1930s Star

Having finished my 100 Modern Quilt Blocks and decided that I really need them left as 

they are so I can teach from each set of ten next year, I returned to my English Paper Piecing.

And that was quite hard as I would have loved to gone off and chosen a sashing fabric

for my blocks and made them up into a quilt right away, but no.

I have been making these stars for months now and have quite a pile made - ready 

to make into a single bed quilt or maybe just a generous cot quilt. 

These are all made from my collection of 1930s Reproduction fabrics.

I must say English Paper Piecing has had a huge make-over as I am now 

using a Sewline Glue Pen to stick the seam allowance to the card. This is so 

much quicker than the old way of tacking - I love it. The seam allowance is 

easy to lift up when your star is all together.

You can see the seam allowance glue down here. I can take the white hexagon card 

out now as that piece is all surrounded, but I leave the other shape in until it 

too is surrounded.

Then the stars get joined together with white diamonds. One thing that have learnt 

is to sew with a strong thread - I have been using regular Polyester thread 

as it is stronger than cotton. The constant rubbing against the edge of the card 

as you whip stitch the pieces together can be touch on your thread. 

So I also use shorter than usual lengths.

And more and more.  A fine needle helps to just pick up as tiny sliver of seam 

allowance as you whip stitch.

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