Carpenter Star

I’m writing a pattern for a quilt-as-you-go king-size Carpenter Star quilt. I love quilting my quilts on my Bernina. But a king quilt assembled the traditional way is just to large for it. So I am breaking into three sections and illustrating the process as I go along. The pattern is a draft and the fabric amounts are definitely subject to change. I’ll update them as I go along.

January 7, 2015
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Quilt As You Go King Size Carpenter Star Finished!

This Baby is finally done. This my second quilt-as-you-go King carpenter star.
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December 24, 2014
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Carpenter Star – Section 3 Challenges

Goodness, it’s been almost two months since I’ve been free to work on this baby. I thought today I’d cover…
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November 6, 2014
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Carpenter Star – Section 2 Quilting is Done

I finished quilting Section 2 yesterday afternoon.
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October 23, 2014
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Carpenter Star – Adding Section 2

I’ve finished the quilting for Section 1. I started out by stitching in the ditch of the lengthwise seams. Once…
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October 7, 2014
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Carpenter Star – Anatomy of Spray Basting

I’ve finished piecing the three sections and completed making my backing for each section. Now it’s time to spray baste…
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October 4, 2014
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Carpenter Star – Piecing Section 1

Section 1 is complete and Section 3 is lacking three rows and the side border. Next in line…Section 2. I…
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October 1, 2014
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Carpenter Star – Cutting the Fabric

I ran across Sharon Schamber’s tutorial on flake-free starching a couple of months ago and decided to try using it…
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September 27, 2014
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Carpenter Star – Backing

While I continue to wait for my background fabric to arrive, I’ve been giving thought to my batting and backing…
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September 26, 2014
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Quilt as You Go – King-sized Carpenter Star Quilt

As a general rule, I prefer the traditional method of completing the piecing of the entire quilt top before assembling…
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December 10, 2013
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Carpenter Star

Well I didn’t think I would make it, but I finished this baby n time for Christmas. Wrinkles are the…
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November 2, 2013
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Finished Round 3 and starting the Final Round

Round 3 is finally finished and I’m looking forward to the final round. This baby is getting heavy in the…
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October 8, 2013
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Finished 2nd Round and Starting 3rd

After a week of withdrawal, I finally got my Bernina back in fully working order. I must stress that I…
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September 29, 2013
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Carpenter Star

In another life I will own a long-arm quilting machine. In this life I have a wonderful Bernina 820 with…
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