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
Yes, it’s a shark quilt!
How would you design a shark quilt for one of your grandkids? Janann envisioned this shark fabric with a shark cage grid! Swirl and Curl quilting adds movement and texture.
The back is fun, too!
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
:)Linda
Lots of quilting here! The outside border is quilted with blue thread, the center area is quilted with yellow thread. In most cases, I match the needle and bobbin thread.
Lois used a solid light backing, therefore, the back of the quilt is blue and yellow, too! What do you think about using contrasting thread against a light backing fabric? When planning your fabric for the backing, consider the thread!
Here’s a detail of the quilting designs. I love how the yellow and blue areas are defined and the 4-patches pop!
The middle is stitched with my Cockscomb meander and the border is a floral meander with Terry Twist in the four patches. By using freehand designs, I can shrink or enlarge the stitching to fit the space. I just have to remember which one I’m stitching!
Thanks! Linda 🙂
In honor of our 22 wedding anniversary today, I’m sharing Wedding Bands! The quilt pattern can be found in Judy Martin’s book, Stellar Quilts.
It’s a big one! Much bigger than my hanging space and the space at the Williamsburg Quilt show, where it’s on display this weekend.
My friend and co-worker, Candra, perfectly pieced this quilt and had every intention of hand quilting it for her client.
I was very honored that she entrusted me to quilt it similar to the quilting design in Judy Martin’s book. Candra added additional borders to the quilt, giving me space to extend the quilting theme of ghosted blocks surrounded by feathers. I thoroughly enjoyed quilting this but after having it on the frame for 2 1/2 weeks, I took a break!
The thread is a matching So Fine! #50 in each area. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select. Enjoy the pictures and thanks for looking!
🙂 Linda
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