This is the last day of the Quilt Hop. If you have not entered a chance to win Diamond Star Quilts book you may want to do that before the Quit Hop is over. To win a chance for a copy of the book on my blog leave a commit below. The drawing will be on October 10. For a few more insights in the book. The quilt Rotating Stars is made from the same large diamonds even though the two stars look so different. Rotate the large diamonds 180 degrees and tada...you get a different star.

If you are just interested in making a small quilt of this pattern see my e-pattern Sand Dollar.

By rotating the diamonds the cactus looking feathers are now on the outside of the large diamond instead of the inside of the diamond.

This pattern in the book is a great project for a child. Two of my grandchildren, Asher and Brighton made these two star quilts.

Quilt Tour Hop

My quilt tour hop starts tomorrow for my book Diamond Star Quilts. Be sure to stop by each of the stops to have a chance to win a Diamond Star Quilt book. Here is a link to my facebook page of the different stops.www.facebook.com/barbara.cline.520 Here are the stops September 28 Blog Tour Kick Off https://www.ctpub.com/blog/ September 29 Karens quilting September 30 Byrnesewing.com October 1 sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com October 2 https://poweredbyquilting.com/ October 3 http://www.sliceofpiquilts.com October 4 https://charismascorner.com/ October 5 https://www.butterflythreadsquilting.com/ October 6 https://quiltingal.blogspot.com/

Let's Go Hunting has a couple of design elements happening in the quilt; diamond chains running through the quilt, the spiky cactus star in the center, and 8 more star points which create a 16 pointed star.

Blog Tour

Come join in the fun of a blog tour September 28-October 6. You will have chances to win my new book Diamond Star Quilts and there will be other prises to be given away. I will be posting the stops on September 28.

This quilt is made with strip piecing.

Hope you join me on September 28.

Free Quilt Giveaway - # 2

Month 2 quilt giveaway for 12 months.

The winner of last months Gradient Star was Sue A.

Windmill Storm 51" x 65" is the August 

giveaway which is pictured below.

For a chance to win go to my facebook page HERE, 
share and leave a comment.

This is the original quilt in my 4th book

Amazingly Simple Triangle Stars.

 
  Check out my onclasses here.  https://coursecraft.net/users/c6tr

Sign up for a class and take it at your time and leisure. 

Quilt Giveaway

FREE QUILT GIVEAWAY 

Each month for a year, I will be giving away one of my homemade quilts.The quilt below, Gradient Star is this months giveaway.   

For chances to win,

 go to my Facebook page and 

share and like the original post.

Give away closes July 31.

This is the original quilt in my first 

book called  Star Struck Quilts. 

Gradient Star

48" x 48"

I am also excited to let you know I have a new book coming out in September called Diamond Star Quilts

In this book there are 12 majestic stars with no inset seams!  Learn techniques for constructing eight-pointed star quilts from diamonds. Build your skills as you start with basic patterns and move to advanced designs.

Another exciting venture is I now have three online classes.  These three quilt classes feature techniques that are in my new book Diamond Star Quilts. The e-patterns come free with the class.

 Lady Rose 88" x 88"
Link for the Class.  Link to order the  e-pattern 

Modern Star Quilt 52" x 58"
Link for the class.  Link to order the e-pattern.

Diamond Chain Quilt 41" x 41" 

Link for the class.   Link to order the e-pattern.

Life on the turkey farm with baby turkeys.

Online Class for Diamond Chain Star

I have opened my first online class.  Since my traveling and teaching quilt classes have been postponed for a little while I thought I would offer some classes online.  At this point there is only one class but I am hoping to add to the list.  

The class is called Diamond Chain Star.
Coursecraft Diamond Chain Class

Discover how fast and easy it is to create this beautiful diamond chain star quilt.
 Learn how to strip cut diamond sets and how to make the large star points. An added bonus is there are no setting seams.

This class is for both an ambitious beginner or an advanced quilter.

Here is the link to sign up for the class. Coursecraft.net

If you sign up for the class I would love to have feedback on how to improve the class.  Also if you see a pattern on my website Delightful Piecing and would like me to teach a class online please let me know at delightfulpiecing@gmail.com

Designers Virtual Quilt Show

Take a moment each day to visit the Designers Virtual Quilt Show webpage to be introduced to new designers and vendors and see the class schedule.

Click here for day five of the show.

Click here for the Designers page.

Click here for  designers Social Media Plateform.

I want to share with you my latest E-pattern called Diamond Chain Star.  You can order the $5.00     e-pattern by going to 
Delightful Piecing E-patterns.

Diamond Chain Star pieced with Cherrywood Fabric.

In September my latest book will be released called Diamond Star Quilts.   

• Twelve terrific projects! Piece diamonds and patchwork stars with no inset seams
• Learn speed construction techniques to sew eight-pointed stars like a pro
• Grow your skills as you move from beginner patterns to advanced designs

This is the first project in the book for a beginner wanting to learn how to piece 8-pointed stars.  By piecing this quilt you learn some of the basics for an 8-pointed star, strip piecing and cutting from pieced strips.  Notice the quilting! Easy, easy. easy and done by using the walking foot.

To preorder a book send me an email to delightfulpiecing@gmail.com and let me know you want a book when it is released. 

Scrappy Squares

Scrappy Squares is a quilt I made with my 2 1/4" squares. 

 There is no pattern so I thought

 I would share with you how I made this quilt.

Example of a green block 

From my 2 1/4" green squares I chose 25 squares with many different values.  I placed them from light to dark diagonally.  If you take a picture with your camera and turn it into a black and white scale photo you can see the values and may need to change some of the squares around. Sew the squares together to form a 25 block patch.

 I used a small zigzag stitch to applique leaf like petals onto each block.  Notice the chain of petals that run diagonal are on the dark to light shades of red from corner to corner and the two leaf petals in each corner are on the medium shades of red. The appliques need to stay 1/4" away from the side of the square so when you sew the blocks together you will not catch the petals in the seam allowance.

I used the colors of the rainbow to move from color to color when laying out the quilt.  Notice the flowers are on the medium values of where 4 blocks come together and where the chain connects there are light and dark values in every other row.

Gray blocks were used around the quilt to border or frame it.  

Petal chains are quilted in the gray blocks to continue the  the petal chain idea. 

This was a quick "how to" but maybe it has inspired you

 on the next quilt you make.

DAY ONE

Here are the stops:

The trunk show will be hosted via Facebook Live from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST each day from April 1 - April 10, 2020.

April 1 

April 1 12pm EST Andi Stanfield facebook.com/Anditruebluequilts
April 1 1pm EST Nancy Scott facebook.com/MasterpieceQ
April 1 2pm EST becky jorgensen https://www.facebook.com/patchworkposse/
April 1 3pm EST carolina moore facebook.com/alwaysexpectmoore
April 1 4pm EST Jackie Kunkel https://www.facebook.com/cantonvillagequiltworks/
April 1 5pm EST Connie Jonson Sayler https://www.facebook.com/PacificRimQuiltCompany/
April 1 6pm EST Laura Piland/Slice of Pi Quilts  https://www.facebook.com/sliceofpiquilts/
April 1 7pm EST Sandra Starley https://www.facebook.com/TextileTimeTravels

April 1 8pm EST Swan Sheridan www.facebook.com/swanamitystudios
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April 2

April 2 12pm EST Lisa Ruble https://www.facebook.com/LoveToColorMyWorld/
April 2 1pm EST Beth Helfter Www.facebook.com/EvaPaigeQuiltDesigns
April 2 2pm EST Diane Bohn/From Blank Pages https://facebook.com/fromblankpages
April 2 3pm EST Deb Eggers/the cottage rose https://www.facebook.com/cottagerosequilt/
April 2 4pm EST Heidi Pridemore/The Whimsical Workshop https:/www.facebook.com/thewhimsicalworkshop
April 2 5pm EST Kate Colleran https://www.facebook.com/SeamsLikeaDreamQuilts/

April 2 6pm EST Tammy Silvers/Tamarinis https://www.facebook.com/tamarinis/

April 3

April 3 12pm EST Darcy Hunter www.facebook.com/darcydoodlequiltsApril 3 1pm EST Teresa Weaver www.facebook.com/yoursewingfriend
April 3 2pm EST Annette Ornelas https://www.facebook.com/southwind.designs/
April 3 3pm EST Jo Westfoot - The Crafty Nomad www.facebook.com/thecraftynomad
April 3 4pm EST Lynn Kane https://facebook.com/puppygirllynn
April 3 5pm EST Geeky Bobbin https://facebook.com/geekybobbinApril 3 6pm EST
April 3 7pm EST Laura Strickland https://m.facebook.com/orangeblossomquilt/
April 3 8pm EST Jen Frost https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndFabric/

April 4

April 4 12pm EST Sherry Shish - Powered By Quilting facebook.com/poweredbyquilting
April 4 1pm EST Bill Locke - Bill Locke Designs https://www.facebook.com/bill.locke.96
April 4 2pm EST Toni Smith/Quiltoni https://www.facebook.com/Quiltoni/
April 4 3pm EST Tammy Silvers/Tamarinis https://www.facebook.com/tamarinis/
April 4 4pm EST Jennifer Fulton https://www.facebook.com/inquiringquilter/
April 4 5pm EST Jessica Caldwell/ Desert Bloom Quilting https://www.facebook.com/desertbloomquilting/
April 4 6pm EST Monique Kleinhans / Ladybug's Cabin https://www.facebook.com/ladybugscabin/
April 4 7pm EST Heather Long / Coffee and Quilts https://m.facebook.com/Coffee-and-Quilts-197254351073271/?__tn__=C-R

April 4 8pm EST Marija Vujcic, Mara Quilt Designs https://www.facebook.com/MaraQuiltDesigns/

April 5

April 5 12pm EST Ebony Love https://www.facebook.com/LoveBugStudios/
April 5 1pm EST Bill Locke https://www.facebook.com/bill.locke.96
April 5 2pm EST Marlene Oddie https://www.facebook.com/kissedquilts/
April 5 3pm EST Sandy Fitzpatrick https://www.facebook.com/HissyfitzDesigns
April 5 4pm EST Reed Johnson https://www.facebook.com/BlueBearQuilts/
April 5 5pm EST Diane Harris https://www.facebook.com/stashbandit/
April 5 6pm EST
April 5 7pm EST Kathryn LeBlanc/Dragonfly's Quilting Design Studio https://www.facebook.com/dragonflysquiltingdesignstudioApril 5 8pm EST

April 6

April 6 12pm EST Becca Fenstermaker https://www.facebook.com/prettypiney/
April 6 1pm EST Cherry Guidry https://www.facebook.com/CherryBlossomsQuiltingStudio
April 6 2pm EST Cheryl Lynch www.facebook.com/CherylLynchFiberArts
April 6 3pm EST Annie Smith https://www.facebook.com/anniesmithqs

April 6 4pm EST
April 6 5pm EST Reeze Hanson https://www.facebook.com/Morningglorydesigns/
April 6 6pm EST
April 6 7pm EST Melissa Marginet https://www.facebook.com/melissa.marginet.quilter/
April 6 8pm EST


April 7

April 7 12pm EST Margaret Willingham/ Eye of the Beholder Quilt Design https://www.facebook.com/EyeoftheBeholderQuilt/
April 7 1pm EST Kate Colleran/Seams Like A Dream Design https://www.facebook.com/SeamsLikeaDreamQuilts/
April 7 2pm EST Barbara Cline https://www.facebook.com/barbara.cline.520
April 7 3pm EST Barbara Persing https://www.facebook.com/bpquilts/
April 7 4pm EST Ms P Designs USA/ Sharon Andersen https://www.facebook.com/MsPDesignsUSA/

April 7 5pm EST
April 7 6pm EST
April 7 7pm EST Diane Harris https://www.facebook.com/stashbandit/
April 7 8pm EST Christa Watson https://www.facebook.com/groups/christaquilts/


April 8

April 8 12pm EST Tina Dillard/Quilting Affection Designs https://www.facebook.com/quiltingaffectiondesigns/
April 8 1pm EST Raija Salomaa/Quilters' Treasure Chest https://www.facebook.com/quilterstreasurechest/
April 8 2pm EST Robin Koehler//NESTLINGS by Robin https://www.facebook.com/NestlingsbyRobin/
April 8 3pm EST Terri Vanden Bosch https://www.facebook.com/lizardcreekquilting/
April 8 4pm EST Jackie Kunkel https://www.facebook.com/cantonvillagequiltworks/

April 8 5pm EST Leanne Parsons https://www.facebook.com/devotedquilterdesigns
April 8 6pm EST Laura Piland/Slice of Pi Quilts  https://www.facebook.com/sliceofpiquilts/
April 8 7pm EST Ebony Love https://www.facebook.com/LoveBugStudios/
April 8 8pm EST Tammy Silvers/Tamarinis https://www.facebook.com/tamarinis/


April 9

April 9 12pm EST Rugile Stanyte   https://www.facebook.com/LittleDreamsQuilts
April 9 1pm EST Nancy Scott facebook.com/MasterpieceQ

April 9 2pm EST Jayme Crow/Bella Nonna Design Studio
April 9 3pm EST
April 9 4pm EST Jen Frost https://www.facebook.com/FaithAndFabric/
April 9 5pm EST      Annie Smith https://www.facebook.com/anniesmithqs/

April 9 6pm EST Karen L. Miller / Redbird Quilt Co. https://www.facebook.com/RedbirdQuiltCo/
April 9 7pm EST Kathryn LeBlanc/Dragonfly's Quilting Design Studio https://www.facebook.com/dragonflysquiltingdesignstudio
April 9 8pm EST Monique Kleinhans / Ladybug's Cabin https://www.facebook.com/ladybugscabin/

April 10

April 10  12pm  Sarah Maxwell https://www.facebook.com/DesignsSarahJMaxwell
April 10     1pm  Teresa Weaver www.facebook.com/yoursewingfriendApril 10     2pm  Karen Overton https://www.facebook.com/TheQuiltRambler

April 10  3pm Alison Stothard https://www.facebook.com/hexadoodlequilts

April 10     4pm

April 10  5pm Pat Sloan https://www.facebook.com/groups/QuiltWithPatSloan/ 

April 10  6pm Cherry Guidry https://www.facebook.com/CherryBlossomsQuiltingStudio

April 10  7pm Toni Smith/Quiltoni https://www.facebook.com/Quiltoni/

April 10     8pm Marija Vujcic, Mara Quilt Designs https://www.facebook.com/MaraQuiltDesigns/

Here is how the Virtual Trunk Show work?  

This morning, go to each designer's Facebook page and "like" or "follow" it so you will receive a notification before the trunk show starts. 

A few minutes before the time, go to the specific designer's Facebook page and watch the trunk show.  It will last about 15 minutes and in the comments you have an opportunity to ask questions.  The designer might not ask your question right away, but most designers will go back through the comments and answer after their presentation has ended. 

Don't fret if you miss a show, you will be able to go back to the designer's page and catch a replay.   

Each day, I plan on posting the schedule so you can follow along. 

Brighten your next 10 days with a quilt show online. 

Starting April 1 I will be posting on my facebook page the different stops.  Meet the authors and designers behind the quilts they share.  Each quilter will share 5 quilts in a 15 minute slot. April 7 @ 2:00pm is my time to share my quilts. 

Sewing Retreat

I love seeing the creativity come from each person during the week of sewing retreat.

Mother is watching two of her

 great grandchildren play together.

Clair's invention of a squirrel backpack.  I wish you could see this backpack in real life, it is so cute.

Cousins learning creative skills.

All of my sisters with mother.  

Sister Julia with her grandchild making an art quilt.

June doing hand work.

Mother did some reading.........

and some picking out for us.

Queena having fun with water color paints.

Water color, oil and inktense

 pictures of the morning sunrise.

Polly completed this quilt.  It is such an intriguing quilt.

Brighton is making an art quilt of a picture she drew.

Brighton's finished star quilt.

A birds eye view.

One of the projects I worked on was a 

paper pieced pattern for a grandchild.

Parla working on cutting out a dress.

This is a project I added gray borders to

 and started machine quilting.

Now to look forward to next year's retreat.