Last summer, my friend Colleen and I decided to take the Hunter Star class at Along Came Quilting. Here's a photo of the class sample, made by Kim Morrison, from the Along Came Quilting website, . This is a gorgeous quilt, in a traditional Hunter Star layout. This is a 4 day class (over 3 or 4 months), with lots of homework. On the 2nd day of class, you play with layout designs, as there are many options. Believe it or not, you can spend a whole day twisting and playing with block arrangement. Kim, our instructor, warned us in advance not to be too set on the traditional layout, as the fabrics and blocks might tell you how they need to be. Colleen was sure her quilt would be a traditional Hunter Star, as laid out below. And here's another layout option, with the same blocks. But Kim was right. Colleen's blocks did not want to be traditional. And here's how she chose to set her blocks... This layout required more light blocks than dark blocks. Colleen was starting to really like her quilt now, but wanted it slightly larger, and didn't care for the unfinished light stars on the edges, so very cleverly decided to add 1/2 blocks all around the outside edges, which finished the stars and made the quilt the size she wanted. And, for consistency, and to make it more border-like, she used the same dark blue fabric in all of these blocks. Isn't it wonderful with those 1/2 blocks added and the stars finished? Colleen IS brilliant :) I took a huge number of photos, but not one of the whole quilt after those 1/2 blocks were added. The fun continued with the quilting. Silk batting gives a nice loft without adding a lot of weight to this 88x102 quilt. Whimsical freehand feathers in the border, feathers between stars and some line-dancing in the block centers, giving lots of motion to the quilt. The stars were stitched around (ditched) to define them, and some continuous curves through the stars for softness. I had been getting a little discouraged quilting the light areas, as it was very hard to see what I had done, and it seemed like it wouldn't be worth all the time...but then I came back downstairs and the light was just right!! Hooray, the quilting really does show! These photos are while the work was still in progress, so the dark stars aren't stitched in yet. And, Colleen really wanted pillow shams, but didn't want to piece any more blocks (plus I think she was out of usable fabric for light stars) so she gave me some of her border fabric, and I designed some quilted pillow shams. oops, forgot to remove the chalk lines before taking photos The quilting is hard to see from the front, but when the light hits right, it's visible. If you're still here, thanks for enduring through all these photos with me.
In 2017 I told my daughter I would make her a bed size quilt, but to be honest I never got around to it that year. Enter 2018 and I knew I had to keep my word. That said, I had her choose both the …
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I just love the Hunter Star Pattern!!! It is so gorgeous! Fat Quarter Shop has simplified the pattern and is offering the block pattern for FREE! Fat Quarter Shop used Ombre Confetti Metallic by V & Co to make this amazing Hunter Star quilt....plus they have a kit available here. I chose to use the lovely Flora and Fawn fabric by Amanda Herring with Riley Blake Designs. I just love the sweet little deer and florals! I made four blocks to create my Hunter Star Pillow/Mini Quilt! Ready to make your own Hunter's Star Project! Supplies: 1. Flora and Fawn Fabric- Amanda Herring with Riley Blake Designs. 1 FQ or 1/2 yard of each gray print will work for 4 blocks to make a pillow or mini quilt. Fat Quarter Shop has the Fat Quarter Bundle on sale this week (here). Sale price valid until 2/18/18 and is less than $2 per FQ...yay! 2. Swiss Dots- hot pink/white by Riley Blake Designs - 3/4 yard for 4 blocks 3. Backing- 3/4 yard 3. Hunter's Star Quilt Block Pattern: FREE or complete pattern with multiple size options HERE. Start Sewing: 1. Sew 4 Hunter's Star Quilt Blocks....I just had to fussy cut those adorable deer 2. Assemble 4 blocks as shown 3. For quilting- I chose to stipple/meander...it's my "go to" and I love it! 4. Pillow Backing: I used the left over fabric squares to make a pieced backing and I LOVE it!!!! It makes me sooooo happy! Helpful tip: Make sure you trim your final blocks as recommended in pattern. I forgot to do this...oops! Thank you Fat Quarter Shop for having me be part of the Hunter's Star Quilt Along! I hope you decide to sew a few of these Hunter's Star blocks...they are fabulous! Follow me on Instagram @mellierc and here on my Blog for more sewing, quilting, and fabric fun! Melanie #fqsquiltalong #hunterstarquilt #huntersstarquilt #classicandvintage #floraandfawnfabric #rileyblakedesigns #fabricismyfun This post contains affiliate links to Fat Quarter Shop. Thank you.
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My son, Dallas has told me that the BLOG is about me, my interests, what influences me, and what I am doing. I think its also important to use this space to feature others whom I feel are especially talented and point out my reasons why I feel they are. Some of that particular content could pertain to a design style, colors - anything that I feel strongly about regarding a design. You can expect about anything from me; from quilts to English Bulldogs, to my grandchildren, our son, and to the book I am beginning to write about Durango, Colorado, where my true home and heart is and the history of my family, dating back to 1886. I'm always busy, with 100 things going through my head all at once, so self discipline to stay on task is a must in my life. We moved to Georgia about a year and a half ago with "The Boys", our two English Bulldogs. I am adding a photo of the two of them in Colorado, helping us to pack the car with all of the orders to fill. This is the "famous" photo of "The Boys" as everyone tagged them. It got to the point where our fans expected something from them in every Newsletter, and they did get it!! We lost our white one last October 2nd. He was "The Earl of Brumley", and it was difficult, but I'm going to let the "Incredible Hulk" greet you this first time around.
I just love Jenny Doan of The Missouri Star Quilt Company because when Jenny teaches us how to make the hunter's star quilt, you can bet your boots it's the real deal! In this excellent hunter's star quilt tutorial, Jenny teaches us how she makes her own hunter's star quilt design by cutting out eac
The calendar says it’s January, but the temperature thinks we’re in the southern hemisphere. It was over 60 F here yesterday and today – not bad for Southern Ontario!! In fact, a couple of crocuses were blooming in our front garden. They are in for a big shock though as the temperatures are supposed to plummet at the beginning of the week. I’ve been working away on my Poinsettias de Noel and this is what it looks like now. That big area in the middle is going to have a pot of poinsettias in it. I cut them all out last night and will start to get them assembled hopefully tomorrow. There will be red sashing between the blocks and a black floral border – at least there will be when I get it done! I took a break from it today to get some charity quilts quilted. I managed to get 3 of them done and the binding sewn on, all ready to be hand stitched on Tuesday at our Cuddle Quilt Day. While I was in my longarm room, I took a look at all my tops waiting to be quilted. I must do something about that. If the backs would magically piece themselves they would get quilted a whole lot faster. Lee and I were talking about making a bucket list of quilts. We all have quilts that we want to make, but somehow something else comes along and some quilts always get put on the back burner. As I was looking through some of my pictures today, I came across this one. It’s called Circle of Hope and I ‘think’ I got the pattern from Keepsake a couple of years ago. It wouldn’t be difficult, so I need to JUST DO IT!! Another quilt on my bucket list is a Hunter’s Star. It’s not like I want to make a New York Beauty (although that would be nice too) so I need to get busy and start crossing things off my Quilting Bucket list – the list that I haven’t made yet The Golden Globes are on tonight and Jon Bon Jovi has been nominated in the Original Song category with “Not Running Anymore”. He’s up against some tough competition with Adele in the category. I like them both, so as long as one of them wins, I’ll be happy! I’m afraid I’ve had to put a verification code on my comments as I have been getting so much spam and it’s really annoying. It makes you wonder – do they really get any business from all those spam comment links?
Here's another way you can have fun with the Hunter's Star block. Each quarter is 16 squares by 16 squares with 8 different fabrics in 2 c...
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One way to do Hunter Star is in scrappy format with 8 different triangle sections making up each block. I really like it and probably wil...
Our Hunters Star Quilt Class will be held this Saturday at 10:00 at our shop. We still have a few spaces left... give us a call and sign up for the class... you will have a great day and learn Patty's wonderful, easy technique to finish this quilt top with ease!
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One way to do Hunter Star is in scrappy format with 8 different triangle sections making up each block. I really like it and probably will continue making blocks like this. Another way is to have all 8 of the triangles that make a star block of the same 2 fabrics. This is the first Hunter Star quilt top that I made in 2015. The third way was the layout of my most recent Hunter Star quilt top. In this one the quarter square blocks are 2 triangles from the same fabric combination sewn together and placed diagonally across from each other and a second combination is in the other 2 corners. In this quilt each fabric pair is in 2 blocks rather than all in the same block as in the photo above. That makes this one look a little more scrappy but not as random as the first photo. You can see that a little more clearly in the shot of one block. I hope this gives you more ideas for playing with the blocks if you make a Hunter Star quilt. I'm going to add this notice to the bottom of every post for a few days. I realize that cellphone readers don't see my sidebar unless they click on "view web version" so they would miss the opportunity to sign up. Take a look at the new sign up form on the right side bar of my blog (or click on the link). I'll be opening a new online store soon and will be offering quilts, quilt tops, fabric kits and more. I'd love for you to be first in line when the store opens.
