I’m on a roll – one other week and one other new quilt to point out you, this one too was began and completed in 2021. I really like all kinds of quilts, from trendy quilts to artwork quilts – I can admire all of them – however conventional scrappy quilts steal my coronary heart each time. I’ve had this quilt, a traditional 6-pointed star quilt, on my quilting buckets lists for fairly a while, and am happy to have now ticked it off.

This quilt has been English paper pieced and it consists of only one form: a sixty diploma diamond with 2 inch sides. I informed you, I’ve fallen deep into the English paper piecing rabbit gap. I’ve made quite a few paper pieced quilts now, and there are extra to return. I discover it so enjoyable, and the outcomes are effortlessly correct. I really like the entire course of; from selecting and reducing materials, to basting paper items, and lengthy evenings of whip stitching. 

Aside from the background cloth, this quilt was produced from stash materials. I’ve randomly chosen materials, prints and colours, though with considerably of a bias in the direction of my hoarded Japanese cloth stash. I am keen on the saturated colours of these Japanese materials. The background cloth was bought particularly for this undertaking. 

The quilt has been machine quilted (home stitching machine) with edge to edge vertical strains, spaced one inch aside. As I’ve used a form with two inch sides, there are many stitching information factors to make sure that the quilting strains keep good and straight. I do additionally use a quilting information hooked up to the strolling foot, which additionally helps to maintain the strains parallel.

Backing cloth: Octopus in Blush – Mendocino by Heather Ross

Now for the again of the quilt I’ve used a fairly particular cloth which has been languishing in my “quilt again” stash for some time. This cloth is from the Mendocino assortment by Heather Ross. It’s the softest pink background cloth, scattered with octopuses. Fairly candy. Plus I do really like utilizing my cloth from stash. 

QUILT DETAILS

All of the Stars Quilt 

Completed quilt measures 54 inches x 64 inches.

Began: July 2021.

Completed: September 2021 

English paper pieced and machine quilted (home stitching machine).

Supplies Used:

Cotton printed materials for the celebs from stash.

Background cloth: Black dot on a cream background 

(from Kei Textiles – Completely satisfied Candy Assortment).

Acrylic template: 60 diploma diamond with 2 inch sides

(plus 3/8″ seam allowance).

Paper Items: 1050 diamond formed paper items

(102 full stars plus 12 half stars for the perimeters AND 

background diamonds).

Low loft cotton batting.

You may discover the itemizing particulars right here:

I so liked making this quilt that I’m significantly considering making one other, however with smaller stars nonetheless. Maybe from diamonds with 1 1/2 inch sides or extra seemingly 1 3/4 inch sides. 

Thanks once more for stopping by,

Rita 

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