Hello everyone! I'm Lisa. I'm the lucky gal that got to make the "traditional" colorway of Sedona Star. I understand there are some troubles with adding the small border around the pieced center and pieced border of the entire center circle unit, is this correct?

As Sarah said, you need to be sure that when you piece your templates together, you're doing a really good job of measuring every square in both directions to be sure they measure what the instructions say.

Also, be sure that your printer is printing out all of the markings! One of my printers has a problem printing certain colors and when I first started out, my templates were not correct and I had to switch to a different printer (luckily I have four).

If you accurately print and piece together your templates, and accurately sew (it can be difficult with circular sewing and stabilizers on the back, I know) then you should have no problem putting the center together.

I didn't realize that I was a member of the forums, otherwise I would've been here to help out much sooner!

Susie - you just made my day having read all of the posts on this topic! Not that I'm happy it was operator error, but I am definitely happy that you were able to figure it out.

The templates are accurate. They have been tested and used successfully at least twice (by Lisa who made the Buttons and Blooms version of the quilt, and by me), and there are lots of photos in the Show and Tell from successful Month 1 finishers.

I'm thinking the circles are not laying flat because either the templates have not printed accurately (you need to measure across 4 squares to get 8" in both directions) in which case you will need to find a printer that does print accurately; or the seam allowance used is too big.

Given that I am English and spent the first 28 years of my life printing onto A4 paper, it didn't occur to me that the stuff still exists! I will make sure that templates for months 2-12 can be printed onto A4 paper as well as letter paper.

Sarah

Rosemary, I already have..

Yay!!!! Success!!!! Problem was my printer. Sent the file to my husband to print at work. Haven't sewed it yet, but the size is totally bigger. The laser printer is my new hero!!

snelson61 wrote: Sack the operator?

Finally!! It lays flat!! :shock: I took all the rings off ironed them , then re-read the post by Sarah on cirlces in circles , then watched the show with Jacqueline de Jonge on sewing curves. I was not centering the start points like Sarah said and since most of the paper came off in the battle of rounds one and two the outer ring was not spaced out evenly. Now I feel better about making the rest of month one. Whew! It was operator error!

Hi Muriel, Hope everything goes OK for you, I am also going to be doing the Ruffled Roses this year it will be nice to see what you are doing with that also. I today printed out the rest of the templates and laid them all out on the lightbox and they all line up perfectly, I am going to be using Ricky Tims stabiliser as I am using that on my dummy run and it is wonderful, not that I am familiar with paper peicing, I have printed out on paper the patterns and am keeping them to use as my templates so that I can make sure that everything will line up when I do it on my kit, hopefully it will get here soon, I am finishing off the 1/2 square triangle exchange quilt and decided to put flying geese around the centre, had to do the math for that too, as you can tell I am not an experienced quilter, but I must say that I am a stickler for everything to be as perfect as possible I don't like to look closely and see anything wrong, I have put the borders on and the fabric which I was going to use for the outer border was a floral and when I laid it out it didn't look right and the fabric that looks good I don't have enough of so I got online and they are sending what they have left, but it won't be enough I am hoping that the dye lot will be OK with the type of fabric it is it might be good, if not I will have to have a look around here, I am running out of time as I still have to quilt it and it takes a while for the fabric to get here. I would like to know the overall width of the centre of the Sedona Star to know that I am on track with it, if it sews together the same as the template I should be OK the centre is good.

Thanks for the encouragement Barbara. I feel I am going to need it for this BOM. I heard today that my kit has arrived and having paid the tax on it on line, it should reach me on Thursday. I am used to paper piecing and I have done some applique but I dont like the fact that so many people seem to have run into problems. The tip about the paper size being different in the US - we usually use A4 here in UK -is a useful tip and I will remember to change my paper size to letter size when I try.I am a bit more than 1/2 way through making the 2011 BOM and I would have liked to finish it before starting Sedona Star but I think it would probably be wise to keep up with others doing this one and be able to seek advice.
Muriel

LeslieJC wrote: I too have unsewn the three rings and by no means am I experienced. I too would like to know what others have done to make it work right or did they have any issues at all?? My center star seems to be too big and the outer ring seems too small.I did follow Sarah's directions in another post, so either it is me or it's the template. Will fiddle with it when I get home from work tonight, Like Leslie said "it wiil work one way or another".

Hi Crow, I too have ordered a kit from TQS and after reading the forum have decided to just pull some pieces out of my stash and have a go as I have never done paper piecing or applique before and I'm not too sure on the printing either so the whole thing for me is going to be a total learning experience, but I'm up for it. I have printed out the templates and had some problems but our paper sizes are different here ( Australia) and after reading the forum I got it right " I hope" I certainly have the 2 inch OK .I have started to piece the centre and have got to the point where I have put the centre applique on, quite frankly it was totally foreign to me trying to work out the paper piecing but I took it one step at a time and it is working, I suppose the next step putting the circle on the outside will tell a story but as I have measured and laid it out it certainly looks like it will work. At first the printer (I have bought a new one) decided to chew up some of Ricky Tim's stabiliser, I bought an A3, so I put it through an old canon fiddled and it was OK. I thought it wise especially under my circumstances to have a dummy run and maybe I will do a few more along the way as I don't want to mess up my fabric from the kit, don't be discouraged by what you are reading, just jump in as I did and hopefully it will work out and if you do have problems the forum is a wonderful support system, we need to have confidence in our own ability, good luck

Don't worry,Crow. I'm confident our quilt friends will help us get this worked out. I won't give up if you won't !!

Oh dear! I am waiting for my kit to arrive from USA but now I am beginning to regret the decision to get it in kit form. I would have at least had a go if the fabric was from my stash, but if all you very experienced quilters are having such a hard time to get the templates to work I am truly worried.

Okay, I am having trouble too. I am currently "unsewing" parts of template 3 from the pieced border (2) to see if I can flatten it out. I really... really... pinned etc etc, and got the bowl others talked about. I snipped (judiciously) to see if it would "ease" in more easily. I re-inspected my cutting lines and adjusted here and there. I pressed and pressed (and ironed) to see if it would work. Now I have am going to hand-baste the parts I have "un"-sewed, then re-sew and see if if works better. It will work, one way or "tother", but I would love to hear how those who have posted in the Show-And-Tell have made their "beauties" look so wonderful! This BOM is definately a learning lessons. I think I am missing something.

Help! I am having a horrible time with template 3. I've reprinted and attempted to reglue twice. No way is the circle big enough for my 1 and 2 unit (already sewn together without any problem). I'm also having difficulty making any sense out of the hash marks. Help!