Hello, My 1st Block

First of all I would just like to send out a HUGE thank you to Gay and Brenda for bringing Benjamen Biggs to us. It is very generous of you both to provide these patterns. I am enjoying all the additional information on each block, the quilt, and the Benjamin Biggs family.

My favorite quilts are appliqué and 19th century albums so it was not a hard decision to start this quilt. I like red and green appliqué but I have decided to do my Benjamin Biggs in cheddar and olive green fabrics and have gathered a good stack of these to start.

It is a lot of fun to share this quilting journey on a blog and I look forward to the great ideas and inspiration to come.

Happy Stitching All,

Cheri

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Another Version

I'm not as far along as Marjorie, but I, too, found a version I like better.  In fact the more I studied the pattern for block 1,  wondered if the maker had gotten the patten that already had the seam allowance added when she went to work on it.  That block would look a lot different if my supposition is correct.  However the one that caught my eye when I googled the name is this one at that quakerquilthistory.com site:

It's the fleur-de-lys block upon which the Apple Pie Ridge block is supposedly based, and I've decided to make it my block 1 instead of the other.  I think it's more in keeping with the blocks to come. So then where was I to get a pattern for this block? Going with the info that the Apple Pie block was folded paper cut-out work, I decided to construct my pattern thusly.  The first thing I did was save the image and enlarge it with my big picture program.  I enlarged it to a 14" square.  I then printed it out and saw if it was the right size.  It was. Then I printed it.  

I then chose one quarter of the pattern to be my guide.  Since this block was appliqued by someone, I  evened out some of the parts to compensate for the vagarity in the shape.  I then trim all the background off.  I folded a 14" square of freezer paper into fourths and stapled my patten onto it.

Cut all around the shape except where it touches the folded edges.Looks like below when open. The freezer paper template is ready to use in various applique methods. The template can be found at my blog under free patterns tab.

Here's where I'm at so far:

Research

Hi! I am Marjorie aka Applique Adddict.

I am excited to get started on this BOM, but as I have since discovered, I was one of many who were not really all that keen on the design of the first block.  I decided to search for some other images of the Apple Pie Ridge Star block and found many that I really liked, most notably  this one at Quaker Quilts.  

I used those ideas to re-draft the pattern that was provided.  I hope you consider doing the same.

You can read more details on my Ah-Ha! moment on my blog.

I am very happy with the center section.
If I were to do it over, I would do a double scroll (in place of the scroll and ball)  and make the star points more symmetrical.

Hopefully you'll read this before you do yours.  Make your block something you love.

I also have a post on the details of the Back Basting Applique technique that I used if you are interested.

I'm still quilting on my BTCT quilt but am thinking about doing this one,  I really don't need another Red and Green quilt although I love them.  Maybe just scrappy, not sure ,  I love the block that has been posted,  your color choice is beautiful.

No Reply Blogger

Hi everyone,
If you want to join this blog, I need your email.  When you post a comment and are a no reply blogger, I cannot contact you.  This will be my last call for this issue.  Please see previous post and head over to Humble Quilts to see how to adjust this setting.  There are a few of you, so please repost after you have updated your settings.

Thanks, SharonT

Block 1

I guess I'll start us off. I'm a huge fan of green and red applique, but I am quilting Beyond The Cherry Tree and almost have the top complete for Sally Post. With that said, I'm tired of seeing the same greens in my quilts and thought I'd change this quilt up a bit. I don't have a plan, I'll raid my stash when each block is released. I can't say that I love this block in the quilt or this one, but it isn't about one block, it's about the quilt as a whole.

I look forward to seeing everyone's blocks!

First Pattern is Posted

Happy New Year!
The first block has been posted here at the Dear Jane website.  Several people have emailed me asking to join this blog but they are No Reply bloggers.  Sorry, I cannot get back to you if your email comes to me without a return address.  If you are having issues with this, please go to Humble Quilts and see her button on the right side of her blog.  Here you will find help on the No Reply issue.  You will also see her first B. Biggs block, and its fabulous!  Maybe she'll post it here? hint, hint!

Happy Stitching
Sharon