Swoon Quilt .... Are You Swooning?

I joined a 'sew-a-long'  for the Swoon quilt by Camille Roskelley, you can find the details over on Katy's Blog at 'Monkey Do' in her original post, by now there are already over 500 'Swooners'. It's easy to follow as the pattern is downloadable from the Fat Quaters Shop more or less instantly, or here in Camille's online shop where you can buy either the paper version or download the pdf. You can view fabric choices and in progress photos in the groups Swoon along flickr album

There's no pressure, sew at your own pace....

 

I am a late joiner and starter though I'm on to it now but may still take me a week or two....lol....

This quilt is a modern take on a Star of Bethlehem block, the original version of this block has 'Y' seams.  Here's one I made on a quilt that I started around 10 years ago, the top is now finished but it's still waiting to be quilted, it is now nearing the top of the pile..... 

Star of Bethlehem with 'Y' seams....Here's one I did earlier

But on to the Swoon quilt....

Here are my fabric choices, I had 12 half yard cuts of Luna Notte fabrics just waiting for the right pattern to come along...I decided on a plain background but will need to choose a different sashing fabric.

Here they are after starching , they are airing on my longarm.... a tip from my friend Vicki Welsh is to edit your photo into black and white to see the colour contrast...this selection could maybe do with a few more medium/dark tones?

I like to place my block pieces on my design wall upside down sometimes to figure out pressing directions especially when they are not included in the pattern, it really does make a difference to your longarm quilter if the seams are pressed in the right direction and it also gives a better finish to your quilt!

This is one of my pressed corner blocks...

Here's my first test block for the modern Swoon version, no 'Y' seams. I changed up the pattern a little, and used my 'Go' dies for cutting.  I used the 3" finished square, 3" finished half square triangle, 3" x 6" finished rectangle and the 6" finished square.

As you can see I used 3 x 3" background squares in the corners and a 6" x 6" 'colour 2' square in place of the flying geese and the 6 x 3 rectangle....it takes slightly more than a fat quarter of that fabric for the block but still no set in seams.

This is a big block...24 x 24 inches so should sew up quite quickly???

Why don't you join the fun!