Lucky Stars Winners!!

Thank you so much to all of you who participated in our Lucky Stars QAL!  Honestly! It was our very first one and we had a ton of fun.  We are grateful for all of you, your positive feedback and support.  The online quilting community is THE BEST!!  We are also grateful for our awesome sponsors who helped motivate with their awesome fabrics!  Thank you!

With that said we have several of you who've won a prize for completing your quilt!!  The winners were chosen AT RANDOM.  Each prize is followed by the winner's quilt. Please contact us when you see your quilt!

five monkey fabrics

Young Texan Mama

Connecting Threads

Dixieland Crafts

Fat Quarter Shop

Quilted Seasons

A Joyful Soul Fabrics

Quilting with Calicos

Mad About Patchwork

quilts by lisa

(because it's flickr I can't get the image clearly)

Southern Fabric

Flip Flops and Quilt Blocks

The Stitch Sanctuary

Sarah Blank

Poppy Seed Fabrics

{Not} Just Contest Stuff

Congratulations to our winners!!!!!! So PLEASE CONTACT US if you see you've won!  Again first image is the shop and second is the winner's quilt.

Again thank you a million times over!  We can't wait to do another one!  Okay maybe we can wait a little... :)

Lucky Stars Finishes Here!

The time is finally here!!!! We're ready for those of you who completed in the Lucky Stars QAL to link up your finished Quilt Tops (or quilts!)

Week 1 June 5th:...................Introduction

Week 2 June 12th:.................Fabric Requirements

Week 3 June 19th:.................Cutting Requirements

Week 4 June 26th:.................Star Block

Week 5 July 3rd:...................Square Block

Week 6 July 10th:..................Patch Block

Week 7 July 17th:..................Piecing the Quilt Top
Week 8 July 24th...................How to Finish a Quilt

****2 week hiatus to complete any missing steps or full quilt assembly****

Week 8 August 7th................Lucky Stars Quilt Top link-up

Week 9 August 14th..............Winners Announced

Here are our finishes...sorry I'm sure you're sick of them by now!!

And sponsors offering prizes!! If you finished you could win an awesome prize from one of these fabric shops for a $50 value!! Woot woot!

Connecting Threads, Southern Fabric, A Joyful Soul Fabrics

Fat Quarter Shop, Mad About Patchwork

The Stitch Sanctuary, Poppy Seed Fabrics, Five Monkey Fabrics

Let's see them!  We're soooooo excited....you can link up through next Tuesday August 13th by 12 am MST.

Winners announced the following morning.

Lucky Stars Quilt Top

Welcome to the Lucky Stars QAL!

Lucky Stars QAL Intro

Fabric Requirements

Cutting Requirements

Star Block

Square Block

Patch Block

Piecing the Quilt Top

Easiest week so far!
At this point you should have
8 square blocks
9 star blocks
18 patch blocks

 Step 1: Construct three rows as below. Star, patch, star, patch, star.

Step 2: Construct four rows as below. Patch, square, patch, square, patch. 

Step 3: Sew rows together as in photo.

Step 4: Add 3.5" borders.  As per fabric requirements 2-3.5 x 62.5 and 2-3.5 x 76.5

Ta-da!!  Hooray!!

We've been seeing sneak peeks from many of you and we're so excited!

If you're behind do not panic!

If you're just starting do not panic!!

You have THREE FULL WEEKS to finish JUST THE QUILT TOP.

On August 7th you can link your quilt up to win awesome prizes.  There are several all valued at $50.  There is a high chance you can win fabric for your backing or your next quilt!!

Good luck, please don't hesitate to reach out to us for help, thoughts or just so we can see your progress!!

Lucky Stars QAL Star Block

Welcome!  Today is our first sewing day for the Lucky Stars QAL!  We'll be making the star block:

It is not too late to join is in the QAL! If you want to make one using the same fabrics, visit Christa Quilts for a deal.  And then see these links to catch-up.

Lucky Stars QAL Intro

Fabric Requirements

Cutting Requirements

These are the pieces needed for today.  If you've already completed the cutting requirements disregard below.  We will also be making all the HST's for the patch block at the same time.

Note with the star block you will want to use the same print (or same color of print) twice.  Paired once with a background and once with another print. (the extra hst can be used in another star block, or later on the patch block)

From your background fabric:

3.5 x 3.5 square (72) - Patch Block and Star Block HST's

2.5 x 2.5 square (36) - Star Block posts1.5 x 8.5 (18) and 1.5 x 10.5 (18) -Star Block borders

From your print varieties:

3.5 x 3.5 (90) - Patch Block and Star Block 

*here you want at least 8 different prints so they don't repeat within the star.

Set the star borders and posts aside.  Those will be when we piece the block together.

Star Block HST's:

Ready to construct loads of HST's!  Ready, set, go!  

Following this diagram:

• Take the 72 pieces of background squares and draw a line from corner to corner on the wrong side of the fabric.
• Pair with 72 printed squares.
• Sew 1/4" from the drawn line on each side.
• Cut down the drawn line, press open. 

• Trim each HST piece to 2.5" x 2.5".  This will yield 144 HST's.

Repeat on the remaining 18 printed squares.  This will yield 36 HST's.

Star Block Construction:

Brought to you via pictures. :)

Add in the Background 2.5" squares on each corner. 

Sew first together rows, then top to bottom.

Add on the borders.

Square to 10.5" x 10.5".

Yielding 9 Star Blocks.

Save the remaining HST's.  There should be 72 left over that will be used on the Patch Blocks.

See you on Wednesday for the Square Block!  Let us know of any questions, comments or concerns! :)

Lucky Stars Cutting Requirements

On to cutting requirements for our Lucky Stars QAL!  This is getting fun! :)  Also I've updated the original post to show a weekly schedule.

We each used the Happy Go Lucky line.  We used a jelly roll, layer cake and pictured below is also my background, binding and backing.  For full fabric requirements see here.

Keep in mind you can cut as the QAL goes if that's your preference!

For reference, these are the three blocks, and what we will call them.

Cutting Requirements
Cut in order, refer to diagram, measurements are in inches

Note with the star block you will want to use the same print (or same color of print) twice.  Paired once with a background and once with another print.

BACKGROUND FABRIC (2.5 yards)
3.5 x 76.5 (2) - borders
3.5 x 62.5 (2) - borders
3.5 x 3.5 square (72) - Patch Block and Star Block HST's
2.5 x 2.5 square (36) - Star Block posts
1.5 x 8.5 (18) and 1.5 x 10.5 (18) -Star Block borders
2.5 x 6.5 (16) and 2.5 x 10.5 (16) - Square Block borders

PRINT FABRICS
6.5 x 6.5 (8) - Square Block (Layer Cake)
3.5 x 3.5 (90) - Patch Block and Star Block *see note below with Star Block picture
32 Jelly Roll strips or 30 strips 2.5 x WOF (we will strip piece the strips) OR 2.5 x 2.5 (378) squares. These are for the patch blocks.

Phew!

Star Block

Please take note of this block.  Notice that you will need to match up the prints (but don't notice that mine don't go the same direction :)  Each block you'll want 8 different prints, Each print you will use twice, once with a background fabric and once with another print.  It will just take a little planning when you get to this block!  We will talk more about it when we construct it.

Also Christa from Christa Quilts still has a few quilt kits left!!  

She's offering them at a steal, you'll get a jelly roll and layer cake.  So stop by to get your quilt started!!

Make sure to see our original Lucky Stars QAL post if you still have any questions.  Also to see the amazing prizes you can be entered to win if you finish your quilt top!  

Join us on Instagram using the hashtag #luckystarsQAL

We can be found @quiltstory and @quiltstorymeg

Don't hesitate to email or comment with any questions!

LUCKY STARS QUILT A LONG- Fabric Requirements

Hello friends! We have had good feed back and know that many of you will be quilting along with us, we are really excited about doing this. This is our first Quilt A Long!  You know this is exactly what your summer needs..so join along! :)

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS

Quilt size 56" x 76"

1 Jelly Roll (or at least 30- 2.5" x WOF strips)

1 Layer Cake (or at least 25- 10" squares)

2 1/2 yards main background fabric

5/8 yard binding

Wanted to mention, this quilt would lend well to scraps you already have. Feel free to mix and match what you have, you will just need it is the amounts listed above. Email us with any questions!

Christa Quilts $20 gift card

Christa Quilts still has some Lucky Stars Starter Kits for those of you wishing to quilt along. Each kit contains 1 Jelly Roll plus 1 Layer Cake of Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie and Camille. She's offering them at a special price of just $74.95 which includes free US shipping (discounted int'l shipping)! On top of that, use code STORY at checkout to save an extra 10% on your entire order so that you can purchase background fabric or other supplies.

Boom.  That's a deal.

And I dare you to imagine this quilt in your scraps!  You certainly do not have to use the new Happy Go Lucky line!  This pattern totally lends itself to a scrap quilt!  Use up all those extra HST's from the last quilt you made :)  It'll be fun!

Here is a button for ya'll to grab if you wish:

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And if you are not tempted yet, how about this:

Anyone who finishes their quilt top is entered to win a prize from the following shops.
For reals.

There are 8 different shops with $50 prizes. Gasp!

Connecting Threads $50 Gift Certificate

Fat Quarter Shop $50 Gift Certificate

A Joyful Soul Fabrics $50 Gift Certificate

Mad About Patchwork $50 Gift Certificate

Southern Fabric Fabric Bundle

The Stitch Sanctuary $50 Gift Certificate

Poppy Seed Fabrics $50 Gift Certificate

Five Monkey Fabrics $50 Gift Certificate

Next week: Cutting Requirements!
Lucky Stars QAL every Wednesday