The feathered star is quilted! I admit my machine quilting isn't the greatest, hand quilting is my specialty. I don't think it's too bad but there are some oops! I'm never going to improve though if I don't practice.
The thread I used was a white iridescent that I thought would look nice.
The center was quilted using a Baptist Fan design.
After the quilt was completely quilted, I added the decorative stitching in the gray border between the stars and checkerboard. I didn't feel like quilting a small design, I was quilted out!
The checkerboard border was quilted with diagonal cross hatching which I didn't mark, just eyed it.
The backing is fabric that has been waiting for years to be used. At first glance you wonder why I used it but the flower matches the color of the stars.
I needed to piece the backing so I used some of the leftover checkerboard border for a nice touch.
The grass was too wet for a picture so I draped it over the glider on the porch.
After the quilting and washing, it measures 48", a nice size for a crib quilt.
For information about the pattern, read Wednesday's post.
Linking to Peacock Party, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, TGIFF!, Brag About Your Beauties, Finished Or Not Friday, Let's Make Baby Quilts, UFO Busting, Free Motion Mavericks
I wish everyone a peaceful Merry Christmas no matter what you're doing or who you are with today. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.
Every year I like to set a challenge or two for me to accomplish during the year. One of the challenges of 2019 was to piece a feathered star, just 1 star, that's it! And then turn it into a crib quilt because I didn't want it to lay around.
The year has rushed by, so I decided December was the month to make the star if I wanted to meet this challenge. Earlier this year, I had googled free foundation pieced feathered stars. One of the options that pulled up was the Threaded Quilting Studio. If you sign up for her newsletter, you'll receive the feathered star pattern in three sizes, 16", 12" and 8".
I used the 16" pattern for my quilt.
The background fabric is a light gray and I decided to use a color other than blue, I like this reddish/pink color.
Along with the pattern, she even tells you what size to cut the pieces for the foundation paper piecing. She is generous with the cuts but, trust me, voice of experience here, you want plenty of fabric to trim. It is no fun to have your piece be too small.
My original plan was to piece the feathered star then add a checkerboard border but when I saw the feathered star quilt with sawtooth stars surrounding it on Patchwork Inspirations, I knew I had to change my plan. Scroll down in the pictures until you find it, isn't that a lovely quilt?
I didn't want to make that many sawtooth blocks but I did make 16.
Then I made the checkerboard border and here she is! She measures 49" square.
She's in the process of being quilted, I had hoped to have her finished for a Christmas reveal but it took awhile to piece the sawtooth blocks. She'll be the last finish for 2019.
I went with a two color project, I was auditioning the pattern and didn't want the distraction of more than 2 fabrics. I do plan to revisit the feathered star again sometime, and will use more than 1 fabric next time.
This is a well written pattern with clear directions. Jess also has step by step videos.
Linking to To Do Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down.
