Tag: Broken Star
![Broken Star Finished](https://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/broken-star-finished-640x400.jpg)
Broken Star
July 7, 2015
General Info
Start Date | 7 July, 2015 |
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Finish Date | 22 July, 2015 |
Status | Completed |
Size | 24 1/2″ square |
Pattern | My Own Design |
What it’s for | Canberra Modern Quilt Guild Modern Takes on Traditional Challenge for the Canberra Quilt and Craft Fair 2015 |
Batting | Two layers bleached cotton. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
The Canberra Modern Quilt Guild sponsored a challenge for our display at the Canberra Craft and Quilt Fair in August 2015. The theme was a monochrome (black, white and gray) “Modern Traditional” mini quilt 24″ square. I used QuiltSmart’s Little Lone Star fusible interfacing to make scrappy gradient lone star blades.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
I drew a full star out using the Clover water erasable pen. I used two layers of bleached cotton batting. The basket weave fill is based on Margaret Solomon Gunn’s grid based fills article in Machine Quilting Unlimited July 2015.
White/black Gutterman 50 wt cotton thread and dove gray Rasant cotton poly thread for basket weave fill.
Progress Pictures
![Broken Star interfacing Broken Star interfacing](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image-300x300.jpg)
Interfacing used to make the star blade.
![Broken Star Broken Star](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image1-300x300.jpg)
Finished star blade.
![Broken Star block Broken Star block](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image2-300x300.jpg)
Broken Star block.
![Broken Star Quilt Top Broken Star Quilt Top](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image3-300x300.jpg)
Broken Star Quilt Top
![Broken Star - straight line quilting Broken Star - straight line quilting](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image4-300x300.jpg)
Straight line quilting done on star.
![Broken Star - star quilted Broken Star - star quilted](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image5-300x300.jpg)
Basket weave fill in star.
![Broken Star - filler Broken Star - filler](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image6-300x300.jpg)
White background filler quilting.
![Broken Star - quilted Broken Star - quilted](http://thesaltyquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image7-300x300.jpg)
Quilting done before blocking.