Month 1 The Halo Star Block

[PtboGrandma]

Pamela, I would suggest that you are close enough without unpicking for a quarter of an inch. You can easily work that into the next sections to come. I was meticulous, as you were and mine is just a little more that sixteen and a quarter, but as long as I have enough room to get the star points sharp, it will all work out.

[Pemela]

Ptbograndma, I will take your advice and leave the block as it is. I'm really pleased with how the block has turned out, with the exception of the missing 1/4".
Best Wishes Pam (in Scotland)

[durstgirls]

This is very helpful for those of us using Windows 10.

[pegjo]

Dahlialady - Your block with the eproduction prints is so pretty. I love the flower in the center.

Peg

[Cherryhill]

I'm another quilter whose block is 16" unfinished. I think some of my seams were a tiny bit too wide. Quite the learning experience. I don't have the time to make another and am wondering if adding a wider border in February will work or will I get myself into trouble trying to figure out what the size of next month should be.Is it better to add a small border now and end up with a finished Jan piece that is 16.5. Seems like a smarter way to go rather than adding a wider piece. What do you think?

[bbquiltmaker]

Cherryhill, WAIT, do not add a tiny border now. You will be able to fix this easily in Month 2. Not to worry, it will all work out perfectly.

[bbquiltmaker]

First month done. It is off by 1/4" but that could be my piecing. There use to be a place to post pictures of the BOM but can't find one for this year's. I don't like scrolling a bunch of messages to see the blocks. Anyway here is mine for month one.

[Cherryhill]

Thanks for the info. I am doing this quilt to challenge myself in gaining better piecing get skills. So far, learning a lot.

[williamskay]

So how do those of us who are off by 1/4 of an inch actually fix that in the next block?

[durstgirls]

From what I gather, in subsequent months Sue gives us pointers of how to correct this by adding perhaps a slighter larger border for the next month or perhaps a smaller one that will adjust to the size we need. I have done this is other projects I have worked on and it works out beautifully. I am still struggling with getting my printer to print the correct size but will keep working on that issue. Testing my skills as well.

[nusiax]

Durstgirls.

I had several issues with printing out the pattern PDF. My HP print driver on my Mac no longer has the print actual size option. A friend told me to use the scale option. And set the scale to 100%. And it worked

This is my first major machine project and my first paper piecing experience. I left the paper on the back while stitching my parts to complete the square. So I came out with exactly 16 1/2 inches.

However I can say I have developed a close bond with my seam ripper.

[nusiax]

Beautiful!!

[eileenkny]

nusiax, that came out fantastic!! And :silly: on the seam ripper!

[SusieQMcF]

I did Sue Garman's 2009 BOM. It was similar in a few ways to this one. All those thin red borders are able to be adjusted to make all the pieced borders fit. Don't worry!

[eileenkny]

I'm having some trouble with this. Do I need to cut the triangles larger? I'm not very good at paper piecing, but had 2 friends, who are very good at it, helping and still couldn't get some of them to cover the entire area. I'm open to anyone's advice.