The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Canberra Exhibition

Star of India

General Info

Start Date  Mar 3, 2012
Finish Date  Oct 12, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  87.5″ square
Pattern  Star Sapphire by Jinny Beyer
What it’s for  For me.
Batting Matilda’s Own Cotton/Poly hi-loft batting.

Shows

Entered and shown in the 2013 Braidwood Quilt Event.
Won first prize for Contemporary Patchwork and Quilting at the 2014 Royal Canberra Show.
Won 2nd place in Bed Quilts (non-professional) and Excellence in Machine Quilting (domestic) at the Canberra Quilters Exhibition 2014.
Shown at Australian Machine Quilters Festival 2014
Shown at Australasian Quilt Convention 2015 as a “Best of the Best” representing the ACT

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Begun in a Lone Star class taught by Sue at Rosemont Patchwork Shop in Tugerranong.

I consider this quilt to be my “thesis”, graduating from a beginning to intermediate quilter.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Quilted in the ditch with YLI invisible thread (clear). Star is quilted in Signature Variegated thread in blue/green 40wt cotton. Feathers in Gutterman 50wt cotton, micro stipples in Rasant. Rest of quilt in Gutterman and Signature. Outer border quilted with Sew Art smoke invisible thread and the Bottom Line poly thread in the bobbin.
First quilt using “show blocking” technique before squaring and binding. Very effective.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Canberra Exhibition

On display at the Canberra Quilters Exhibition

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Awards Selfie

#QuiltSelfie

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Canberra show first prize

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Braidwood

On display at the Braidwood Quilt Event

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - blocking The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Quilting done

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - feather quilting

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Star quilting

“Paisley” or shell quilting on centre star.

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Quilt top

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - centre The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Star

Pinning the diamond rows together.

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - lone star diamonds

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - piecing diamond rows The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Label

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