Category: Quilting and Sewing

The hunter’s star quilt is now complete.  It’s my first red and white quilt and I’m thrilled with it.


This quilt was a lot of fun to make.  The cutting and piecing method is not difficult and there is no waste of fabric.  It requires no special tools or templates.  I am pleased with the accuracy of my blocks.  It amazes me a little that two solid fabrics can produce such a beautiful quilt.


This quilt features a white cotton sheet for the backing.  I had just enough red fabric left to reduce the blocks and make two smaller stars so I gave them a red border and sewed it into the back.   Piecing a little something for the back of my quilts is becoming more fun.  This picture of the back of the quilt also shows the simple straight line quilting I chose.  I quilted 1/4″ from the seam on the diagonal lines through each block, then added vertical lines through every other block as well.


It seems I’ve also become partial to the gray polka dot binding that I’ve used on a couple of other quilts this year.  In this case it was just dark enough to ground the deep red but low key enough to let the stars take center stage.


This quilt was a project I’ve intended to make for quite some time.  It feels good to have it done.


Update:  After many requests, I have written the pattern for this quilt.  It includes fabric requirements for 4 different sizes.  The Hunter’s Star quilt pattern is available here !

-Jennifer

I started this quilt months ago.  It’s done in kona cotton solids from the poisedon fat quarter pack I purchased to make this quilt and then this q uilt .  I had a few pieces left over so I added some white and put it together.  Three quilts from one fat quarter pack is pretty good!  Then I got my heart set on a metro living circles border in charcoal, but didn’t have enough fabric and it was on backorder everywhere.  So it hung in my closet for a while.


I quilted it over the weekend, opting to do a very simple pattern on either side of the seams in the center of the quilt.  I’m very happy with it.

The backing I pieced using more of the circles and a scrap from the back of  the 2nd water and sky quilt.


I also like how the quilting looks from the back of the quilt:


For the binding I used a solid green from my stash.  I honestly have no idea what color it is or where it came from, I’ve had it for so long.    I think the solid green around the edges is the perfect finish for this quilt.


I continue to get better at the machine binding technique.  I do prefer finishing the binding by hand but time constraints and elbow pain have made this option a very practical one for me at this stage in time.   I think it looks nice.


I’m delivering it today to my friend who is a wonderful young mother.  I really hope she likes it.


It’s one of my favorite baby boy quilts I’ve made.  Solids are a lot of fun to work with.  I love these blues.


Hopeful Homemaker

I’ve wanted to make a red and white solid quilt for a very long time.  The classic Hunter’s Star block seemed like a great pattern for it.   I’ve been working on this top here and there all summer and at last it’s ready for basting.


One thing I liked about this method is how efficiently fabric is used.  I don’t have a single scrap or leftover piece that’s wider than 1/4 inch.

I’m off to piece the backing so I can get this one quilted.

Edit:  After many requests, the pattern for this quilt has been written.

It is available here .

Hopeful Homemaker