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MARCH BLOCK VERMONT STAR
This month we’re forgoing the normal raffle so you will have extra time (wish we could grant that request for real) to work on blocks needed for the Guild’s 2012 Quilt Show Raffle Quilt. So, the preordained winner of this raffle is the Guild itself. Just think, no worries about having another project to assemble and finish if you had won.
The Vermont Star Block is from Carol Doak’s book “50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars”;
she has given the Guild permission to use it for our raffle quilt. If you love to foundation / paper piece, this block is for you.
Here is a preview of the design,
Colette will reveal the colors and fabrics that will be used at the February meeting.
Size is 12 ½ “ unfinished.
At the February meeting, packets will be available for pickup that will include the paper foundation pattern, instructions and all the fabrics to complete the block. If you can’t make the meeting, contact one of us below to arrange getting one. Ditto for bringing back in March.
It is important that you are committed to completing packets you pick up by the March meeting to allow time for quilt to be assembled and quilted. Just so you are prepared, each quarter of the block has 16 pieces for a total of 64 in all. If you find that daunting, we suggest you may want to work with a friend, each doing a couple of the quarters to make it more manageable in the time provided. Please don’t take the packets if you aren’t sure you will be able to complete by the March meeting.
Guild Raffle Block team – Just for this month, the experts to contact with questions are Colette Kaiser (879-8917), Andre Emmell (877-2811) and Sue McGuire (482-3075).
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The Block of the Month Patterns can be found in the Monthly Newsletter. Click on the Newsletter tab above and choose the month that you would like.
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Printing Tip: The patterns for paper piecing are in pdf format. When you go to print the intended page 1) click on the print icon. 2) The print screen will pop up; look at the lower left-hand side of the screen and "page handling". 3) Look for "page scaling"; click on the drop down menu and click on "none". That should enable you to print the pattern at the intended size.