this quilt top

I think I'd start with by sewing the 8-point stars and then setting in the nine-patches. It should go together fairly well, I think, until you get to the nine-patches that are shared between two stars. That could get a little fiddly, but you can handle it.

For the sake of stability, I would do it in sets. Connect two diamonds, and add the nine patch that goes between them, then connect two sets of those and add add another nine patch. Assuming you are dealing with miters from the star to the corners, I would finish it out to the borders, then connect the halves adding the last two nine patches. That is a tough call though. With that many angled seams I would just be more comfortable working with sections for as long as possible, because drag can really throw you off. I might try doing it in quarters rather than halves, and then put in the last four nine patches. On the other paw doing it in either two or four sections could make those final nine patches a bit of a PITA.

The one thing I will swear to is that usually eight pointed stars are most easily done in quarters. So that is the first way I try to sort them out.

NightMist

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:30:22 -0600, Karen, Queen of Squishies wrote (in article ):

I'd divide it into quarters. Put together one quarter of the quilt, then another. Sew two quarters together to get half the quilt. Repeat. Then sew the two halves together.

Clear as mud?

Maureen