Lone star finished!
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 11:56AM ;)
I finished the quilting on the lone star yesterday, but didn’t get around to the binding until this morning. It’s hot, humid and breezy outside, and I couldn’t get the quilt to lay flat long enough to get a nice picture, it’ll have to wait for another day… plus it’s a bit rumpled as I didn’t press it after taking it out of the dryer, and my dryer kept wadding it up into a roll!
But you get the idea!
I struggled with how I wanted to quilt this one. I’ve never seen a lone star;)
with anything but custom quilting, and the star is always done with continuous curves, a look I simply don’t care for. And of course, I love pantos! But what panto would look good on a lone star?
As luck would have it, I recently added a new panto to my collection, “Royal Plumes” by Judy Allen. You can find it on my pantograph page, it’s the very last one.
;)
I decided it would be perfect! This one is a bit of a challenge to do. The panto design is a full 17 inches wide, leaving me a half inch to spare with a large quilt rolled up on the frame. The quilt measures 82 inches by 89 inches. I used Quilters Dream Blend for this one… my least favorite of the Quilters Dream battings, but I didn’t want the quilting to overshadow the lone star.
I cropped a couple pictures at a hundred percent so you could see the quilting close up, it doesn’t realloy show in the first photo.
Reader Comments (14)
It's fabulous CJ! I love the quilting.
CJ, This quilt is gorgeous! I love it and the panto is perfect. I think it enhances the star. I saw that panto in your list and thought it looked very challenging. You did a great job.
Karen in GA
Great job. It is just beautiful. Geri
great job - it is amazing how color can change a look of a quilt so much. Your quilt has a southwest look which is really great, where as Dee using the same pattern has a totally different look with the colors she chose. You sure got done with it fast.
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
CJ,
Wow! Great job. That quilt should bring you some business.
Jane in hot Kansas
www.jinglebell440.blogspot.com
I love it!!! I was going to start on a lone start quilt, made the templates and everything, well the fabric I wanted to use is just a tad too short (widthwise), its a jelly roll and I made the template to wide for the pieces, so I need to draw a new one.
Wow, CJ! That's gorgeous! I love the quilting you decided to use. :)
A finish! Congratulations. It looks wonderful.
The quilt turned out great and the quilting is perfect. I too love pantos.
Absolutely gorgeous! Love the colors, the quilting, love it all!! Congrats on finishing another beautiful quilt"
CJ, The quilting is great. It really enhances the quilt rather than competing with the star. Great job. Diane in Ct
It looks fantastic!
Looks great,,, bet you are glad that it's finished!
Liz
Looks wonderful CJ!