Carpenter's Swoon bkgnd fill $16.00 USD
A very easily placed background pattern for a Swoon Block and the inner (cut off) part of a Carpenter's Wheel.
Do not be scared about the initial appearance of the pattern - it will look like the one on the left. A silly attempt to draw a star on top of the background! Those lines are needed for the magic to happen.
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 exactly - 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 exactly - including those people who use 'creative' piecing - they do not always want this pointed out to them!
The fill shows where a perfect star would fit. The left hand images
shows odd stitching lines - but these are required in the drawing in
order to get the machine to follow a designated path and ditch stitch
around your stars properly once the fill command has been completed.
For detailed and downloadable instructions on using this type of pattern
click here
please note though - when this pattern was drawn it was drawn with a margin. However the pattern does not come with its own margin inbuilt - you will have to do one to suit.
please note though - when this pattern was drawn it was drawn with a margin. However the pattern does not come with its own margin inbuilt - you will have to do one to suit.
For some other quilting options for this complete block
click here (updated June 2015)
Quilt Gallery Examples
- Swoon Quilts: uses this pattern as a fill behind the outer red star 'wheel'
Tips & Info
- to fit as illustrated place block with a margin = block size x .008 (this is noted in the Designer Notes) - do audition though just to check that this is a sufficient margin for your blocks. The more 'creative' the piecing, the larger the margin that will be required.
- this pattern is for a Capenter's Star/Wheel block or Swoon block which has been made from half square triangles NOT diamonds
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)
