Mary’s Ohio Star quilt is big! I love how the light/dark blocks are randomly set throughout the quilt.
Mary wanted to round the corners, therefore I quilted meandering feathers throughout and off the borders allowing them to be cut off and not affect the design.
I changed the thread color for the light and dark blocks, stitching a continuous curve design in each one.
Of course, it’s always fun to look at the back!
Thanks! Linda 🙂
When Sheila’s daughter got married a year ago, quilt blocks were the guest book! And for their first anniversary they received their quilt!
Isn’t this a great idea? Many of the blocks have special messages, including their vows.
The backing is a smooth Minkee and that was a learning experience! The quilt is large, therefore the Minkee was pieced, which thankfully, was not an issue. The issue was batting, Sheila initially didn’t want batting because of weight. I started the quilt without batting but the first few stitches looked horrible! They were very puckered and awful. I suggested Quilter’s Dream Poly select because it is light weight and is very user care friendly.
I’m happy to report, success! Everything quilted beautifully and the batting added very little additional weight. The quilting design is a freehand Swirl and Curl and the thread is InvisaFil.
Have you ever started quilting a project and after a few stitches abandon your plans and start over? Sometimes, you just have to do it!
Thanks!! 🙂 Linda
I was so excited to deliver Alex’s Tummy Time quilt today! My second Tummy Time of this year. Next week I’ll be starting another! Always more babies!
Doesn’t he look cute next to his name?
And his big sister, Anabel, had fun playing peek-a-boo with his new quilt!
Here’s his birthday! And my signature.
This is one of my favorite scrappy quilts and perfect for Tummy Time. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Puff, soft and lofty!
I’m linking with A Stitch in Time for another April finish! Thanks! Linda 🙂
When Sheila brought me this Stephanie Brandenburg quilt, I knew I would need lots of thread! In fact, this is the reason I have a large thread collection! I had great fun with thread play on this quilt and used eleven different So Fine! #50 colors.
I used double batting for this project, Quilter’s Dream Poly black and Hobb’s Heirloom wool. Stephanie Brandenburg paints with color, I painted with thread! Fair warning! Lot’s of pictures! Read the rest of this entry
Hunter Star One is a large quilt by Janann using her favorite blocks and wool batting. The big borders gave me lots of room for freehand stylized feathers with traveling circles.
Isn’t this a great layout?! The first picture shows the color better, if spring returns I’ll be able to take pictures outside! I decided to use a simple freehand medallion design with an outline of the 8 point star.
Wool batting lets the design pop out. For a large quilt, it’s very light in weight, too.
Hunter Star Two is the reject blocks that didn’t make it into One! Janann set the blocks in a secondary square pattern unlike an alternating light dark in One. Scroll back up and look at the difference.
The medallion quilting is similar but looks totally different because of the setting of the blocks. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select which quilts very flat like cotton. Which setting do you prefer? I like Two!
Here’s the detail of Two’s borders.
And here is Hunter Star Three! Quilted pillow tops! Janann has lots of finishing to do here!
Thanks! 🙂 Linda
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