Virginia's Lone star

Actually a friend of Virginia made this quilt. There's all kinds of fabrics in this one.

Although the points don't all match, it laid relatively flat. I just love doing Continuous Curves on lone star quilts.

A meander in the background, double wavy lines in the inner border and boxy feathers in the outer border.

 

And the muslin back:

Roberta's Antique Quilt Tops

I finished quilting the last 2 quilts for Roberta this weekend. I used a Hobbs poly batting and really wish I had used 80/20 because I'm not fond of the puffiness.

This one was quilted with the Button Flower panto by Keryn Emmerson, and Permacore White thread. I'm not sure of the name of this pattern, but it is really pretty.



This one had lots of fullness in the center and I quilted a freehand e's & o's meander, denser within the star. It looks like she started out trying to use the colors of the fabrics in the star and then gave up and stitched them randomly.



I have stitched the binding on by machine and will hand stitch the other sides this week. I'm sure Roberta's daughters will be quite happy with these heirlooms.

The Last One!

These are, I promise, the last photos of Carole's Lone star quilt. I have it all packaged up and ready to send to her. I used Glide Khaki and So Fine White thread and Magna-glide white bobbins. The batting is Hobbs 80/20.





And the back:

Update on Carole's Lone star

I'm making progress.....almost to the halfway point and the fullness in the center of the star is behaving quite nicely. Continuous Curves with Glide thread in each of those diamond shapes. It has a bit of sheen and looks amazing.

Off to the fairgrounds this morning to pick up my quilt :)

Feathers and a Video

Here is a peek at Carole's Lone Star quilt. Lots of white space for lots of meandering magic feathers.

Dan has a Flip Video camera and he just loves it. He's taken video of just about everything and he's always got it in his pocket. Well, last week when I was quilting my Shadowbox, he came out while I was talking on the phone to Julie and then Andrew, and he laughed at my multi-tasking, just before he started filming.