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Kim's LeMoyne Star directions are great

Several weeks ago someone on this group posted about the wonderful directions Kim had on her web site for the LeMoyne Star. According to the post, by using Kim's directions marking was not necessary and the pieced block was very flat. This Saturday I will be featuring the LeMoyne Star in the 30's Reproduction Club so thought I should try Kim's directions. Thanks to Kim and to whoever posted calling it to our attention. The directions are wonderful! Kim kindly gave me permission to print the directions for the club members.

Try it you will like it.

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Warning: this is one of those "potato chip" type of discoveries. Once you complete one block you will have to try it again and again. I wanted to have the step by steps done so I could show them in fabric (pictures on web site are good but actual fabric is always better for the club) I found myself finishing the complete block instead of stopping at the proper step for my illustration!

My original block came out a bit small so I moved my needle position one click to the right. The remaining blocks have been right-on. This was a good reminder to make a sample block before starting the assembly line for the entire quilt. The white background fabric is Kona which is a little thicker. When the seams are pressed to the side and the fabric is a little thicker my blocks come out a bit small. I am so thankful for our modern machines which allow us to move the needle very slightly.

Susan Price

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Susan Laity Price
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Sadly - and contrary to often held opinions - one good quilt does not make a good quilter, good quilters do not necessarily make good teachers, and a good face-to-face teacher does not necessarily create good written notes. So much of quilting is easier to demonstrate than to explain, and I often find myself wishing that designers/quilters who publish would put more effort into their instructions. Even after 30+ years I am still bamboozled by some of the instructions and descriptions that come with patterns.

You are so right - hats off to those who take the time to be sure they have got it right!

I have just finished a class with a lady who is more of an embroiderer than a quilter. She bought a pattern for a quilt with embroidered blocks. After making all the blocks (absolutely gorgeous!!) the pattern read "sew blocks together and quilt as desired". The blocks were a mix of rectangles and squares on point with sashing. My poor sewer had cut all her side trianlges with the bias on the long edge and nothing would sit flat. We had to unpick the entire quilt top and I had to figure a way to use the triangles she had cut as she had no more of the fabric.

The pattern she had included fabric requirements and pictures, but no instructions on quilt assembly or fabic cutting, and no warning that there was no actual pattern available. From the outside (sealed) packaging I would have expected all the directions to have been included, so I cannot blame the poor woman for being so annoyed.

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Cats

It's just over 9" finished...I purposely didn't include the size because it's an addendum meant primarily for those doing the Shepherd's Light series as a tutorial before they tackle the centre of the quilt. I wanted folks to use up 2 1/2" scrap strips so they wouldn't be as concerned about "wasting" fabric, but the blocks don't finish at a standard size.

This is about technique, not about product: if you want to make a standard size Lemoyne star, use this technique with the measurements from any pattern.

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KI Graham

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Susan Laity Price

Thanks Kim for sharing the information. :)

Mary Ann

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pajaritaflora

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