CONQUERING Edyta Sitar's Modern Feathered Star Quilt | Midnight Quilt Show with Angela Walters

hello and welcome to the midnight quilt show where we celebrate the best time of the night where the house is quiet and it's finally quilting time tonight I'm working with a feathered star quilt pattern which can be pieced with templates or without I wonder which one I'll choose let's get to it [Music] so this kit comes with a ballast fatigues and I'm going to show you the beautiful fabrics that I'm going to be working with today the pattern itself is called surfers point and it's designed by advaita sitar and I love how it's not your basic easy quilt pattern I'm going to get to try some new things for me like partial seams and kind of expand my template piecing skills so we'll see how that goes but from the dark blue to the light blues to the beautiful greens this is going to be a beautiful quilt I can't wait to get started in fact the more I look at it the more I think I've coordinated my snack choice tonight well I got to get cutting so this pattern comes with templates which I've already traced and cut out of my template plastic now I could use these to actually cut out the pieces by laying it down tracing them and cutting them out and that does sound slightly appealing but I think what I'm going to do is actually use my rotary cutter to cut them out but I still want to keep these little pieces around because I'm going to use them to check and make sure the pieces that I've cut out are actually correct so it's kind of like an answer key or kind of like you know my my failsafe so we'll see how that works now another thing that she's done that I love is that she's given me the diagram to cut up this fat quarter to get all the pieces out of it that I need for each block so I'm just going to follow her instructions and carve this up like a turkey and I think the reason she include the templates was very smart because either some unusual sizes so here's my first square I need some other triangles so this next one that I'm cutting is actually going to be the diamond shape you can see the template that I'm working with and I could lay my template on here and go ahead and cut but I'm going to actually use these lines on the mat to help keep me on track so what I'm going to do is look for the 45-degree line line up here and give my little strip here my first 45-degree cut that's not the 45-degree line this one is the 45-degree line is it bad I had to call my sixth grader up to give me a little primer on math I know math just not the angles and stuff so now that I have that 45 degree angle cut out I know that this is going to be a two inch wide ayman so I'm just going to lay the two-inch line on my ruler parallel with that and then when I cut it it's going to give me that diamond shape it saves me a little bit of time instead of marking that template out and anytime I can save on the piecing means I have a little bit more time for the quilting I'm cutting my lap away ain't no better way so roll me sorry I'm a child of the eighties so the next one to cut out of here is the 10-inch square which I'm going to end up turning into a little bitty triangles that I need for my feathered star and I've cut into my little triangles which are also going to be part of the bigger block so I've got this fat quarter all carved up but what's great about this quilt is instead of mixing in the different colors this is all the pieces I need for one complete block so all I have to do is keep them together in a nice pile that way I don't misplace them and you'll see how they come together in just a moment because first I have to cut the background fabric to put with this so add the background fabric I'm cutting the pieces that are going to go around the star and that includes the larger triangle and the square so I'm going to get that going now that I cut up my square I can use my template just to line it up and make sure that it's pretty good that there's like a sense of validation in that like yes that was perfect good job Angela I always say you have to be your biggest fan right just a couple more pieces and I'm ready to start sewing this block together [Music] [Music] so the first part of this block takes these little half square triangles and some of the other pieces that I've already cut out and what I'm going to do is just arrange them so you can kind of see how they're going to go together now I kind of feel like this might be like a game of Tanna grams you know where you're arranging the little blocks you have already made this one make a little winky face there's a mouse in the Winston eye now the pirate all right back to the subject at hand so these little things are going to be laid out like this and basically I need two rows of three half square triangles there looks something like that basically they're all pointing the same way at least this is what I tell myself when I'm making it to help keep me on track and you should have some of these left over when you're done so now I'm going to sew them in strips like this for some reason the reversing of these blocks in the way they change direction I have to lay it out first because I've made it wrong a few times I did a little test block on this to make sure it wasn't above my skill level and so I'm going to chain pcs which means I'm just going to grab two of them so right onto here and then continue on go right to my next row then I'm actually going to chain piece the next section without cutting these since they're all together I'm going to keep them that way and then just feed them through while they're still connected so here's my next segment and you see if I open it up I can take my next little block and line it up and make sure that it's going the same direction and that just helps make sure that hint up the way they're supposed to which is always a great thing so now I have 8 total little strip sets and I'm going to trim them up and start the next part of this process so these strip units aren't quite done yet I have to use these little triangles on either side and it's going to go something like this now what helps me what I'm laying these out is to remember that these backgrounds triangles are all facing the same direction so even though they're reversed they're saying right here and two right there I don't know if that'll help you out if you're making one but that's just what helps me mat and some immanence that always helps now I just sew so and so kind of like so so so your block so your blocks all day or night midnight hold on or dick go on I'm missing a triangle little triangle polka dot you seen it oh there it is okay so my little pieces are together I just need to separate them iron them up and then there's another little strip unit I have to make and then I'm ready to finally start putting the blocks together so let's do that so I laid out the pieces for the next strip that I need to put together and what I'm going to do is sew them you know in one long row kind of like this and then this but what's going to happen is now I have to start dealing with some weird angles or not all right angle have these kind of more pointy ones but don't worry I'm going to show you how easy it is to put them together but the next one is going to go with as you can tell has the right angle and then the more acute angle right here so the thing to remember is these two angles are the same they're the right angle so those are going to line up and in the skinnier angle or the more acute angle is going to extend past it which is fine that's going to help give us our quarter inch seam allowance after I sew it together at least in my world that's what's supposed to happen and when I pull it out you can see that it lines up perfectly and that right there is going to give us our quarter inch seam so that I don't lose that point when I put it together now when I go to add the next piece I think this would be a parallelogram I'm correct you can tell that none of these really have angles that are the same so as I lay them on top of each other I know that that skinnier pointy rear one is going to extend past this angle so I'm just going to scoot it over a little bit and if I folded this back the way it came you could tell that those actually are supposed to line up too once it's all together until I have a nice somewhat straight row and then I need to do that with a rusty flaw [Music] so now that I'm done with all those trip units I'm ready to start making the bigger pieces of my block and I'm going to start with the side unit which has a triangle of the background fabric and then those first strip units that I made earlier and the way that they're going to be laid on here will be something like this so it's going to make a weird-looking shape I hope that it should come all together in a nice square when we're done so starting first with this one I'm going to put it on a background triangle and sew it on now here's where things get kind of interesting because it's going to be a partial scene yes a partial seam now when I first read the pattern I thought there's no way I can do this I know my kids picked out the fabric they love it but I'm just not into that kind of complex stuff but then I realized that it's not a why seam it's not where multiple pieces of fabric come together it just means I sew the same stop and I'll come back and finish it later which actually fits it really great with my ad type of personality so what I'm going to do is start my line of stitching right here I'm not going to start at the very end I'm going to start right here and then go down to the side so here's the first step and then I'm going to take the other strip unit the one that has the colored fabric on the end and stick it right there and again I'm not going to sew that part of the seam I'm going to start here and these are going to stay out kind of like little wings and here's the next step it's almost done I just have to add these two little pieces on the side and I probably should be pinning this and there is one of my side units I just need to make three more so I have a side units done and I have to work on the corner units which are going to use up the last of these little strips that I've made I'm going to use a square two of those and it's going to come together to make a weird shape looking block but I'm thinking it's all going to come together perfectly in the end all right three more of those and I can put the block together finally so I have all the pieces to my beautiful feathered star block but before I sew them together I want to point out one little thing so I haven't trimmed my little dog ears off of the pieces and it really is something I probably should do but since this quilt is going to end up on my couch where we all cuddle under it if it's not perfect I think it'll be fine I split up the pieces for the first row of my block because I want to show you what happens with this partial seen when I actually sew it together so the hardest part about sewing this flock together is I have this one area where I have three different pieces of fabric coming together so what I'm going to do is try to move the fabric to where those points kind of neat so where this white point will touch that purple kind of point roll it over kind of hold it in place and then squeeze it by fingertips so it doesn't shift so that I can pin it little space and I'm going to go ahead and sew along my scene as I approach that point I'm going to go ahead and pull my pin out and as I'm sewing I'm going to try to make sure that it doesn't cross over that point which I can tell by the seams that I've already sewn before all right here's the moment of truth we get to see how those turned out that is not good but we're going to leave it see that should be over here that's fine so now I got to finish up my row I still have this partial seam that I have to go back and finish up and it's very important that I do because when I get to quilting if I have a big ol hole like that we know it's not going to end well so I'm going to turn it over line this up and starting where I finished that seam I'm going to just finish that whole row out and then be done with this part of the block and now you can see that it finally comes together and it's starting to look more like your traditional quilt block now I just need to do the same with the other side all right that point actually looks pretty good for those fabrics come together so there you go 50% I'll take it and I'm going to finish up that partial scene then I have the first row of my quilt now I need to do the center section now when I'm sewing together when I'm looking at it I usually try to have the piece on top that has the most pieces if that makes any kind of sense there's no seams or anything here so if I can keep them on the top that lets me maneuver my points and maybe fudge a little bit to make sure it looks decent and as you can see those points look perfect and I'm going to do the same thing on the other side all right and there is my center row then the top now I'm going to try to make all these weird things come together now starting from one side I'm going to move this out of the way remember there's that partial seam that we're not ready for yet and I'm going to line up along the sides all right let's see how it turned out not so bad I just need to go back and close up these partial scenes like I did on this row and I'll be two-thirds of the way done with this block now just so that bottom row on just like I did the first and in my block will be finished [Music] so there it is my finished block and it just so happens I have all the blocks for the first row already ready to go so I'm going to sew the first row together and then assemble the rest of the quilt row by row whoo this quilt is finished and the best thing about it is there are no borders so that means all I have to do is make my quilt sandwich with my beautiful batik backing and get some machine quilting which we all know is my favorite part but first an M&M break but like you don't carry M&Ms in your pockets so for this quilt I'm opting to use the swirl hook all over design and what I love about it is that it takes that basic swirl and adds a little hook to it which is great for the pointy areas of this quote so I'm basically quilting your regular swirl by closing a line that curls in on itself but once I get to the center I'm going to stop and cool a little hook or an extended kind of curl out to a point then I'm going to echo back and then echo around the swirl and that's the basic shape that I'm repeating over and over and over again and I love how this design really fills in the whole area it has a nice little pointy element to it which looks great with the piecing and I also love how an all-over design hides any piecing imperfections not that there are any on this quilt now if your up we're staying all night with your machine quilting I have a fun quilting diagram you can download by checking out the description box below and it shows how you can use a negative space in this quilt to create a cool custom effect well I've got a lot of swirl hooks to quilt so I'm going to get to it so tonight I finally conquered my fear of partial seams and made my first ever feathered star quilt I had so much fun cutting up the petite sewing them together and then quilting it with an all-over swirl hook design and I couldn't be more happy with the results now I have a question for you I have started to amass quite the collection of scraps and I'm not sure how I should organize it I'd love to hear how you organize your scrap I mean if you hypothetically had any scraps of fabric be sure to leave your suggestions in the comment box below so I can see which way I want to organize mine don't forget to download this quilting diagram and be sure to subscribe so that you never miss an episode of the midnight quilt show thanks so much and I'll see you next week [Music]

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Keywords: template piecing, fat quarter quilt, batik quilt, edyta sitar quilt, modern feathered star, snowflake quilt block, seaglass quilt, partial seams, feathered star quilt, feathered star quilt block tutorial, feathered star quilt pattern, no paper piecing, how to make a feathered star quilt, fabric cutters, edyta sitar quilt patterns, scrappy firework quilts by edyta sitar, midnight quilt show, angela walters, craftsy, blue and green quilt, allover quilting, swirl hook

Id: y8A2EYRR50M

Length: 14min 54sec (894 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 30 2017