Feathered Star Quilt - Completion of Chapter 1 - Judy and Brad Niemeyer

I have determined that Wine and paper piecing doesn't always go together!! 

Thursday night Jim and I had a wonderful Birthday dinner and shared a bottle of Wine!!

I came home wanting to finish Part 2 of Chapter 1 so I sewed on one of the sections and realized Friday night that they were on wrong!!  Of course I had already trimmed all of them but one!  Which meant using the seam ripper and cutting new pieces!!

 

I was able to finish Part 2 of the Chapter 1 Friday night!!

 

 

I laid them out at Cottonpickers so that I could get some suggestions on the fabric for Chapter 2.  Beth's daughter, Becky was there to give me a hand.

 

Looks pretty good if I do say so myself!!

 

 

These are the fabrics we selected for the Chapter 2!!

 

Today was the From Marti and Me Club and Sit and Sew of the Super Saturday Stitchers.

These women are very talented and will be working on their own Judy and Brad Niemeyer patterns soon!  I was able to complete Chapter 1 and start cutting out Chapter 2!!

 

 

I love how it is coming together!!  The next chapters fabrics are a little darker, so I'm hoping the center star will pop!!!

 

 

 This one of the 8 wedges in Chapter 1

 

 

This shows 2 of the wedges with the different colored centers.

Feathered Star Quilt - Continuation of Step 2 - Judy and Brad Niemeyer

My last post showed the first 2 wedges for the center star, this post shows all 8!!

I took advantage of Judy and Brad's instructions on stacking the fabric and chain piecing and the remaining wedges came together fairly fast!!

I think the eggplant really helps to make the star pop!!

Once I get Chapter 1 done I will have to select some more fabric!!

I know Judy suggests picking everything out and get it all cut before sewing, but I need to see the quilt build and select fabric as I go.  Fortunately this pattern allows me to do that!

I hope to get the remaining wedges done in Chapter 1 by the end of the weekend!!

Stay tuned!!!

Feathered Star Quilt - Step 2 - Judy and Brad Niemeyer

I have cut out the fabric for the 1st Chapter of my

Judy and Bard Niemeyer Feathered Star Quilt!

 

Thanks to Beth's help at Cottonpickers I have a great center star!!

 

 

 

It always amazes me how ugly the pieces are prior to final trimming!!

 

 

 

Much nicer now that they are trimmed!!  They still have the paper on the back.

 

 

I think Chapter 1 is going to look awesome when all the pieces are done!!

 

6 more of these wedges to go and then on to the second part of Chapter 1.

 

 

Feathered Star Quilt - Step 1 - Judy and Brad Niemeyer

Judy and Brad Niemeyer released some new patterns last week at the Checker's Open House.  I left a message for Beth at Cottonpickers Quilt Shop and requested that she save/order one for me.  Cottonpickers is now a certified Judy and Brad Niemeyer quilt shop!!  This means that Beth and Becky are working on a number of patterns so that they can offer classes this Winter!!!

 

It's the Feathered Star which is 60" x 60"

 

 

When you first look at this quilt you don't see a number of fabrics, but there are actually around 13-15 different ones.

 

The pattern is divided into 5 chapters and each one includes detailed instructions.  You start in the middle and work your way out.  All paper piecing is to be completed before any units are sewn together. 

 

I started looking throught my batik fabric stash last night and selected fabric for the 1st Chapter which includes the inner accent star.

 

 

Each chapter seems to include dark, medium and light fabrics.

 

I will be using a number of the fabrics from my Desert Sky quilt with some additions.

 

My biggest fear when starting a pattern is the selection of the fabrics.

 

This image is from EQ7 and uses the 4 fabrics I selected.

 

 

I think my selection of the star fabrics will work!!!

 

I will continue to update as this quilt comes together!!