This week I have made a tutorial for a block inspired on an 8 pointed star pattern I see often on footpaths here in Morocco.

This star block is very versatile. If you play with colours and block orientation different patterns appear.

I made the block using foundation piecing but the pattern includes traditional paper templates as well so you can still make the quilt by sewing the pieces in the traditional way.

I hope you like it.

“Turnabout Patchwork. Simple quilts with a twist” is all about playing with blocks – making a block, slicing it up, and turning or repositioning the pieces to make a completely different block (sometimes two smaller blocks) to yield endless quilt tops.

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Today I’m starting a new series of blocks that will capture my experience while living in Morocco.

My plan is to replicate as many patterns as I can.  Some are very  complex so I may resort to using English Paper Piecing.

Well, that’s the plan. Let’s see if I can stick to it!

Star and Cross is a pattern you can see all around Morocco.  This is how I made it:

If interested in geometry, this is a drawing of the pattern. Source.

“Turnabout Patchwork. Simple quilts with a twist” is all about playing with blocks – making a block, slicing it up, and turning or repositioning the pieces to make a completely different block (sometimes two smaller blocks) to yield endless quilt tops.

My book Turnabout Patchwork

• Order Turnabout Patchwork on Amazon.
• Order Turnabout Patchwork directly from Martingale

See all the quilts in the book in a real life project

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This is a fun block made with fabric strips.

You can make this block any size and use any number of strips. The look and feel of the block will change depending on the number of fabrics and the  width of the fabric.

Check it out and have fun!

 

“Turnabout Patchwork. Simple quilts with a twist” is all about playing with blocks – making a block, slicing it up, and turning or repositioning the pieces to make a completely different block (sometimes two smaller blocks) to yield endless quilt tops.

My book Turnabout Patchwork

• Order Turnabout Patchwork on Amazon.
• Order Turnabout Patchwork directly from Martingale

See all the quilts in the book in a real life project

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I often make corner triangles using squares of fabric so there’s always some wastage. But I always keep my scraps and do something with them.

These are the 2 ways I tend to use the scrap triangles. I hope you enjoy the video:

A good way to use the left over scraps is to use in crumb quilting, or to use in the back of the quilt as a  half square triangles signature block of some sort or as an improv piece.

Fabric collection

I used  fabrics from the Michael Miller black and white FQ bundle which has some great fabrics in it.

“Turnabout Patchwork. Simple quilts with a twist” is all about playing with blocks – making a block, slicing it up, and turning or repositioning the pieces to make a completely different block (sometimes two smaller blocks) to yield endless quilt tops.

My book Turnabout Patchwork

• Order Turnabout Patchwork on Amazon.
• Order Turnabout Patchwork directly from Martingale

See all the quilts in the book in a real life project

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You’ll agree log cabin is one of the most popular quilt blocks.

Today I’m trying a new kind that gives the appearance of curves even though it’s all made with strips of different widths.

How to make a curved log cabin quilt block

Credit: Said With Love

Fabric collection

I used 2 beautiful Michael basics collections that have a great range of colours to choose from:

•  Hashdot collection 
• Dumb Dot collection, and
• Cotton Couture in vanilla  for the background fabric.