Triple Star quilt is bound and finished

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I visited relatives last week, but found a little time for a finish.  I set aside my complicated pie birds blocks and pulled out a top from a while ago that I had quilted by the long arm quilter that I use.

It is a pattern by Kim Brackett and in looking back on my blog entries, I found that I started this project in February 2020, when whispers of the mysterious Covid virus were in the air.  I finished the top during Covid lockdown in late April 2020.  And there the top sat.

It is quilted in a design of stars and swirls.  And it is 65 inches square, a bit of an odd size.  The fabrics are 1930's - 1940's reproduction fabrics.  It's a great pattern, don't you think?

A close up of one block:

The points are made by the flipped corner square method.  Lots of them.

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Pie birds project continues

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My project that I described last week continues.  It involves many pieces sewn together in a 10 inch block.

It's a challenge, but I have blocks in the style of Jane Stickle, many small pieces paper pieced to make a 4.5 inch block.

And I finished a smaller version of the Nearly Insane quilt.  Many pieces in a 6 inch block, finished.

So 65 pieces in a 10 inch block should take time, but shouldn't be that bad.

Here are seven blocks on the table.  Colors are about right.

And nine blocks together on the floor.  My camera on my phone makes the colors more vibrant here.

One challenge is that in sewing the flipped corners to make the black geese, about one in ten pieces gets pulled down the hole in my plate on my sewing machine.  This is user error.

I have to rip out the snarled stitches and partially restitch.  This slows me down, and is why I have done only 5 blocks this past week.  I will go until I run out of fabric strips that I have pre-cut for this project.

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New block called Pie birds: a challenge

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I was looking at a pattern book by Kim Diehl that I got out of the library.  I tried a sample block of her Pie Birds block from her Simple Charm book.

It was not simple.

                             

Not for the beginner quilter.  No inset or Y seams, but many flipped corners, and 65 pieces by my count in the block. But what a great look!  Even though it took a long time to sew.  And I have done Dear Jane blocks, and Nearly Insane blocks, why am I complaining about 65 pieces of fabric in a 10 inch block?

I have already cut fabric for more blocks.  But I may make only 9 blocks - we'll see.  Think of the work involved in making log cabin blocks with tiny logs seen in some antique quilts.

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty,  Frederique at Quilting, Patchwork, Applique, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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