Join the other 3 units to the right, the panel should measure 5” x 7-1/2”. Join the sashing (7-1/2”) to the Valentine Panel, and Fuse the “Q” in place.





Join the “T” block with a 8-1/2” sashing. My “almost” completed Month 7:

The first unit. Oh! I forgot to reverse the design, so my stars will look like they turn the other way around… I’ll leave it that way.



The 3 units are pieced.




Join the 3 columns together, and then to the left of the background fabric. The "Q" is not fused yet, I just wanted to see the colors...

Then I cut the excess fabric.




When joining a larger piece, I align the rectangle in the direction where the folded foundation is going.





When the unit is pieced, I trim the excess fabric, leaving the 1/4 “ seam allowance.

QUARTERED STAR

PANEL SIZE: 7” x 4-1/2” BLOCK SIZE : 1-1/2” X 1-1/2” (each individual star)

You need to cut the background 4-1/2” x 5”.

Why not a third block using paper piecing ?

If you wish to make this block the “traditional” way, following the instructions, you will have to cut each HST to 1” x 1”.
But, I prefer to paper-piece this one in columns.
For each little triangle, I cut a square 1-1/4” 1-1/4” (a little oversize to have room).
I think the design can be split in 3 sections: the stars, the background, and “sort of” a ribbon that swirls around the stars. So, whenever 2 triangles would be of the same section, I would consider them as one unit (same color) and make the fabric bigger: a rectangle 1-1/4” x 1-3/4”.
On the foundation, I marked with an “X” the lines that would be removed.




I cut my fabric and placed in the order that the units are sewn. I sew each unit alternating from the top-down and from the bottom-up – so the seams can nest if need be.




When I start piecing a unit, I center the “square” over the fabric and the diagonal where I sew.

I am loving following this even though I am not sewing this project in either full or half size yet. Andree, great job.

Love your heart, Andrée. Beautiful colors. And yet another great tutorial. One can tell, you like to do them

Great tutes Andrée!!

And thank you all for your kind words...

I really like doing this!

Andrée

Press, and cut the excess fabric in the seam allowance. Do the same on the other side:





Press and cut the excess fabric in the seam allowance that shows thru. Trim the excess fabric of the background color to get a “nice” square – it should be 3-1/2” x 3-1/2”.

Sew the background to the right of the block, and fuse the “V” in place. To align it, I made sure that the “curve” of the “V” would meet the tip of each HST at the right of the heart, and that the top of the right “V” “arm” would be horizontal.




I will have a lot of blanket stitching to do! All those letters...

I align the 1/4” mark on my ruler, against the corner of the 4th square on the second column and the corner of the 5th square on the third column, and I draw a line. I do the same on the other side:




This is to align the raw edge of the background fabric – Cut 1 square 2-3/4 x 2-3/4” and cut it once on the diagonal. Then place one triangle on the line, making sure that the seam line will go beyond the block on each side, and pin in place:





Sew on the line of the foundation:

Once the unit is all pieced, I trim the excess fabric on each side, and on the top – but I leave the bottom as is. (sorry for the “bad” photo, it looked OK on the camera...)

The result:




Then, I sew each column in pairs. Make sure that the seams “kiss” each other.





I sew each pairs and this is the result – it doesn’t quite look like a heart... until the sashing is sewn on the top, I see something else!
I leave the foundations on. I do not remove them yet...

VALENTINE

PANEL size : 7” x 3” Block size: 3” x 3”

After making the “T” block using paper-piecing, I guess I caught the “bug” and see potential everywhere

I drew the heart in EQ7 and printed the foundations.




I numbered each column, alternating from top down and from bottom up on each one. This will ensure that the seams will “nest” against each other.
Also, since I’m sewing each column individually, I can chose fabric (and not make 4 sets that follow the same order).

Each individual square in the heart should be 1/2” x 1/2” finished. Add to that 1/4” seam allowance, each square should be cut at 1” x 1”, but I prefer to give myself some room, so I cut them 1-1/4” x 1-1/4”. I placed them as I wanted them to appear (but I forgot to invert, so in the end the “pink” part will be on the right hand side instead of the left like I imagined).





I also cut the 4 background squares required for the top of the heart at 1-1/4” x 1-1/4”.

I prefer not to have the seam allowance on the foundation. Knowing the fabric is a little bigger than required, when I start the piecing of the HST, I will center the resulting square and sew on the diagonal. Then I will remove the excess fabric. OK, on this one, the foundation is “used” – I had taken the “wrong” fabric initially, so I had to undo.

Andrée, your "T" is a beauty and I enjoy reading your tutorials--thank you for posting them!

Wow, a different take on things. Very clever!

denise