"Jackstones" ~ 63" X 73.5"
Jackstones has finally, officially, made it to the "flimsy" stage. Hooray!
Begun a year ago and promptly back-burnered, it was inspired by this magazine cover from 2013
and this tutorial (pictured below) from the same quiltmaker.
My version, however, is not paper pieced. My wedges are a bit slimmer, I used a 9 degree wedge ruler and, constructing my own template*, stacked my square background pieces and cut them after marking the cutting line, as illustrated below.
I cut the background squares 6.5" and, after inserting the wedges and the subsequent trim down, (below) ended up with blocks cut at 5.75"; sort of a weird size, but it was all an experiment; one that I loved so much that I simply kept going with it as it was!
It hardly made a dent in my low volume stash and, as usual, have been putting together something else as I pieced this one. I have lots to report, stay tuned. In the meantime I am dreaming of how I will quilt up Jackstones to fully show off the pieced alternate border solid color to its advantage.
*If anyone is interested in a printout of the (albeit sketchy) directions including the template I created, let me know and I will email you a copy.
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10 comments:
Fantastic -- thank you for sharing how YOU made this very, very pretty quilt top. Especially like the border!
I could see a bouncing ball appliquéd to this !!!
Fun! Thanks for sharing how you made your blocks!
Oh, this quilt sparkles! The solid border with lighter wedges finishes it off beautifully! What a smart addition.
I am interested to see what you do for the quilting.
I love the use of low volume prints, gray, and color! Delightful! I would love it if you would e-mail me the template and how you made the blocks. Great inspiration - thanks! IronLftr10atyahoo.com
I really love this one and how it is turning out! Would love a copy of your template as well. You never know when it could help me use up some of those scraps I have laying around!
I really like colors you used more than the magazine example. Your colors seem to catch the eye more.
do scrap quilts ever make a dent???? lol
This quilt just sparkles. I see why you call it Jackstones, but it looks like sparklers and sprinklers to me. I would love a copy of your directions. Thank you for sharing!
Long time reader, first time commenter: LOVE your Jackstones! Actually, I had been scouring the internet trying to figure out how I could get a copy of the 2014 Quilt magazine, for I, too, wanted to make their Dresden Stars. Of course, it was out of print. :-( What a stroke of luck that you posted the link for the tutorial that you used. Thank you so much!!
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