Friday 3 February 2012

Lone Star Quiltalong day ...

... is tomorrow and Jayne will be our hostess this month, over here.  

I couldn't wait, so I thought I'd show you what I've done so far.  Yesterday I finally decided on the fabrics and their placement, and actually made a mock-up of one diamond, and here it is.
The next thing I had to work out was how many strips of which colour to cut.  Being difficult you see, I was using a pattern for a six colour quilt, with four fabrics.  I got that worked out this morning, put a lovely new blade in my cutter, and set to.  I cut all the black, then the red, then came to the brown.  Oh-oh, bit of a problem here!  I've cut four strips out of six.  I don't think I'll get two more out of this, do you?  Quick trip to the computer and found that my favourite UK shop still had some in stock.  I placed the order, and they were so quick that within 30 mins I had an email to say my order had been despatched.  Pheww.  

So I carried on cutting, and this is where I have got to.  Tomorrow I will start sewing.  Yippee.

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  1. Hi Sue!! Wonderful fabric, love the colors! If you and I aren't distantly related, I will be surprised. We just have too much in common!! running out of a certain fabric in the middle of cutting a project is something I specialize in!! Haha!! Is some mysterious force at work here??

    So, I've posted my "teaser" about tomorrow's big day. Looking forward to it!

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  2. Been there, done that, Sue! Full Circle by Kathy Schmitz is one of my favorite fabric lines and I stocked up on it! You're going to have a gorgeous Lone Star!
    Cheers!

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  3. Oh its going to be so beautiful. I love Lone Star quilts. Happy sewing.

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  4. Love the colors, it is going to look fabulous!

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  5. It's loking fantastic already! Keep my fingers crossed for a good mail day tomorrow :)

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  6. Your colors are so pretty! The quilt will be beautiful!

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  7. That diamond is beautiful. I really think this will be one super quilt. i like the fabric very much.

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  8. Love your fabrics. Glad you found some more :)

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  9. Oh goodness, not enough fabric thankfully it's taken care of. You went with a black centered radiant star, that's going to look amazing.

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  10. Love your choices. Your Lonestar is going to look so good!

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