I put in the last stitches today on my Texas Star quilt. This quilt started out with my desire to hand piece and I have always wanted to make a Texas Star. If your going to hand piece why not make a block that has some y-seams. Once I got the body of the quilt together, I wasn't sure about adding a border. I'm a leave well enough alone kind of gal, usually, but after looking at it for a bit I came up with a zig-zag border I saw on an antique quilt. To pull some of the
colors out into the border, I added some circles. I love the way the" make do" borders are so casual and playful. But, once those three borders were added, it was still speaking to me, and one morning I decided triangles were needed to finish the final border. Working this way is such a joy, so I am naming this one Joyful Stars!
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| Ready to be basted into a quilt sandwich! |
And now, to update the progress on the medallion quilt. I reached 800 hourglass units this am and hopefully can stitch the last 50 I need this week. If not, it shouldn't be too long. I am aiming for a king size quilt so I will start by sewing the hourglass units into subunits that will be added around the medallion. Assembling the parts into larger parts is tedious. So, I will take it slow to keep it from becoming too arduous. I am not setting a goal, but hopefully, it will become a quilt top by the time spring arrives. It is definitely turning into a long journey quilt as hand quilting this winter will probably take center stage.
I put in the last stitches today on my Texas Star quilt. This quilt started out with my desire to hand piece and I have always wanted to make a Texas Star. If your going to hand piece why not make a block that has some y-seams. Once I got the body of the quilt together, I wasn't sure about adding a border. I'm a leave well enough alone kind of gal, usually, but after looking at it for a bit I came up with a zig-zag border I saw on an antique quilt. To pull some of the colors out into the border, I added some circles. I love the way the" make do" borders are so casual and playful. But, once those three borders were added, it was still speaking to me, and one morning I decided triangles were needed to finish the final border. Working this way is such a joy, so I am naming this one Joyful Stars!
And now, to update the progress on the medallion quilt. I reached 800 hourglass units this am and hopefully can stitch the last 50 I need this week. If not, it shouldn't be too long. I am aiming for a king size quilt so I will start by sewing the hourglass units into subunits that will be added around the medallion. Assembling the parts into larger parts is tedious. So, I will take it slow to keep it from becoming too arduous. I am not setting a goal, but hopefully, it will become a quilt top by the time spring arrives. It is definitely turning into a long journey quilt as hand quilting this winter will probably take center stage.
I'm in awe, just looking at your Texas Star quilt top, all hand pieced! Great job, but not one I would be likely to tackle.
ReplyDeleteI'm finally glad to have the skill and tenacity. But,there is always something else to learn
DeleteI love your quirky quilt. It is delightful.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I Am looking forward to hand quiltingit
DeleteOh wow!!!! Your border really makes the whole thing pop!! This is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHanks,can't wait to hand quilt it.
DeleteA lot of circles on the border. And well done.
ReplyDeleteI see a bit of a quilt on the wall in the one picture. It looks beautiful.
That's Baltimore Garden. I love seeing her daily. Sometimes I reach out and touch her, still amazed that I made that quilt.
DeleteYour Texas Star quilt is a beauty. Love that zig zag border with the fun little circles. Your Medallion quilt is coming along fabulously.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I had a lot of fun making both of these but am super excited to sewing all those hourglass blocks together around the medallion. Sure hope it looks as good as the picture I have had in my head this whole time.
DeleteYour Joyful Stars turned out fabulously! Can't wait to see the quilting when you get to that stage.:) Your hourglass squares look so interesting. I've often thought about making an intensive quilt with that block, but just making one {with maybe 60} years ago stops me. Don't know if I have enough willpower to power through!
ReplyDeleteThese little hourglass blocks are fun to make. I am glad I pressed and trimmed as I went however. I am trying to get up the courage to use some hst's I have to make a tree of life quilt. Yours was so inspriational!
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