Monday 19 September 2011

Liberty Hunter's Star......


This quilt is made from Tana Lawn cotton fabric by Liberty of London, this is a very fine soft cotton with a high thread count. The pattern is a scrappy Hunter's Star using samples of lots of different fabrics from this very famous range.
It's amazing the difference a border fabric can make, there was really only one choice but I wanted to see which fabrics jumped out against these colour options.
I would have liked a real red but the blue fabric is the Tana Lawn, so we now have a blue quilt, that's what happens, see how the border fabric dominates and makes this a blue quilt.







I chose a white on white backing fabric and used Superior Bottom Line in white for the needle and bobbin. This is a fine thread, the white has a translucent quality which seems to mix with all colours and doesn't shout out against any of them, so the thread blended into the top of the quilt really well, I also changed down from an 18 to a size 16 needle. This quilt finished at 95" x 95", I used Quilters Dream wool batting/wadding as I love wool, but also because wool has a lovely soft drape to it, I was looking to keep the soft quality of the Tana Lawn cotton fabric.

Now quilting wise, I had many options, lots of custom designs came to mind, but in the end I chose a pantograph, 'Wildflower' by Willow Leaf Studio, it's an open design which keeps that soft flowing feel, and although it's a wool quilt it's going to be perfect for summer or an extra quilt for the bottom of the bed in winter.

8 comments:

  1. Absolutely beautiful. Good job showing how we make the quilt with the border...what we usemakes all the difference.

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  2. This is a fabulous quilt and it illustrates the point I am always trying to make that the fabric is usually in charge and lets you know how the quilt is meant to turn out. Take care.

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  3. Kay this is so beautiful !!! I adore the fabric too.

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  4. Kay this is a beautiful quilt, you've inspired me to make a scrappy Hunter's Star now............. very nice indeed.

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  5. Very nice, and the white backing sets it off! Fantastic!

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  6. I've been considering making a scrappy one of these for awhile now. I did a 3 color Hunter Star and love it but I'm thinking this scrappy version is especially beautiful.

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  7. When I looked at the picture where you were trying out the borders, my eye went directly to the blue too. Of course, my 'fabric shoppe' (read: stash) is about 1/3 blues LOL.
    This one looks perfect for snuggling under. One of these days, I'm going to actually finish a quilt for myself....

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