Come join CI Jenny Clark to make this NEW pattern from Quiltworx.  It's a pattern that is simple enough for an advanced beginner to make.  You will strip piece the lone star units and the assembly is by rows so you won't have to make the "Y" seam anymore. The Queen size Summer Solstice finished size is 99" x 99". 

This is a 3 day workshop spread out over 3 months:  Aug 7, Sep 4, Oct 2
Aug 7 - This session will be cutting, sorting, and sewing your first paper pieced blocks. You will take homework home to work on before next session
Sep 4 - The 2nd session will be more sewing, curved piecing, and starting assembly with homework to take home
Oct 2 - The final session is for Quilt assembly

The Summer Solstice Queen pattern is a long awaited publication from Quiltworx, expanding the Summer Solstice pattern, a customer favorite, to a Queen size layout. To accomplish this, a few changes had to be made to the pattern. In addition, some updated techniques were incorporated into this design to increase yardage efficiency, time efficiency, and organization. Through these updates, they have designed a great pattern, although not compatible with the original design. As a result, if you are hoping to use this queen pattern to expand the original quilt, we recommend just remaking the center and New York Beauty units using the new papers. During assembly, you will be very glad that you did!

The design for this Queen layout was created using Quiltster. The center diamond is the same size as the Diamond blocks in Amazon Star, Congo Star, Tarnished Windmill and Red River Star. We presently have 7 different options for the center star. The New York Beauty blocks are 10” square, which match windmill blocks we’ve designed for the Tarnished Windmill, and the Quarter Star blocks used in Southern Belles for a total of 3 options. We have designed two background options for the center background, there are 8 possible C-Borders, and 4 different Queen Expansions. With all the currently available options, there are over 1,400 different combinations of blocks available for creating another Queen size quilt using this layout.