As you can probably guess from the title of this post, I have finished my feathered star quilt!!
I am absolutely thrilled with the way it has turned out. It is my first real attempt at combining precision piecing with free motion quilting. I normally opt for an easier, more relaxed style of quilt (i.e. quick finish!)
It gave me such a lot of pleasure making this and I think I will definitely choose to make some more quilts of this style in the future.
I'll leave you with lots of photos and wish you all a lovely upcoming weekend! I'm off to celebrate my grand-daughter's first birthday!!
After my last post in which I showed the progression of my latest project from completed feathered star block to four borders on, I thought you might like to see how the quilt has grown since.
I have never made a medallion style quilt before but, I have looked at many in books and on the internet and I know that many of them include an appliqué border, so that is what I decided to add as the final border on my quilt.
I found the tulip appliqué shapes in a Debbie Mumm book that I have had many years and I adapted them to fit the size of the border I wanted to added.
I used scraps of the fabrics that I had used in the pieced section of the quilt and I was pleased that I had just enough of the aqua/teal blue striped fabric to add a few dots so that it was represented elsewhere in the quilt and not just in the narrow border. The next stage was to layer, baste and then quilt it.
I am not used to quilting this size of quilt and, it has been a bit of a challenge here and there but, overall I am really pleased with the outcome.
Yesterday I started quilting the outer border and, I wasn't sure whether I should quilt the appliqué shapes or not. In the end I decided I would and I am glad that I did as I am really pleased with how they look (apologies for the loose threads everywhere in these photographs).
Now, I am looking forward to finding time this week to finish quilting the remaining borders and then to get the binding added.
Tidying up all the loose threads and finishing the binding is my favourite part of making a quilt as the whole quilt suddenly seems to come together!
Thank you for visiting and wishing you all a lovely week!
