Lemoyne Star On Point

 Here's where I am so far in my throw quilt.  I elected to set my LeMoyne Star blocks on point in the beautiful "Alfie" fabric by Este MaCleod.  It is long enough, but not wide enough. ...

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LeMoyne Star | Incorporating my blocks into a quilt

 Above is my design wall.  It is such a handy thing.   In my LeMoyne star odyssey I made many blocks. The larger blocks are suppose to be 11" finished blocks.  Mine ended up at...

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Lemoyne Star | Final | Conquered with Impunity

I've been yammerin on about my !#$%^$%#&^ LeMoyne Star learning curve (like climbing Mt Everest in a snowstorm).   Nancy shows something here that NO other presenter has shown:  making your triangles and squares slightly oversized.So while my techniques had improved mightily, and...

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LeMoyne Star--Still

 I've become a confident piecer, and my blocks are coming out mostly right since I did my deep dive into understanding where the bias is in the block (and all the various construction methods) ...

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Wren Family Robinson

 If you have a backyard and take the time to notice, parents have to work as hard after the nestlings have fledged as they did prior.  Why?  The fledglings are bigger, mobile and incessantly begging for food.  (You will see them all a'quiver with beaks open).  Late in the day,...

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LeMoyne Star | Tepidly Conquered and Consolidation of Learnings--though subject to change!

 I've written several posts on the LeMoyne Star.  I'll not list them here, but you can search to blog for them, and I've included links to the more important ones. Understand that I'm not an expert.  In fact, because I am not (I'm a hack!),  I can share where I have failed; how I...

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