I Finished My Glacier Star Quilt

 I finished my Glacier Star Quilt at a Quilt Retreat at Lake Chelan on March 18, 2023.

For some reason my blog has lost all of the pictures - I am trying to figure out what happened since they are in my Google Photos.

My Glacier Star Project - Almost Complete

Wow, my first post in 5 years and almost two months. I finally figured out how to get into my account. I tried changing the email account I used with it and then it wouldn't let me edit and then I couldn't get in at all.

I have worked on the Glacier Star during three quilts retreat at the Sewing Basket in Prosser, Washington and spent countless hours at home working on it.

                                              

These flying geese are from January 22, 2016

 

These are from September 21, 2018- Some of the sections still need to sewn together. When we go to Prosser, it is three or four days of sewing.

 

 

At this point once I had it sewn together, the Glacier Star quilt was basically done, but me being me I had to add the Queen Extension.

January 26, 2020 My Glacier Star Quilt top is done

Five years seven months and 2 weeks since I purchased the material and the top is finally done. The wonderful teacher that I started the class with died of cancer just before the last class. It was hard to pick it up and work on it after that so I had to give it some time. I got the top quilted in March 2020 so all that is left to do is the binding.

Glacier Star Techniques 5 and 6 Progress Report

Last weekend I was quilting again at Hood Canal with Sue and Ann. A nice relaxing weekend.

I got all the Feathered Star units sewn together and ready to attach to the Lone Star units.

They will go around the Lone Star like this --

I laid everything out to see what the finished center will look like.

I also started getting the material cut out for technique 6.

Bali Wedding Star - Class 2

Sunday, October 5th was my second Bali Wedding Star Class only two weeks after the first class. There was definitely not enough time to get all the sewing done. After an exhausting week at work, the  class on Saturday. and then a private movie screening of The Last Rescue, got home late and then had to get up for class.

Linda was still absent so the owner of The Quilt Barn Pam took over. We worked on the the pieces that connect with the rings. I didn't get many done and my left arm that I broke when I fell almost 5 years ago was hurting so bad I ending up stopping around 3 and heading home.

I imagine this quilt is going to take me several years to finish so meanwhile look at this picture and you will see how far I have to go - and mine is going to be seven rings by seven rings.

Glacier Star - Technique 5 Progress Report

Saturday, October 4th was my 4th Glacier Star class but I had worked ahead and was working on Technique 5 - I was just exhausted after the week at work. Our teacher was sick but the store owner Pam took over for her. The Quilt Barn is now a Judy Niemeyer Certified Shop so they now have all of her patterns.

I have finished 9 of the 14 sections on half of the spikes. I haven't had a chance to work on it since.

The spikes go around the diamonds -

And they are the outside edges of the center star - the spikes will be between the center star and the squares.

 Here is the store sample.

I had to leave class at 3:30 because I was going to a private movie screening of The Last Rescue.

Bali Wedding Star - Progress Report 2

I finished the last 3 strips on the purple and did a set of blue arcs and a set of green arcs. By Saturday night my left arm was really really hurting.

Just 11 more sets to do. 88 "A" arcs and 88 "B" arcs

Bali Wedding Star - Class 1

Class was last Sunday on what was a definitely overbooked weekend. Six hours of card making until midnight on Saturday and then up and down to Puyallup for six hours of quilting. My left arm was just killing me.

Each 42" strip of fabric will do eight "A" arcs and eight "B" arcs. I just have three 21" strips left to finish the first sets. Then a mere 104 more 42" strips to finish the arcs. I won't be even starting on them until today.

The next class is on Sunday, October 5th which follows a Glacier Star quilting class Saturday 10 to 5 and a movie premiere in Edmonds Saturday night of The Last Rescue. Overbooked again.

Which is also what is happening the next month - Glacier Star class Saturday, November 1st 10 to 5, card making 6 to midnight and then Bali Wedding Star final class on Sunday 10 to 4.

Glacier Star - Technique 4 Final Report

I did get the eight snowflakes sewn together before my class last Sunday.

I was then curious about how the center of the quilt was going to look so I laid them out together.

The next step was to sew technique 4 to the already joined technique 2 and 3.

I had to then lay them out to see how the center of the quilt would look again.

I then set out the blocks from technique 1 -

Technique 5 will go in between and join everything together. I was going to do that next but I have a 104 42" long fabric strips to sew to the A and B arcs of the Bali Wedding Star quilt - in a mere two weeks - now down to one week.

Glacier Star - Technique 4 Progress Report

By Tuesday night I had finished half of the Snowflake blocks -

And then by Wednesday night I finished the other half -

Now all that is left is to sew the two pieces together -

It should look roughly like this -

And then I need to sew each one to the end of these -

Tonight I was working on trying to put pictures in tomorrow's blog post my cousin did for her mother - sometime Blogger is just a little unfriendly.  I hope to sew these together and then piece them to the end of the other two blocks tomorrow night.

Bali Wedding Star - Progress Report

There is a reason they say to start three weeks before class cutting out the patterns, templates, and fabric. It takes hours and hours and hours to cut everything out.

 The first of three classes is Sunday, September 21st at The Quilt Barn.

Glacier Star - Class 3 of 6 and Final Report on Technique 3

A number of people missed Class 3 - so it was a very laid back class. The teacher Linda found my background fabric for the Bali Wedding Star class on September 21st, and I found all of the center star and corner fabrics. I have fabric to get cut out before class in September. Our Technique 4 class for Glacier Star is not until October 4th and I have that fabric cut out and I would like to get a head start on sewing it. Somehow I need to work in time to finish my 52 Ancestors posts for August 10th and August 17th which is going to be on my Dad.

In class I finished one Lone Star block and attached it to the Geese in a Pond block.

I also got the C1 units done which are the three pieces on the left , the C2 units which are the next three in a row and then the last four on the right which is the C3 units and part of them sewn together. I finished the rest of the seven Lone Star blocks after class.

Today when I got back from lunch with Shelley, I finished sewing the Lone Stars to the Geese in a Pond.

Tomorrow I will finish cutting out the material for Technique 5 and start cutting out the Bali Wedding Star. Then I need to get my blog done for August 24th, and finish the two for Dad before I start sewing on Technique 4. It will be an incentive because I am eager to see out the center of the quilt will look like.

Glacier Star - Technique 3/4 Progress Report

All I managed to get done this week was some fabric cut out.

Tomorrow's class is the Lone Star block which is Technique 3. I had hoped to get some sewn tonight but I am so tired after this work week.

The next class after that is not until October 4th - which is for Technique 4 - the Snowflake center block, but I have it cut out as well. I do start the Bali Wedding Star class on Sunday September 21st so I should sew tonight but I think I will just go to bed.

Glacier Star - Technique 2 - Final Report

I always take more sewing stuff than I can possible get done over to Sequim so this time I decided to pack lighter - and I was finished by 5 pm. Oops.

 

Geese in a Pond are Done!

My next task is to audition the fabric for Technique 3 - The Lone Star block. I have something picked out but I need to cut out sample pieces and lay them out to see how they will look. Class is next Saturday so I will need to work on it when I get home on Sunday (after the grocery store, a movie, dinner, laundry, and watering the parking strip.) Linda showed us how to do Technique 3 in the last class so I would like to get a head start and hopefully finish all the Lone Star blocks in class.

Glacier Star - Class 2 of 6

Yesterday was Class #2  Geese in a Pond. Of course, as usual, I didn't get as much done as I had hoped but we were given hints for Technique 3 so I am hoping to be able to work a little bit ahead.

I finished 8 out of 15 sections on the eight blocks.

I haven't finished the Geese in a Pond but the next two geese will be shades of green which may not seem like it is goes with the New York Beauty block but there is a lot of green in the coordinating fabric for the border so it should be OK - I hope. It will definitely be different for me. I don't usually like to mix too many colors because then it gets too scrappy for me. I have eliminated a number of different fabrics already and I'm using more of the same fabric then what I started out with.

I am really enjoying taking this class from Linda Tellesbo. She teaches Judy Niemeyer Foundation Piecing classes all over Western Washington.  Judy designs the absolute best paper piecing patterns I have ever used so with the combination of Judy and Linda I had no choice but to sign up for another class - Bali Wedding Star. I am probably overbooking myself but I already had the Bali Wedding Star pattern and I did want to do it eventually - and it is fun sewing with others.

I am having trouble deciding between doing a white background or a tan background.

Choices, Choices.....

I wasn't going to buy any more fabric but it is all Pam's fault at the The Quilt Barn. It was her newsletter with the picture of the gorgeous Glacier Star that made me want to sign up for the class. I actually had zero batiks in my stash - at least I did a month ago.

Quilting Weekend in Kent

This past weekend my former co-worker Ann and her sister Sue came to my house early on Friday afternoon to quilt. This time Ann sent us directions to buy material so we could all work on the same project which was something we hadn't tried before. It was Ann's second Strata Star and Sue's and my first. I learned some things that should make the next one mush easier. I really didn't know what to expect so I just bought some fabric all in the same line - Tapestry by Bonnie and Camille of Fig Tree Quilts from my local store Running Stitches Fabrics.

 I got my 1.5 strips cut several days before and the ruler taped according to the instructions.

Here is my fabric strips fanned out a bit more - I still can't figure out what it is going to look like.


It was a horse race with Ann in the lead (she had done it before and had gotten her strips cut out), me in the center (I had my strips cut out but didn't know what I was doing), and then Sue who had her material to still cut out - but at least we could show her what not to do as we did it.

Ann's Strips

Mine

Sue's

We had to sew together five sets of strips and then cut the triangles and sew them together. We took a break on Saturday and went down to The Quilt Barn in Puyallup. I picked up some more fabric for my Glacier Star quilt and Ann got a table runner to work on since she was just about done with the Strata Star.

Ann's Topper

Mine

Sue's Topper

I also got my backing fabric and batting cut out and pinned together - so it is ready to sew together. We also managed to survive 92 degree weather - which wasn't easy - we aren't used to it!

Glacier Star - Technique 1 - Final Report - Technique 2 Progress Report

On Sunday I finished the eight blocks for Technique 1.

On Monday night I finalized the material for the next couple of Techniques, and then tonight I cut the fabric and I'm ready for Technique 2 on July 19th. It is a variation on Flying Geese called Geese in a Pond. First time ever on a Block of the Month type project while working full-time.