“So says my Twitter friend, @EngrSandi who bills herself as “Wife, mother, engineer, reader, quilter, knitter” When I asked her how engineering influenced her quilting, she said “funky” angles do not intimidate her.
Engineers think so logically. I told her I like trying new things, too, but I do so out of wild abandon instead of logic.
“Bunting Block” prototype on design board.
I set out to make bunting for the deck. Then I thought it looked like a placemat. Then I realized it would make a great head rest on a deck chair. And, hey, it would be a great little throw pillow for the den. Why not on all counts!
The sticking point on this pattern is that the focal point is a true 5 pointed star. Putting a triangle into that 72 degree “inside angle” is tough. Normally a motif like this would be appliqued. The quilter would fold in the sides of the star and stitch it on top of a larger piece of fabric instead of “piecing” it. Piecing is stitching one element to another to create a pattern.
Finding no explanation of how to piece this together, I called on my inner “wild abandon” to make it happen. I outline the three little tricks in a YouTube video and in my newsletter, “News From ForeverQuilt.”
Once you get past the inside corner problem, it is a very easy block to construct. It is composed of 5 pattern pieces, 9 pieces of fabric.
You can download the pattern at http://www.ForeverQuilt.com/freepattern
Let me know what you think of it, and don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.
HAPPY SUMMER.
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