This quilt is an oldie...from a round robin several years ago. It has been on my UFO list.
I prepared the feathered star after seeing Judy Hasheider give a demonstration. I already had the Marsha McClosky book. Both were extremely helpful. I only came up with one seam to fudge when I put the last sections together.
Forward to a guild at our local Ben Franklin: we formed a random 4 person group and we passed it around for three months. I absolutely love how it turned out. And I enjoyed the experience creating rounds for the other three members.
Then I started quilting it and had sections outlined. And it has been sitting that way for at least 3 years.
Here is the center and one corner of the 1st found. I used Golden Threads paper. First I had traced a pattern from a book, cut and folded the Golden Threads paper and stitched on it without any thread creating a dotted line to guide me for sewing through 4 layers.
I have a tool for scrapbooker's that puts a "glue" dot on the back and it sticks to the fabric. I also pin the corners. Then off I go twisting and turning the fabric. Not the fastest way to quilt.
Now I just need the cross hatching and last border and the binding.
Doable.
DONE!
Last step Binding!
Great finish! This is one of the nicest round robin quilts I've seen. The second border is so interesting... looks like birds taking flight. Yay! for getting a UFO finished.
ReplyDeleteIt is actual a friendship star with a 4 patch in the center. Thanks for inspiring me with your box of shame.
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ReplyDeleteWow, that is pretty! What a great wallhanging that will make!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt. I couldn't enlarge the photos so I can't tell whether you're machine or hand quilting this. It probably feels great to be working on it!
ReplyDeleteI quilted it by machine. Several techniques were used: small stippling around the applique, cross hatching, and Golden Threads paper for the corner blocks.
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