March 9th, 2011
I spent most of last weekend creating a different type of feathered star quilt. This one is made of 4 large blocks and here’s the center of one block as I worked on it last weekend: (Sorry about the lighting issues)
This quilt’s “flavor” is kind of understated, so I don’t think it would be effective to do much decorative thread work in these block centers. My thread choices were pretty subtle compared to what I normally do! I did add a layer of trapunto only because I thought the quilt was kind of boring without it. Here’s a shot of the backside of one block:
And here’s what a full block looks like…now you can start to see why I called it a different type of feathered star quilt:
I really like how the curves of the feathers make the star look as if it’s dancing! This quilt is really simple. Once you piece the 4 large blocks together, you get:
I liked this pretty well, but it looks even better once a small pinwheel of feathers is added to the intersection of the 4 blocks:
…and here’s the finished top:
This was very fun to make and it went together lickity-split!
Filed under
Appli-K-Kutz Fabric Cutting Dies, Sizzix, Trapunto.
March 5th, 2011
I’m working on a new quilt and it’s pretty simple. It’s set on square and is an every-other-block kind of an arrangement. This is the basic posey block:
All of these applique shapes are being free motion embroidered or trapuntoed while they are still in just the block stage. I’m not sure what I did wrong with my camera yesterday, but these photos are not as crisp as they usually are. Here is a pair of leaves that are finished with the EKG edge finishing design:
The photos of the posies with their edges finished are really hazy, so they’re not even worth showing. One thing about these posies that’s kind of cool is that there is a second fabric behind the posey to color its center. That’s a little clearer in this other shot from another project that has some wool felt posies in it:
And here’s what the back of the block looks like once it’s ready for piecing:
I know what I want to do design-wise in the every-other blocks, but I haven’t chosen my background fabric yet so I can’t get started. I’m determined to use something from my existing. So far, this whole quilt is from fabrics that have been sitting around here for awhile. Stay tuned!
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Free Motion Embroidery, Sizzix.
