Beaded LeMoyne fill lg $16.00 USD
Designed to be the background fill of a LeMoyne Star - especially with Statler Stitchers.
There are three double row of beads or pearls fitting neatly behind a pieced block. Provides great texture - especially for negative spaces.
It is one block with no jump stitches or no sew lines in it. I had three goals in mind:.
- the rows of snakes should line up perfectly between the triangle areas and the square areas
- to sew out continuously - without any no sew lines having to be dealt with within the pattern.
- to fit the star presented on the machine perfectly - including those people who use 'creative' piecing - they do not always want this pointed out to them!
- the rows of snakes should line up perfectly between the triangle areas and the square areas
- to sew out continuously - without any no sew lines having to be dealt with within the pattern.
- to fit the star presented on the machine perfectly - including those people who use 'creative' piecing - they do not always want this pointed out to them!
The red dotted line shows where a 'perfect' LeMoyne star would fit - but, as can be seen, there is some room for latitude.
For detailed and downloadable instructions on using this type of pattern click here
Design Features
- the outline of the pieced star can be registered and this pattern will fill outside it perfectly, with a very economical sewing path around the outline of the star.
- circles are the outermost round - not lines. Lines (especially very straight ones) tend to emphasise where the piecing is not absolutely correct. The outer round of circles are just so much more forgiving, and the lines further in are just fine.
Quilt Gallery Examples
- Marilyn's Beaded Stars (2): used this pattern in the background of all the stars
Tips & Info
- when placed in a 15 inch block the largest pearl is.5 inch across and the smallest is .25 across
- designed specifically for use with the 'fill' 'outside' function on Statler Stitchers
- place this block with a margin = 0 inch
- convert the boundary used to place the pattern into a pattern - or delete it.
- trace a boundary around the pieced star
- highlight the background pattern, right click on it, select 'fill', 'outside'. - alternatively, it can be used with the trim function - in which case it would stitch up to the star boundaries you have registered and tie off as per your settings.
- Intelliquilter users - for placement audition to determine suitable margin. Cut away area where the pieced star is.
- designed with a margin already included
Other patterns of this type can be found by searching for
Blocks: Star BlocksThemes: fill & background, Modern, Textures
Quilting Gallery Examples (click on image to go to this item)
