I must say that I think that this quilt is one of the prettiest I’ve done. My customer chose a scrappy 1930′s repro’ look in soft and medium pastels. While not all of the fabrics are 1930 reprints they all blend together beautifully. Here is a picture of the flimsy.
Feathered Star
I do not have the name of this particular quilt layout and if anyone does know please leave me a comment or note about it and I will give credit where credit is due. Thanks to Karen S. for letting me know about the quilt and the link for you!
My customer left me with a photocopy of the magazine layout showing ‘some’ (some) of the quilting and asked that I do it as much like the picture as I could.
Feathered Star
While some of it could be made out a great deal could not so the finished quilt is a mixture of the quilting that had been suggested and my own.
I first started out by taking the flimsy picture and a few more close-ups of the centre, stars, corners, borders and so on. I printed them out in black and white and used them to draw my quilting ideas on. I use this method a great deal when I’m deciding on quilting designs. I find that I can see immediately whether or not my ideas will work. I chose Superior’s So Fine #403 Putty and it blended in perfectly with all the colours so I didn’t have to change out my thread at all. To make the arch for the feathered triangles in the centre I used the oval template so they would be consistent throughout. I also used the end of the oval to make the outer border design.
Some areas looked to have very basic teardrop feather shapes but I decided to do a more formal feather instead but still keep the simple look over all.
Here are a few close-ups
Feathered Star Centre
Feathered Star 8pt star
Feathered Star corner 1
Feathered Star corner 2
Feathered Star fan border
I could paint my spare bedroom again in a soft buttery yellow … I wonder if she’ll let me have this quilt!
That is an old pattern by Marsha McCloskey –I think it’s one of the most beautiful traditional quilts I’ve ever seen. You can find it here at:
http://www.marshamccloskey.com/vintagemoments.html
I always wanted to make it with really bright batiks –
Thanks so much for the info Karen. I’ve added it to the post. It has definitely been added to my ‘to make’ list!
Your beautiful quilting has complimented a charming quilt. Cheers, Ann
I made a Vintage Moments years ago with black background and all bright colored hand-dyes. Spectacular quilt no matter what fabrics you use.
Hi; I really like this particular quilt. First I like the muted colors making everything more harmonious. Most of all I love quilts with abstract patterns that nevertheless evoke a sense of nature.