Star of Hope Quilt Block

04 May 2012 | Other RSS posts by


     I found the pattern for this 6" Star of Hope block in The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird but enlarged it to 7-1/2" so I could rotary cut it instead of using templates.
     October 2 is Hattie's 21st birthday.  Ruth, Mary, and Eva are her older sisters living in Washington state.  Ted and Howard are two



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Beginner’s Delight Quilt Block

26 Feb 2012 | Other RSS posts by

     I found the pattern for this Beginner's Delight block in The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns by Jinny Beyer.  I drafted the pattern to make it 8" finished.  By the way I constructed the block, I ended up having to sew only one Y-seam.  I fussycut the center fabric as well as the yellow fabric.
     At



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