My client Bev received this project as a kit, a gift from her children. It has tiny pieces, I mean TINY. She invested a lot of time into completing this quilt top. I was honored that she entrusted the quilting to me.
I also have to say, this piece was right up my alley. I'm a traditionalist. I love "primitive" home decor. I love the earth tones in this piece. I love the stars - very traditional quilting pattern. It really matched my living room quite well. Do you think Bev would notice if I "forgot" to return it to her???
All quilting is hand-guided on an APQS longarm quilting machine.
Finished! That clock is in the AM. Best work happens by the light of the midnight oil.
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I can't say that this was a real clean slate for me as a quilter. Because of the small pieces, it didn't give me a lot of room to "be creative". I tried to be true to the style of the project, and use very traditional quilting motifs.
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Lots of straight lines (tribute to our hand-quilting fore-mothers) in and around the stars and squares.
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Curved cross-hatch around the center-piece star.
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In the tiny log-cabin blocks around the perimeter, I tried to echo the idea of the cornerstone stars by quilting the same shape. It took a LONG time, and I regret that the quilting doesn't actually show up in those log cabins all that well. The tiny pieces, with quite busy patterns, serve as a sorta camouflage.
Ribbon candy in the olive-toned triangles. Feathers in the double-checkerboard border.
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