Yes, I already know how to quilt, but there is always more to learn! And this is a group of more advanced sewers. I did order Quilter's Academy Book #4 by Harriet Hargrave, which is the text we're using in the class.
This week, I was sewing together the Morningstar as a trial run for the Lonestar. It took me most of the morning to sew all the pieces together. We used the Lemoyen Star method which uses a painless way to do Y-seams. You work from the outside into the middle of the star to finish it -- which seams a little counter intuitive. It worked, and subsequent stars should go faster.
The points are all nice and sharp--and they match. Hurray!
Near the end of the class, Liz showed us the electric AccuCut tool that the Senior Center has, and helped us cut out fabric for a Hunter's Star block. She wanted us to experience a much easier star than the lone stars we'd been working on this month.
She ran the fabric through the machine over the die cut, and we had our accurate and fully cut fabric pieces in about 3 seconds! It was remarkably fast! And the electric version is so much easier than the the manual cranking it through by hand.
Left block is the correct way to sew the quarters of the Hunters Star.
The right side is the WRONG way to put them together.
When I got home, I sewed the pieces together ... If there is a way to do it WRONG, I will do it wrong until I have a model to follow. It should not have taken all afternoon, but it did! By the forth quarter, I finally had it figured out! Put it down to learning something new ...
