Tag: Star
Sunny Stars
May 1, 2011
General Info
| Start Date | Apr 7, 2011 |
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| Finish Date | May 1, 2011 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 56″ x 70″ |
| Pattern | Sunny Stars (from magazine) |
| What it’s for | Gift for my sister-in-law |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Used a kit from the Fat Quarter Shop with “Everything But the Kitchen Sink” 1930’s reproduction fabric. The kit had tons of fabric, probably 30% more than I actually needed, so I got lots of scraps.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted flowers in the four patch blocks with Mettler 12wt variegated thread “Easter Egg” with 90 topstitch needle. Thread left a lot of lint in machine. Quilted leaves in white sashsing, large flower in yellow cornerstones going into yellow diagonal corners on sashing, vines on solid green border, looped “l’s” on white border and flowers in green print border all with Gutterman 100% cotton 50wt thread.
Progress Pictures
The moment I figured out the maximum size I could quilt with my Bernette.
Sarah the Bulldog being very helpful.
Bright Star
August 1, 2010
General Info
| Start Date | Apr 23, 2010 |
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| Finish Date | Aug 1, 2010 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 42″ square |
| Pattern | Bright Star |
| What it’s for | Gift for baby Rose |
| Batting | Sew Easy cotton batting. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Flying geese templates for sawtooth stars were too small so used “Square in a Square” ruler to create them. Also used ruler to create half diamond sections for centre star blocks. Because the bias was opposite of normal, interesting patterns were created once washed.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Ditch quilted around stars using walking foot. Walking foot stars in borders. Lots of turning the quilt. Used Sew Easy cotton batting from spotlight. Lots of fuzzies and bearding while quilting. Had to pre-wash batting.
Progress Pictures