This is a great video - your tips are already helping me, and I have not even bought the pattern yet. I have several other quilts living in my head right now, so this one is down the road still. But it's beautiful; I think I will do your suggestion and try the mini-quilt of this block to see if I can do it! Thanks for the time and effort you put into doing this video!
Actually, I think there are 200 pieces in the star itself and 300 pieces in each completed star block. That does not count the sashing. It's an intensive endeavor for sure! Thank you for the tips. I may decide to try this pattern as soon as I'm finished with my current quilt--which may be ... never!? 😂 The Stars upon Stars quilt is an absolute showstopper and I admire you for taking it on. I love Edyta's work, don't you? ❤❤
It’s early 2023 and I was able to find the Judy Martin point trimmer by googling it. I’m making this quilt now, and Sheri is right - it’s a game changer.
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful and masterful work. I love LeMoyne stars, and I believe that it requires patience and perfect practice. This quilt is stunning. My first results with star using the old fashion way were sad. Fabric handling is key to help you develop muscle memory. One click to the right provides a perfect scant. I have a #57 gated foot on my Bernina which is my MVP piecing partner. That combo provided perfect seaming. There are so many seams, that a thread width builds. Full quarter on the insets or you will lose your points. I like to slightly oversize my insets as wonk happens given the bias. On the trim down, you should end up be alright. Another consideration is to use a 60 or 80 wt polyester thread. I use Wonderfil Decob (80). It is strong and thin and helps many-seamed blocks lay flat. A point trimmer/marker (I use Marti Michelle) is a real piecing aid. I like to trim a 90 degree corner on all insets (QST and HST inside corner) so that it lays flat against the diamond shoulder. As I'm slightly oversizing, I'm working from the inside to the outside. I also found that pressing helped me. I use teflon coated fiberglass sheets. There is not distortion in bias--and I think that it helps to have a flat block when doing the insets.
Thank you for all the information you're giving on this star I came across your channel when I was surfing and I really enjoy the information you were giving, I just want to do the star not the whole quilt which is the whole quilt I suppose but I'm going to buy some Walmart fabric yes I said it Walmart fabric I don't want to spend a lot of money and do it wrong I have to practice I am a novice sort of little bit more than a novice but thank you for all the information I did subscribe and I will be watching thank you very much, have a great day🤗🤗🤗🤗
Nothing wrong with that approach.....you could do one big star block and 4 pieced borders with the lemoyne stars in the corner stone blocks and it would be a lovely piece. If you can master this.....I guarantee it will make you a better piecer!!!!!
You're right this was a tough one but I got it done! Thanks for the updates - I'm making another as an opportunity quilt for our guild. with some modifications
Thank you for this video Sheri. I would call myself an intermediate and I couldn’t get anything to fit right. I used the little plastic templates made for the pieces for this quilt and found them to be inaccurate. My cutting was inaccurate because some of those templates are so small, they slip on you. I put little sandpaper dots on them and that made it even more frustrating as I was trying to be so careful to get accurate cuts and with the sandpaper on the backs of the templates, they wouldn’t MOVE! LOL. It was taking me FOREVER to cut the little pieces I needed for a small block. I to, went to EQ and printed paper piecing templates which gave me perfect stars without the set in seams and the lines on the papers showed you where to stop so that the centers spin perfectly as well. I did order some fabric for this quilt, however, I am only making the wall hanging size block for now. I’m sure that if I stick with it, I can do this, but it was overly ambitious for me to attack a quilt of this caliber at my skill level. Maybe by the time I am done with this one block, I’ll be more likely to carry on and follow thru on the entire quilt. Will you come back and show us your completed quilt? Can’t wait to see it. Thanks again! 😊
I feel your pain.....this quilt tried my patience and skill like none other! There is a part 2 of this video, where I show the finished top at the end. I just did a video or the completed quilt and am in the process of uploading it now. So look for it a little later today. It is a stunning piece for sure, but it makes you work for every square inch of it. And to think someone did this back in the day!!!!!
Edyta just did another video series on this quilt (maybe she re-ran an older one). It was 3 videos, I think. When she did the one on the sashing, she said it had to be a scant quarter inch seam on that part, and only that part - the sashing, not the other stars. Maybe that will help someone.
Dear Sheri, thank you for your videos on this quilt, your quilt is stunning. I felt in love of the first sight with it. I bought the pattern and a book called stars upon stars. There is not a rectification on that sashing wich with my maths is 1 inch smaller that is should. I didn’t start with that, by the small stars I found out : this is not my skill level, I m not even intermediar.😢😅. After a few tries I’ve got it. Bought some civil war fabrics. We will see. Im not sure wich fabrics...I don’t give up. Those points ( y seem) I saw a video by Fons and Porter, they pinned the points in place started from inside 2 stitches to this point and turned around the whole work and stitched everything . But is nice to know that I can rip it if I get over that point 👍👍. 😘😘😘
Just doing the stars upon stars and loved your videos, explanations are so good. Could you tell me in which order did you add the corner stars and sashing. Confused on how to approach that TIA
I am not a starcher.....I didn't feel like the biased edges were my biggest issue. The original cutting instructions were not accurate. Now I believe she has templates out for this quilt, I bet they are not the same size as what the cutting directions were in the original pattern. Just my opinion, I know some like to starch. I don't have time for that. I can get accurate piecing without it.
Sheri many thanks for your video could you please let us know the name of that trimming tool please from wondering if I could buy it in UK . Purchase the book but not sure if her measurements are correct
Gopa, Here is the point trimmer.....it is a tool I have had for a very long time. Not sure if you can get it in the UK. Good Luck! www.allinstitchesmt.com/shop/c/p/JUDY-MARTINS-POINT-TRIMMER-x57979861.htm
I Loved this review of the quilt, Stars Upon Stars. What did you mean but by moving your needle to the left. AS I LOOKED AT MY 9 PATCHES I REALIZED MY WUARTER INCH IS TOO NARROW. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? Laundty Badket is starting another Stars Upon Stars Quilt Along, so I'll buy more fabric, which I did. I hope you'll give us more tips. Thanks Kathy
Yes, I had my machine set for the built in 1/4” setting, but find that too generous so I adjusted my needle position I believe I said 2 clicks to the right. That’s been awhile ago and without going back to relisten to the video. Hope this helps.
Which corner of the point trimmer did you use? That tool has always confused me. I have it but I’m never sure which corner to use to trim a particular shape.
I am sorry this has taken me so long to get back to you. We were on vacation and just got back. For this quilt and those angles, it doesn't matter what corner you use, they are the same. I just fit the ruler down to the point where the sides of the fabric line up to the sides of the ruler and you cut off the excess. It is a game changer as far as lining those strips up when you are constructing the stars. And you need to get rid of any bulk you can, because the back side is full of seam allowances.
Thank you for posting this! I have not purchased the pattern yet. Has she corrected the measurements on the pattern now? Did you email her to let her know the measurements were off for those borders?
I don't know if the pattern has been corrected or not. She was contacted and insisted the pattern was correct. I drew it in Electric Quilt and her measurements are rounded, because as drawn it comes up to funny numbers.
@@veramats I can't give any measurements because of copyright. I would highly suggest, you draw this in EQ and then print the templates.....that will give you exact measurements. Because these pieces are small and there are a ton of seams, a 32nd of a inch multiplied over all these seams makes a difference.
Hi Sherri. I'm about to embark on this journey from homestead hearth. They are doing three bom again in 2020. Is there a way we can connect? Thanks a lot!
Vinaya Pai I am on Facebook and messenger. But I really gave all my tips for this quilt on the two videos here. I also have. New Facebook group Mommo Quilts and Crafts you could join in you like.
Thanks Sheri (sorry I misspelled your name). I'm so glad I found your videos. Ive figured out how to make my very first y seams ever and was feeling a little (too) proud of myself... and now I'm incredibly stuck at the assembly of the lone star block. I can't get those diamond seams to connect so I get nice points and my large diamonds end up wonky. I have been very slow and trying deliberately to be super accurate with cutting. Just looking for any tips in lining those suckers up, if you have any. Thank you and congrats on finishing the quilt!
@@VinayaPai1 My biggest help in putting the large diamonds together and making it into the star......was using the ruler to cut the engineered corners off. That made all the difference in getting those to line up. My first star I put together, I pinned the intersections to no avail.....they were not even close. This was my final hurdle to this quilt. Because at this point, my diamond shapes were very pointy on the end, hopefully you understand what I am saying and I speak to this in the video. I remembered I had my point trimmer tool and a light bulb went off in my head. I trimmed the points off from the big diamonds with that tool and then the shapes fit together and my diamonds matched. Once I figured that out, I was using that tool on ALL the diamond shapes and they fit beautifully matching up those engineered points. Also you mention your large diamonds are wonky.....seam allowance is huge......if you are off the width of the thread for instance. There are 250 pieces in this block you multiply that by every seam, you will have a mess! I also spoke to that in the video as well, I moved my needle position over to the right 2 clicks on my machine from what was the 1/4" seam setting. You cannot be a wavy stitcher, by that I mean, go from narrow seam to wider seam, or use a fat seam over all, it will never work. I have been stitching for over 50 years and this was by far the hardest quilt, I have EVER done! You have to be extremely close to perfect in every aspect, cutting, sewing and pressing. There is very little room for error or fudge factor. I really did speak to all the tips I had in the video. Hope this clarifies some things for you. You can buy that ruler I use on Amazon, the last time I looked.
@@4andfifteenBlogspot Thank you! I was wondering about that ruler. Actually I ended up watching like 500 videos on Lone Stars and specifically the technique of marking 1/4 inch seams and pinning intersections. I kept thinking surely that was too complicated and unnecessary in these tiny diamonds but... it worked! My points look great! Then. I go to put my first sashing strip together and you were right... the stinkin thing is too short by 1/2 inch! So in the pattern I see that she says to use a 3/16 inch seam and of course I didn't see that until after I made it and I'm thinking Really? Would that make such a difference? But then I counted the left to right seams and there are 9 of them, so if each is 1/16 smaller that would in theory lengthen the piece from left to right by 9/16 or 1/2 inch... so maybe I solved my problem! If this is true I have a whole new respect for scant 1/4 inch seams and wondering if maybe I should always use one so I can trim down. If I designed quilt patterns, which I never will, I would always allow for trimming down. Wonder why no one does it that way. Sorry for rambling.
My pattern was an individual pattern, but I am assuming it is the same as what is in the book. The only issue I had was with the pieced sashing strips and as stated in the video, I drafted that in Electric Quilt to get to the correct sizing. The rest of the pattern I cut as written.
@@4andfifteenBlogspot book is diff cutting instructions. My friend shared indiv pattern images with me just now and its different. im so upset and angry
@@gailygailgailster5740 thats so not good, I just bought the book . This is so wrong if the cutting instructions aren't right. Better return the book now thanks for the info
Thank you Sheri! Your video has me laughing at 5am. Great tips.
This is a great video - your tips are already helping me, and I have not even bought the pattern yet. I have several other quilts living in my head right now, so this one is down the road still. But it's beautiful; I think I will do your suggestion and try the mini-quilt of this block to see if I can do it! Thanks for the time and effort you put into doing this video!
Actually, I think there are 200 pieces in the star itself and 300 pieces in each completed star block. That does not count the sashing. It's an intensive endeavor for sure! Thank you for the tips. I may decide to try this pattern as soon as I'm finished with my current quilt--which may be ... never!? 😂 The Stars upon Stars quilt is an absolute showstopper and I admire you for taking it on. I love Edyta's work, don't you? ❤❤
It’s early 2023 and I was able to find the Judy Martin point trimmer by googling it. I’m making this quilt now, and Sheri is right - it’s a game changer.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful and masterful work. I love LeMoyne stars, and I believe that it requires patience and perfect practice. This quilt is stunning. My first results with star using the old fashion way were sad. Fabric handling is key to help you develop muscle memory. One click to the right provides a perfect scant. I have a #57 gated foot on my Bernina which is my MVP piecing partner. That combo provided perfect seaming. There are so many seams, that a thread width builds. Full quarter on the insets or you will lose your points. I like to slightly oversize my insets as wonk happens given the bias. On the trim down, you should end up be alright. Another consideration is to use a 60 or 80 wt polyester thread. I use Wonderfil Decob (80). It is strong and thin and helps many-seamed blocks lay flat. A point trimmer/marker (I use Marti Michelle) is a real piecing aid. I like to trim a 90 degree corner on all insets (QST and HST inside corner) so that it lays flat against the diamond shoulder. As I'm slightly oversizing, I'm working from the inside to the outside. I also found that pressing helped me. I use teflon coated fiberglass sheets. There is not distortion in bias--and I think that it helps to have a flat block when doing the insets.
I subscribed because you tell it like it is. Thanks for this!
Thank you for all the information you're giving on this star I came across your channel when I was surfing and I really enjoy the information you were giving, I just want to do the star not the whole quilt which is the whole quilt I suppose but I'm going to buy some Walmart fabric yes I said it Walmart fabric I don't want to spend a lot of money and do it wrong I have to practice I am a novice sort of little bit more than a novice but thank you for all the information I did subscribe and I will be watching thank you very much, have a great day🤗🤗🤗🤗
Nothing wrong with that approach.....you could do one big star block and 4 pieced borders with the lemoyne stars in the corner stone blocks and it would be a lovely piece. If you can master this.....I guarantee it will make you a better piecer!!!!!
@@4andfifteenBlogspot 🤗👍🏻
You're right this was a tough one but I got it done! Thanks for the updates - I'm making another as an opportunity quilt for our guild. with some modifications
Kuddos to you for wanting to do another one......I was pretty much over it after I got this one done! Glad the videos were helpful.
@@4andfifteenBlogspot I was also OVER IT for about two years. Hahaha
Thank you for this video Sheri. I would call myself an intermediate and I couldn’t get anything to fit right. I used the little plastic templates made for the pieces for this quilt and found them to be inaccurate. My cutting was inaccurate because some of those templates are so small, they slip on you. I put little sandpaper dots on them and that made it even more frustrating as I was trying to be so careful to get accurate cuts and with the sandpaper on the backs of the templates, they wouldn’t MOVE! LOL. It was taking me FOREVER to cut the little pieces I needed for a small block. I to, went to EQ and printed paper piecing templates which gave me perfect stars without the set in seams and the lines on the papers showed you where to stop so that the centers spin perfectly as well. I did order some fabric for this quilt, however, I am only making the wall hanging size block for now. I’m sure that if I stick with it, I can do this, but it was overly ambitious for me to attack a quilt of this caliber at my skill level. Maybe by the time I am done with this one block, I’ll be more likely to carry on and follow thru on the entire quilt. Will you come back and show us your completed quilt? Can’t wait to see it. Thanks again! 😊
I feel your pain.....this quilt tried my patience and skill like none other! There is a part 2 of this video, where I show the finished top at the end. I just did a video or the completed quilt and am in the process of uploading it now. So look for it a little later today. It is a stunning piece for sure, but it makes you work for every square inch of it. And to think someone did this back in the day!!!!!
Edyta just did another video series on this quilt (maybe she re-ran an older one). It was 3 videos, I think. When she did the one on the sashing, she said it had to be a scant quarter inch seam on that part, and only that part - the sashing, not the other stars. Maybe that will help someone.
Dear Sheri, thank you for your videos on this quilt, your quilt is stunning. I felt in love of the first sight with it. I bought the pattern and a book called stars upon stars. There is not a rectification on that sashing wich with my maths is 1 inch smaller that is should. I didn’t start with that, by the small stars I found out : this is not my skill level, I m not even intermediar.😢😅. After a few tries I’ve got it. Bought some civil war fabrics. We will see. Im not sure wich fabrics...I don’t give up. Those points ( y seem) I saw a video by Fons and Porter, they pinned the points in place started from inside 2 stitches to this point and turned around the whole work and stitched everything . But is nice to know that I can rip it if I get over that point 👍👍. 😘😘😘
I watched Edita Sitar’s utube video over and over. I had to understand how she made her Y seams. So many in each square. That video was wonderful!
I made many samples / prototypes of the small stars, sashing stars, big stars and sashing. Until I for the size perfect. It was challenge!
Thank you Sheri 💖
Just doing the stars upon stars and loved your videos, explanations are so good. Could you tell me in which order did you add the corner stars and sashing. Confused on how to approach that TIA
Are you referring to the partial blocks that make up the four corners of the quilt? I sewed the sashing to the corner I believe.
@@4andfifteenBlogspot the sashing , the lengths of squares and then the corner stars that attach to the big stars
The sashing I put together in strips with the small stars in between.@@maryhudgins9133
Would starching fabric first help with the biased edges?
I am not a starcher.....I didn't feel like the biased edges were my biggest issue. The original cutting instructions were not accurate. Now I believe she has templates out for this quilt, I bet they are not the same size as what the cutting directions were in the original pattern. Just my opinion, I know some like to starch. I don't have time for that. I can get accurate piecing without it.
You say you moved your needle one click to the left, so that made your seam allowance more than a quarter inch??
I misspoke and meant to the right.....sorry.
Sheri many thanks for your video
could you please let us know the name of that trimming tool please from wondering if I could buy it in UK
. Purchase the book but not sure if her measurements are correct
Gopa, Here is the point trimmer.....it is a tool I have had for a very long time. Not sure if you can get it in the UK. Good Luck! www.allinstitchesmt.com/shop/c/p/JUDY-MARTINS-POINT-TRIMMER-x57979861.htm
@@4andfifteenBlogspot thank you so much for this
I Loved this review of the quilt, Stars Upon Stars. What did you mean but by moving your needle to the left. AS I LOOKED AT MY 9 PATCHES I REALIZED MY WUARTER INCH IS TOO NARROW. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? Laundty Badket is starting another Stars Upon Stars Quilt Along, so I'll buy more fabric, which I did. I hope you'll give us more tips. Thanks Kathy
Sorry about the caps and inadequate spell check.
Yes, I had my machine set for the built in 1/4” setting, but find that too generous so I adjusted my needle position I believe I said 2 clicks to the right. That’s been awhile ago and without going back to relisten to the video. Hope this helps.
Which corner of the point trimmer did you use? That tool has always confused me. I have it but I’m never sure which corner to use to trim a particular shape.
I am sorry this has taken me so long to get back to you. We were on vacation and just got back. For this quilt and those angles, it doesn't matter what corner you use, they are the same. I just fit the ruler down to the point where the sides of the fabric line up to the sides of the ruler and you cut off the excess. It is a game changer as far as lining those strips up when you are constructing the stars. And you need to get rid of any bulk you can, because the back side is full of seam allowances.
Thank you for posting this! I have not purchased the pattern yet. Has she corrected the measurements on the pattern now? Did you email her to let her know the measurements were off for those borders?
I don't know if the pattern has been corrected or not. She was contacted and insisted the pattern was correct. I drew it in Electric Quilt and her measurements are rounded, because as drawn it comes up to funny numbers.
@@4andfifteenBlogspot I appreciate your telling us! I would have gone crazy trying to figure it out! :)
@@veramats I can't give any measurements because of copyright. I would highly suggest, you draw this in EQ and then print the templates.....that will give you exact measurements. Because these pieces are small and there are a ton of seams, a 32nd of a inch multiplied over all these seams makes a difference.
PS: Whith needleposition 1 point to right( all blocks), I could trim everything to the indicated measurements, so it fits all together nicely 😘
I love it when a plan comes together!
Hi Sherri. I'm about to embark on this journey from homestead hearth. They are doing three bom again in 2020. Is there a way we can connect? Thanks a lot!
Vinaya Pai I am on Facebook and messenger. But I really gave all my tips for this quilt on the two videos here. I also have. New Facebook group Mommo Quilts and Crafts you could join in you like.
Thanks Sheri (sorry I misspelled your name). I'm so glad I found your videos. Ive figured out how to make my very first y seams ever and was feeling a little (too) proud of myself... and now I'm incredibly stuck at the assembly of the lone star block. I can't get those diamond seams to connect so I get nice points and my large diamonds end up wonky. I have been very slow and trying deliberately to be super accurate with cutting. Just looking for any tips in lining those suckers up, if you have any. Thank you and congrats on finishing the quilt!
@@VinayaPai1 My biggest help in putting the large diamonds together and making it into the star......was using the ruler to cut the engineered corners off. That made all the difference in getting those to line up. My first star I put together, I pinned the intersections to no avail.....they were not even close. This was my final hurdle to this quilt. Because at this point, my diamond shapes were very pointy on the end, hopefully you understand what I am saying and I speak to this in the video. I remembered I had my point trimmer tool and a light bulb went off in my head. I trimmed the points off from the big diamonds with that tool and then the shapes fit together and my diamonds matched. Once I figured that out, I was using that tool on ALL the diamond shapes and they fit beautifully matching up those engineered points. Also you mention your large diamonds are wonky.....seam allowance is huge......if you are off the width of the thread for instance. There are 250 pieces in this block you multiply that by every seam, you will have a mess! I also spoke to that in the video as well, I moved my needle position over to the right 2 clicks on my machine from what was the 1/4" seam setting. You cannot be a wavy stitcher, by that I mean, go from narrow seam to wider seam, or use a fat seam over all, it will never work. I have been stitching for over 50 years and this was by far the hardest quilt, I have EVER done! You have to be extremely close to perfect in every aspect, cutting, sewing and pressing. There is very little room for error or fudge factor. I really did speak to all the tips I had in the video. Hope this clarifies some things for you. You can buy that ruler I use on Amazon, the last time I looked.
@@4andfifteenBlogspot Thank you! I was wondering about that ruler. Actually I ended up watching like 500 videos on Lone Stars and specifically the technique of marking 1/4 inch seams and pinning intersections. I kept thinking surely that was too complicated and unnecessary in these tiny diamonds but... it worked! My points look great!
Then. I go to put my first sashing strip together and you were right... the stinkin thing is too short by 1/2 inch! So in the pattern I see that she says to use a 3/16 inch seam and of course I didn't see that until after I made it and I'm thinking Really? Would that make such a difference? But then I counted the left to right seams and there are 9 of them, so if each is 1/16 smaller that would in theory lengthen the piece from left to right by 9/16 or 1/2 inch... so maybe I solved my problem! If this is true I have a whole new respect for scant 1/4 inch seams and wondering if maybe I should always use one so I can trim down. If I designed quilt patterns, which I never will, I would always allow for trimming down. Wonder why no one does it that way. Sorry for rambling.
cutting instructions are so wrong in book. im so upset
My pattern was an individual pattern, but I am assuming it is the same as what is in the book. The only issue I had was with the pieced sashing strips and as stated in the video, I drafted that in Electric Quilt to get to the correct sizing. The rest of the pattern I cut as written.
@@4andfifteenBlogspot book is diff cutting instructions. My friend shared indiv pattern images with me just now and its different. im so upset and angry
@@4andfifteenBlogspot yes book. book is wrong
@@gailygailgailster5740 thats so not good, I just bought the book . This is so wrong if the cutting instructions aren't right. Better return the book now thanks for the info
@@goparaha6580 I made the quilt. Adjusted things. It's magnificent