that here:
FEATHERED STARS PRECISELY PAPER PIECED PART 2
What I find most time consuming is selecting the various fabrics for a block and then cutting them all out. This might not look like much but there is more than a hour of work right here in this pile:
I wrote a detailed blog on the cutting process, find it HERE:
It's not too late for you to make your own Feathered Star block, or many. Sue Garman's patterns are available at her website, managed by her daughters:
FEATHERED STAR HEAVEN and
WASHINGTON MEDALLION. Washington Medallion is a slightly easier version of Stars for a New Day and Feathered Star Heaven. All are great patterns with excellent instructions.
Let's quilt!
Barbara
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