A huge Thank You, Timeless Treasures for providing me with these beautiful Dragonfly Mist panels and coordinating fabrics.
I cut 3.25″ strips to yield 5″ finished hexies using my favorite First Choice Rulers by Deb Tucker.
Let the designing begin, first surround the panel with hexies and establish the four sections.
Fitting in 10″ stars among 5″ hexies.
Dragonfly Mist measures 75″ x 70″. My Hollow Cube 60’s were made using the Star 60 Tool and the Hollow Cube 60 Technique Sheet. They represent Dragonfly houses. The 10″ stars were also made using the Star 60 Tool.
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Thank you QT fabrics for providing Dawn & Dusk panels to make this fabulous OBW quilt.
Terri Butler & I designed a OBW with Dawn & Dusk in Adobe Illustrator first.
The version above was computer generated. I was not able to recreate the same hexagons exactly, but I stayed pretty close. I cut 3.25″ strips using my First-Choice Ruler, that yield 5″ finished hexies.
Hexies sorted by predominate color.
I created 10 ” stars by choosing 2 sets of equilateral triangles to make diamonds and used my Star 60 Tool to cut the side triangles.
hexies are moved around a lot during the design process.
I stitched the top and bottom columns into sections. I top stitched the top section to the panel first. Then I stitched together one column on the right side and stitched it to the panel using a partial seam. Laying the panel on the table, I used the column to determine where to place and top stitch the bottom section by matching up the dog ears. It’s amazing how much the columns shrink once they are stitched together.
The columns above and below the 10″ star 60’s must be stitched together to make them the same width as the larger half hexie. Then they can be stitched into columns and joined together.
Right side attached to the panel section.
Almost ready to blur the edges of the panel.
Dawn & dusk top is all together. The borders are on and the edge are blurred to make it hard to find the edges of the panel. The top measures 69″ x 54″. I’m so in love with Dawn & Dusk. Terri Butler is busy working on her Dawn & Dusk OBW Jacket.
I was watching a video lecture on CTPub.com by Paula Nadlestern. Wow she is amazing, a true quilt artist! She inspired me to try some something. I whipped out my Star 60 Tool …
I dug through my OBW stash and found this fabric by Laura Heine called A Bird in Hand. It had already been cut into 18″ repeats.
I cut my strips 3.25″ to yield 5″ finished hexies. I always use my First Choice ruler to cut my triangles.
I am constantly looking to see what else I can make from my 3.25″ strips that can be added to my OBW’s. Did you know you can make a 10″ star if you cut your diamonds (using the Star 60 Tool) from a 3.25″ strip?
I wanted to make a 10″ hexies with a 5″ hexies in the center.
From the aligned 3.25″ strips I cut half hexagons following the instructions on page 10 of the Star 60 tool instructions. I am making 5″ finished hexies so I follow the chart for 2.5″ units. I needed a 3″ strip and place the 5.5″ line on the bottom of the strip and cut on both sides.
Because my strips are 3.25″, I turned my half hexie so I can trim 1/4″ off the short end. Now my half hexie is the correct size.
I choose an equilateral triangle to pair it with the half hexie and stitch them together.
This is a great way to create hexies with interesting, one-of-a-kind centers.
Front and back of the 10″ hexies.
Once I got going I was having so much fun I had to finish the top. I added five 10″ Star 60 units and six 10″ hexies with a 5″ hexie in the center. I need to come up with a name for that. I wanted to add something bold, so I made a 20″ hexie from the birds. I used the original fabric on the left side of the quilt. A Bird in Hand measures 70″ x 57″.
The Gothic Raven panel is by Rubin Design Studio exclusively for eQuilter.com. It measures 29″ x 44″.
I absolutely love this panel.
I was so surprised by how much color i got out of this panel. I thought it would be much darker. But it is brilliant with color.
The Gothic Raven measures 80″ x 70″ unquilted. I cut my strips 3.25″ wide to yield 5″ finished hexies and 10″ finished Star 60 units made with First Choice rulers and the Star 60 Tool by Studio 180 Design.
The Gothic Raven watches over the Night Garden along with the Garden Gnome (Mushroom Man). All 3 of the panels are by the Rubin Design Studio.
The entire Fairy Boutique collection is fabulous. Estimated Ship Date is July 2026.
I had so much fun cutting out my equilateral triangles and diamonds for my 10″ stars using my First Choice Rulers and Star 60 Tool by Studio 180 Design. I cut 3.25″ strips that yielded 5″ finished hexies. From the same 3.25″ strips I cut diamonds to make 10″ finished Stars using my Star 60 Tool.
It always amazes me how much creating a One Block Wonder with hexies from the panel enhances the story. This panel is full of whimsey and magic. I created a Fairy Circle using Studio 180 Design’s Hollow Cube 60 Technique Sheet. There is so much great detail in this panel. fairies abound everywhere. Fairy Boutique measures 90″ x 70″.
Follow Terri Butler as she creates her Fairy Boutique OBW Jacket:
These are the fabrics I requested to make a magical One Block Wonder (OBW). I will be using my Star 60 Tool to create some Hollow Cube 60’s and Star 60’s with these coordinating fabrics. Terri Butler of Mama Said Sew, LLC will be creating one of her gorgeous OBW Jackets.
I have the Extra Long & Quilting Magic Pins, which I use. I did not know Taylor Seville also had Applique, Silk and Patchwork Magic Pins.
They offer 2 fabulous “Try Me” packs. These packs give you a chance to see the variety Taylor Seville offers.
When I design a OBW, I number each column across the top of the quilt and across the bottom section. I have been cutting up scrap paper and numbering them for the number of columns I have. A tedious little job.
Magic pins have these great Flathead pins in Applique, Patchwork, Quilting, Alphabet and Extra Long. My OBW’s vary in size. On average, I have about 30 columns across the quilt with another 15 on the bottom section under the panel.
The Flathead Magic Pins come in a 50 pack. That makes them PERFECT to number each pin and use them to identify each column. It’s wonderful to not need to have to number little pieces of paper every time I design a OBW.
Night Garden panel by Rubin Design Studio, exclusively for eQuilter.com , measures 29″ x 44″.
I cut my strips 3.25″ to yield 5″ finished hexies. Night Garden produced 182 hexies. I could place 5.5 hexies or 11 columns across the top and bottom sections.
If you use a pointed tip Star 60 tool or First Choice ruler to cut your equilateral triangles, the same strip can be used to cut Star 60 diamonds. The 3.75″ strip above yielded a 6″ finished hexies and a diamond for a 6″ Star 60 Unit (12″ star), (Blunt tip ruler changes the hexies size.)
2.75” Strip = 4” finished hexie and a diamond for a 8” finished Star 60
3.25” Strip = 5” finished hexie and a diamond for a 10” finished Star 60
3.75” Strip = 6” finished hexie and a diamond for a 12” finished Star 60
When making Star 60 units from these diamonds, follow the Star 60 tool instructions Steps 2 – 12.
Once you have the top and bottom sections together, you remove stitches in the valleys from the edge that will be attached to the panel and turn under 1/4″. I have my favorite seam rippers, but this time I tried the Taylor Seville Originals Magic Seam Ripper. I felt the difference right away. it felt light, and it fit well in my hand. it was very sharp and made quick work of removing the stitches without distorting the fabric. I think I have a new favorite seam ripper!
Top and bottom section attached, left Side attached and top stitched together.
Night Garden measures 86″ by 70″. I think the Night Garden is where the Garden Gnome – Mushroom Man lives!
Jason Yenter tasked Terri Butler and I to re-imagine this beautiful panel “Blue Fury” from In The Beginning Fabrics. I made a One Block Wonder (OBW) quilt and Terri is making one her original OBW Jackets.
I wanted to see if the Celtic Chains borders would make good stars and hexies. Boy, did they ever! Using my First Choice Ruler I cut my strips 3.25″ to yield 5″ finished hexies.
I felt the design needed some large design elements. Using my Star 60 tool, I made 10″ finished Star 60 units from the Celtic Chains. I also created a 15″ finished Hollow Cube 60‘s in a Cube to represent a Dragons Lair!
The first photo shows all the 4 sections stitched to the panel. The second photo shows hexies and half hexies pinned in place. This arrangement makes it hard to find where the panel ends.
The story here is: There are two dragons. A larger one in forefront and a smaller one flying around one of the castle towers. The large Hollow Cube is the dragon’s lair. The smaller hollow cubes are the anterooms leading to lair. It is dusk and the stars are starting to appear in the dark sky. The larger dragon is the mother and she is trying to the younger to return the lair! Blue Fury measures 67″ x 54″ (un-quilted).
Thank you Jason Yenter and In The Beginning Fabrics for these beautiful fabrics. Be sure to follow Terri Butler and I on our joint Facebook page Mama Said These Threads Could Talk. Terri will be posting photo’s of her Blue Fury OBW Jacket soon.
