The Stars are finally shining brightly!!
Introducing: Sumptuous Stars 80" x 80". (sorry these are iphone photos)
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A behind the scenes view of how I attached it to the railing, ala Home Depot. No quilt was injured in this photo shoot.
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After I pieced the blocks in 2012 I saw this antique quilt in an engagement calendar and bingo! it was just the right inspiration. I can not believe how similar they are.
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I first posted the finished top late summer of 2012 in NJ. That was the summer Mr. Fun lost his position in NYC- which is one reason this got shelved.
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I decided I had to pin it and get it done. After pinning about half of the quilt I realized I was short on 2 sides. Seriously......seriously? out came those pins and it was re-shelved.....again.
Here is an after shot of that area and it seems to have come out. Not my finest stop in the machine quilting - oh well the other two look good.
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I used 10 color grabbers. Norma and discussed it yesterday and we did wonder if it would have all just gone down the drain anyway. Better safe than sorry.
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Here I'll cut away for an action shot of binding. I hold it this way to stitch - how do you??
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Here is my label. I pinked the edges this time and just sewed it on. On is good.
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So I re-pinned the quilt in early February and started quilting on Friday, February 19th and finished the machine quilting in a week. The binding took about 3 days to apply and stitch down.
In my last post I forgot to mention that I like to use the Super Slider on my sewing surface. I keep it on all the time now. It helps the fabric move along and reduces shoulder fatigue.
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This was neat trick I accidentally learned. If you line up striped bias strips like this~ (note how the stripes are lined up on the edges)
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Argh....this is where I had to add fabric to the side
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Here are a few last minute things that I posted on instagram.
Our golf group learned how to curl - always wanted to try it! Challenging and fun.
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I spent Tuesday morning sorting out sweet coco's ear infections. Poor pup, double ear infection. Both yeast and bacteria, what an overachiever!
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I hope you are having a good week. I'll be back soon with a Westering Women and Alice Payne update.
xo
Introducing: Sumptuous Stars 80" x 80". (sorry these are iphone photos)
During the recarpeting of our entire upstairs in spring of 2014, I put this quilt along with lots of other things in a bathtub to get it all up off the floor and out of the way.
NEVER, I repeat NEVER put anything valuable in a bathtub besides people. Somehow it got a little damp and some color ran. I spot cleaned it with oxyclean but I had all the markings on it from the Crayola Markers so I couldn't really soak it.
Here is an after shot of that area and it seems to have come out. Not my finest stop in the machine quilting - oh well the other two look good.
Here are the products I used along with regular detergent. You MUST use safe all color bleach to remove the washable markers according to Crayola's instructions.
In my last post I forgot to mention that I like to use the Super Slider on my sewing surface. I keep it on all the time now. It helps the fabric move along and reduces shoulder fatigue.
It comes out really great - like this! I made 328 inches of bias for the edge of this baby. Easy Peasy.
After trying out several I thought this was an interesting binding fabric choice. What do you think?
Here the back where I used this fun Kaffe fabric. You can definitely see where the seam is on this one but I kind of like the way it looks.
and bottom
Are you still here? - oh my this getting so long - sorry. Here is a fun shot from my staircase. It is really a big quilt.
Our golf group learned how to curl - always wanted to try it! Challenging and fun.
xo