Perfect your foundation paper piecing and create Lemoyne stars for this traditional Log Cabin quilt
Designed and made by MAIRI BURNS OF @LISMOREQUILTING
FPP AND LOG CABIN PROJECT
BEHIND THE QUILT: MAKING THE STARS
“My Starry Log Cabin quilt venture began after my first trip to the Quilt Show in Houston in 2018, which was a wonderful experience, I must say. The quilts, the classes, and the shopping were simply the best! I met the wonderful Deb Tucker, who inspired me with her Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star technique and trim-down tool. So, I made most of my stars using her method when I came home. Here is where I fast forward. I love starting new projects, so I filed away all of my lovely stars until early this year when, during a major tidy-up in my studio, I knew I had to finish the quilt. Sadly, I had mislaid my trim-down tool, so there was no way I could get the accurate finish I had with the first batch. I decided that foundation paper piecing was the next best method for me.” – Mairi Burns
You will need
■ Background (BKG) fabric – 3½yds
■ Medium contrast fabric* (MCF) – Twenty-four (24) 1½in x WOF strips
■ Light contrast fabric* (LCF) – Twenty-four (24) 1½in x WOF strips
■ Medium contrast fabric (MCF) – Two (2) 2½in x WOF strips for B1
■ Light contrast fabric (LCF) – Two (2) 2½in x WOF strips for A1
■ Batting – 70in x 70in
■ Backing** – 4yds
■ Sixteen (16) pairs of FPP templates A and B and one-hundred-and-ninety-two (192) pairs of templates C and D
■ Add-a-Quarter ruler, if you have it
Finished size
■ Quilt: 62in x 62in
■ Large Lemoyne Star block: 8in x 8in
■ Small Lemoyne Star block: 4in x 4in
Notes
■ Mairi suggests that if you choose to have a dark background as she has, use light and medium contrast fabrics. If you choose a light background, use medium and dark contrast fabrics.
■ *Mairi used Honey Bun strips for her 1½in strips for variety.
■ **Mairi made a scrappy backing using fabrics from her stash.
■ WOF = width of fabric, approx 42in.
■ RS = right side(s).
■ WS = wrong side(s).
■ BKG = background.
■ FPP = foundation paper piecing.
■ LCF = light contrast fabric.
■ MCF = medium contrast fabric.
Cutting out
Lemoyne Star blocks
1 From the BKG fabric, cut the following:
■ Two (2) 3¾in x WOF strips. Subcut into seventeen (17) 3¾in squares for FPP sections A2 and B2. Cut the squares in half diagonally once. You will only need sixteen (16) – use the spare for sections A3 and B3.
■ One (1) 2¾in x WOF strip. Subcut into fifteen (15) 2¾in squares. Cut these squares, plus the extra square made in the above step, in half diagonally once for FPP sections A3 and B3.
■ Nine (9) 2in x WOF strips for sections C2, C3, D2 and D3. Note: Mairi finds that
