How to quilt a Lone Star?

Have you done a search on Webshots for Lone Star quilts? You will get many, many great ideas for quilting!!! I think feathers in the white areas would look wonderful. Perhaps some continuous curves in the star part. Are you quilting this on your sewing machine?

~~~~~~~ Laurie G. in CA

On Jan 25, 3:17=A0pm, Maureen Wozniak wrote: In my opinion () swirly and or feathers would be wonderful in the white areas. With so many straight lines in the piecing, some curvy quilting will help balance the whole thing. Lovely quilt.

Pati, in Phx

Maureen, I like your idea of the swirly, feathery motifs. With so many straight lines in the Lone Star, a bit of variety and contrast in the quilting is a great idea. :) BTW, that Lone Star is just gorgeous! I also like your teapot quilt; I have one made from the same patterns.

Hi I love your color choices! I agree with your decision to do something swirly or feathery in the larger areas rather than straight lines.

The ones I've made I quilted following the diamond shapes in the center and then curvy or feather shapes in the larger areas. I was very happy with that balance.

-Debbie

Maureen Wozniak wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.spf.sbcglobal.net:

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Ditch quilt the diamonds of the star, then quilt curves inside the

4-sides of the diamonds. Quilt feathered wreaths in the squares and half wreaths in the triangles. Stipple the space around and inside the wreath. Stitch in the ditch around the border and add a nice cable inside the border, stippling around the cable. Bind with a the border fabric .

Easy for me to say, huh? Did you say, "end of February?" Arrrrrgh!

anthony, exhausted in Clearwater just thinking about this project.

Maureen Wozniak wrote:

Feathers have been used on star quilts like that for a long time. I have seen (or seen pictures of) a good many, both very old and very new, with feathers in the background. If you want a happy combination, do feather wreaths and fill with simple grids offsetting the grids from the direction of the lines in the star. That has both curves and straight lines, is very traditional for large star quilts, and looks very well indeed. All straight lines in such a quilt seem to me to be tiring on the eye, and de-emphasizing of the overall pattern.

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I would do something different in the centre of the star rather than In the Ditch. Not necessarily anything complicated but SitD in the centre can look uneven as you cross the centre point. Something loopy/curvey?

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

anth> Ditch quilt the diamonds of the star, then quilt curves inside the

What wonderful suggestions. I'm eager to see that beautiful star when you've finished. It is a treasure. Polly

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:18:51 -0600, Laurie G. in CA wrote (in article ):

I'll probably quilt it myself. I like machine quilting and the top is only about 40" x 40". Not too hard to wrestle through the machine.

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:44:25 -0600, Sandy wrote (in article ):

I'm slowly, slowly handquilting the teapots. I hope I'll have them done next year, but it's been awhile since I've had time to sit at the frame and getting anything done.

I need about 4 more hours a day.

Maureen

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:33:41 -0600, anthony in Clearwater wrote (in article ):

That does sound beautiful. But yes, exhausting. The retreat will be 5 days at the end of Feb. So really, I'll I'd need to do between now and then is baste and mark. I might just be able to pull that off.

So now a new question for you all. What color thread. White, invisible, something else?

I would use white in the white areas. The colored areas -- something that blends.

Julia in MN

I love invisible especially for feathers and small stippling, my errors don't show and there are no color distractions. .

Maureen Wozniak wrote: