Moving Along

Dinosaur Quilt

I finished embroidering my dinosaurs.  Aren't they cute? The designs are by Anita Goodesign.  

While these cute designs were sewing out I was busy making the Lone Star Quilt.

Lone Star Quilt

Never having made a Lone Star Quilt before I was kind of at a loss.  So I went on You Tube and found a wonderful video.  I was kind of hesitant at first, because it was a paid lesson.  It was GREAT! 

The name of the DVD / Video lesson was Jan Krentz Teaches You to Make a Lone Star Quilt.  It was a 72 hour rental... only for $3.99.  Well worth the price.  Its about a hour and half long. You can find it here at: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3klJB7PRts&noredirect=1

I used Jan's method through the whole process.

I cut my strips and sewed the strip set pieces together.

Each set was cut into individual strips.

Then sewn into a diamond shape. 

Following Jan Krentz's instructions, I made a smaller diamond shape to use as a guide. I cut out small diamonds out of scraps and used a glue stick to make the template.  I then numbered each strip so I wouldn't make a mistake while sewing the diamonds together. The smaller piece is used to help line up proper placement while pinning the strip sets. 

Here is my completed diamond.  Perfect points!!! 

I then blocked each diamond set.

And here is the center block! All I can say is Wow... It was very easy. Great instructions.  Can't wait till its finished.