Carlene Foster's Gallery : King

Scrappy stars

Carlene Foster — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:56:42 GMT

Never give me a batch of scraps and think I'm never going to use them...I find ways of putting them to some sort of use! Just need borders to finish this one. The star blocks finish at 8 x 8. I just used neutral sashings and scrappy cornerstones to keep the background from swallowing the stars.

Disappearing 9 patch with hearts

Carlene Foster — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:18:55 GMT

I did this from a pattern I got online. What a way to use up some of those fq's that you have no clue what to do with them! I loved it! Half a heart was 6 inches x 3.5 inches, so these were not small pieces. Just watch where you place the dark and light colors when you make your nine patches (before you slice and dice into individual blocks again.) Simple, fun, fast.

Double wedding ring

Carlene Foster — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:38:33 GMT

This is a king sized quilt done with the Simple Curves ruler and pattern. It worked up really fast, as none of the curves are full and the curves are all one piece of fabric. The thing I really like about this pattern and the ruler was that there was minimal waste, unlike many other patterns I have seen. In a 9.5 inch square, only two corners (less than 1.5 square inches) were not used. There is triming to be done after the block is put together, however, I have seen worse waste on those types of blocks as well. This is definitely a "let's do that again" pattern.