Brown and Pink LeMoyne Stars

Beth in Arkansas made this pretty little quilt using the Inklingo Diamond, Triangle, Square free shape collection.

She writes:

"This is my first Inklingo project ready for quilting. It is hard to see in the picture, but the border is a brown and black stripe. It was made with the free shape collection. I am definitely hooked and have already cut out a bunch of pieces for a Patchwork of the Crosses!"

Judy M. made this quilt called "Somewhere Out There" using the Inklingo Free Diamond, Triangle Square Collection, the Inklingo Dresden Plate Fancy Pieced Collection and the Inklingo Tumbler Collection.

She writes:

"Attached is a photo of one of two matching quilts that I made for two DGS's (cousins). The original quilt was called 'Somewhere Out There' and was projected to be published in installments in the e-zine Cotton Spice. Only the first installment was published before the e-zine went out of business. I was entranced with the design so worked it up in EQ (and found in the process that the original one was probably designed in EQ also as all the blocks used had the same name as blocks in EQ).

After I finished the Snail's Trail blocks, I started on the 'star' blocks using templates for the LeMoyne Star. After a false start, I decided to use Inklingo to make the block and then decided to make all the star blocks using various patterns of Inklingo."

 "This is the jpg of the EQ file with the original star blocks. You can see that I changed all the stars. Some were from the original LeMoyne Star (free set), two were from the Dresden Plate Fancy Pieced and one is Cathi's Tumbler Star. The other major difference is the fabric border rather than the pieced border in the EQ version. I found a fabric with what looked like a map of the constellations and, since both boys were under 10 years old, felt as if the pieced border would not be necessary."

Judy's version of this quilt is a beauty! And a great illustration of how easy it is to amend patterns so that you can use Inklingo collections. Let's hope that soon the pattern designers start including Inklingo directions in their patterns!

The Tumbler Star pattern is free to download at the Inklingo website.

LeMoyne Table Topper

Patti has made this pretty LeMoyne Table Topper using the Inklingo Free Diamond, Triangle, Square collection and the pattern from Erin Klein which is available free to members of the Inklingo Yahoo group.


She writes:

"This is the piece I submitted for the guild challenge. I even told them they could enter if it wasn't finished. I didn't want to bind mine as I wanted to find more of the same fabric from Fabricland that I had used to make it. Unfortunately, it is discontinued and I have haunted numerous Fabriclands in Ontario to check out their clearance shelves. I couldn't find the one I wanted but did find enough of a slightly different colourway that I may over-dye to do the rest of a suitable top..."

Blues Star Quilt

Lorraine is making this pretty blue and white star quilt using the free diamond, square and triangle Inklingo collection and the on-point triangles for 4.5 inch blocks Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"This is the second cooperative Inklingo quilt project done with my sister-in-law.  We used the free collection and the on-point triangles for 4.5" blocks collection. This is Linda's design, shared on the All About Inklingo blog when the on-point triangle collection was first made available.

It is all hand pieced and each star is different. This quilt is being made for my great nephew."

This picture shows a close-up of a few of the stars. Perhaps Lorraine and her sister-in-law did a little fussy cutting/printing to get some special effects.

Star Quilt

Cathi made this star quilt using the shapes in the free diamond, square, triangle Inklingo collection.

It was inspired by a quilt I saw online. I just started stitching together more and more rounds of diamonds and squares until it got to the point I thought it was large enough. Then I started adding squares at the corners. Then a couple of borders, some pieced, and it was finished or so I thought. Now I've decided to add one more plain border.

Pink Ice

Cathi of Quilt Obsession recently completed her Pink Ice top, made using shapes from the Free Collection.

New Button ! and a give-away.

We have a new button on the right side margin.
If you want to add the button to your web-page, or want to replace the old one with the new, copy the html-code, and insert where you want the button.
It should work :-)

And then the give-away : Linda and Tilde have been collaborating on a new free pattern for the free Inklingo collection ! To celebrate that, and the season, they have a give-away. Go check their blogs to see what it is about.
Linda's blog.
Tilde's blog.

Two colour Lone Star

Ellen also made this two-colour Lone Star with the free collection.

Size of finished project : 75" square

Pink Japanese Sampler

Ellen made this one toom, using the Inklingo Free Collection for the LeMoyne star border.

Size of finished project is 69" square

Sally Post Floral Medallion

Ellen made this wonderful quilt, using the Inklingo Free Collection for the centre Broken Star medallion, and the corner LeMoyne stars.

The applique is from Sentimental Stitches, the Sally Post Floral Sampler

Finished size of project is 81" square.

LeMoyne - Rolling star

Linda D. has been busy making lots of tops for demonstrating Inklingo at a quilt-show.


This is her bright and cheery LeMoyne star project, made with the free collection.
Size of project is 24" square

Circle of Swallows quilt

Jeannette from South Australia made this great quilt with the Circle of Swallows block.

She writes :

here is a picture of my latest quilt. It is made with the free Lemoyne Star and 3" hst's from Collection 2.

I hand pieced the blocks and joined them together with my machine.
The white background is stipple quilted and the border is a geometric design formed from the shape of the triangles.
It is machine quilted.
The quilt measures 41"x51" and the blocks are 10"x10" finished. .

Tiny Tote exchange

Pia also participated in the Tiny Tote swap on the Inklingo-list on Yahoo.
Here's the tote she sent.

(The tote uses the free collection and a free pattern, so it's very easy for you to make your own version, should you want to.)

Passacaglia

Tilde is still making (and enjoying) the blocks inspired by Lucy Boston's Passacaglia patchwork.

She is using the 6" LeMoyne star collection, and the blocks finish at 12"

These blocks can also be made with the free collection. They will then end up 9" square.

Pilamaya

Mary Ellen made this wonderful wall-hanging, using the Free Collection. She writes :

I finished a 25" square wall-hanging this morning. I hand pieced and hand quilted the diamonds from the Free Collection, and used the four sacred colours of the Lakota tribes : white, black, red and yellow.

I'm calling it "Pilamaya" which means "thank you" in Lakota.

Pilamaya will be sent to the tour guide who recently accompanied a group of senior citizens to some of the western US states.











... all I can say is "Lucky Tour guide" :-)

Tiny Tote exchange

We have another happy receiver of a Tiny Tote from the exchange at the Inklingo Yahoo-group.
This one is made by Rae Ann for Penny, using Japanese fabrics.

Road to Oklahoma

Kiwi has been testing Inklingo, using the free collection (but the block could be made with Collection # 2 too) . She writes :

The block is about 5.75" square. The fabrics I am using aren't the best but good enough for practice! :-) I need lots of practice!!

Well ... I think your block looks good, Kiwi !

LeMoyne star quilt

... with an Apple Core border. How cool is that :-)

Jeanette writes :
I used the free Lemoyne star and put 12 redwork flower blocks among the stars.When Linda brought out the apple core block I knew it was perfect for the border.

It is hand pieced and machine quilted and measures 60"x46"

Another sort of Lucy Boston style quilt

Tilde is having a ball making this style of block from a picture in "The Patchworks of Lucy Boston".

She is using the 6" LeMoyne star collection and the blocks finish at 12".
It is, however, possible to make the blocks with the free collection. They will then finish at 9"

In the book, this quilt is called "Passacaglia"

Tiny Totes galore

We are having a Tiny Tote swap at the Inklingo Yahoo-group, and we're having a blast :-)
The pattern is Tilde's free pattern, that can be used with the Inklingo Free Collection (or just about any other collection you have or want), so ... browse the pictures, and then join us in the making of these cute bags.
The dimensions of these Tiny Totes are anywhere from 6" (plus handles) and upwards, depending on the collection.










Susan's tote to her swap-partner















... and the inside of Susan's tote

















Carole's tote to her swap-partner

















... and the inside of Carole's tote















Rebecca's tote for her swap-partner





















Maryam's tote for her swap-partner


















Back of Maryam's tote.