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Spinning Card Trick Star – A New Pattern
Unfortunately, there was no pattern attributed to the quilt. But once I broke the design down, I realised it is a variation on the traditional Card Trick block, using a pieced hexagon and triangles. The traditional block is more often completed with paper piecing methods. Not that I had a problem with paper-piecing, or even English paper piecing by hand. I just wanted something different. I then set about finding a pattern for it that wasn’t paper-pieced. No such luck so I created one. As you do. 🙂
Introducing the Spinning Card Trick Star!
I use my Electric Quilt 7 program to create the pattern. It was a bit tricky because this is not the usual kind of layout but I managed in the end.
At Patchwork in the Peaks, I walked the ladies through the techniques, including the Y-seam, because I wanted people to try something they probably avoided most of the time. It wasn’t long before those clever ladies figured out how to do it with diagonal straight line piecing, yet again avoiding the Y-seam. Oh well, that was quite fine too. I really wasn’t trying to torture them. It was all about de-mystifying a not-so-easy technique. In the end, they made some beautiful projects.
To finish my own version, I decided that I should try matchstick quilting with my trusty Aurifil, 50 wt, in coordinating colours. With Quilter’s Dream Wool batting inside, it made the star pop really nicely. I love the finished product but I’m glad this was a small project!
This pattern is now available on Craftsy. I hope you’ll try it out & let me know what you think. Click HERE to be taken directly to the page.
Happy quilting!
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Hi Elita, I love love love this quilt and would like to purchase the pattern. Unfortunately Craftsy no longer carries it, can I find it elsewhere?
Yes! It’s here on my website, under Patterns. 🙂
This is a beautiful pattern. I made the quilt in the picture out of my Grandmother’s scraps .The pattern is called the hexagon puzzle. The book is by Leisure Arts and is called Scrap Quilts. This is my favorite pattern. Love the blocks you made.
Thank you for letting me know! It wasn’t attributed in the article but it was so striking, I had to figure out how to make it. Thank you for the beautiful inspiration! 🙂
What a fun pattern! Good for you reviving it. I love the card trick and this is such a beautiful variation!
Congratulations on getting your pattern written up. I love your clever take on the card trick block. Nice job!
Such a fun pattern, and I enjoyed hearing about your inspiration. It was funny, because as I read I thought “what y seam?” Glad I pictured it correctly.