Thursday, May 14, 2015

Bloggers Quilt Festival Spring 2015 - Large Quilts - Shining Star

Here's my large quilt entry.   This baby measures in at 117 x 117, now that is definitely the largest quilt I have ever made, and likely to ever make!!  This one is for my bed.  I had made one other king size quilt, just a bit smaller than this one, and it was worn out.  Yep holes worn in it from almost 12 years of daily use.  I sure how this one last that long cuz I'm not sure I can do another :)  This is a simple log cabin made with 2 different fat quarter bundles of Kaffee Fassett Shot Cottons.  Oh I LOVE the look of the shot cottons, such depth.  My husband loves log cabins and I like a bit more modern so this was a nice middle ground I think.  I used two layers of battting, Hobbs 80/20 on the bottom and Tuscany Wool on Top.  Glide thread was used on the top and magna glide in the bobbin.   I wanted the quilting to help differentiate between the light and the dark areas.  Light areas got the straight line point to point quilting and the dark areas got the yummy feathers.  No surprise that my quilt has feathers right?  So here's a few pics of fresh new quilt with no holes!!

Shining Star





my log cabin quilt in my log cabin bedroom

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21 comments:

  1. This quilt is just stunning. It looks like jewels all joined together. Your quilting is amazing. Just gorgeous!

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  2. Just gorgeous, love the quilting.

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  3. Love it! It look fabulous in your bedroom, wonderful quilting, I am a lover of feathers too!

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  4. WOW! Surprise, surprise, when were you stitching this up, hiding in the closet? LOL Gorgeous and it looks so wonderful on the bed.

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  5. This is amazing! I'm not usually a fan of Kaffe's fabrics, but I love the way you've used them here. It looks like the lighter sides of the cabins are really beams of light!

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  6. Striking and the quilting is great!

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  7. It's amazing! Lovely colors and the quilting just puts it over the top.

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  8. Another beauty! Love the quilting on this

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  9. I just love how your quilting changes everything about this traditional pieced quilt. So much dimension and movement - perfect!

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  10. Such a beautiful quilt! I love the colors, and the quilting adds so much. It must be great to find that quilt waiting for you at the end of the day.

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  11. Gorgeous quilt and quilting. I haven't made a log cabin quilt yet, it's on my quilty bucket list.

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  12. Wow. Love the way you were able to blend your style with that of your spouse.

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  13. Oh my! That is super delicious, gorgeous, scrumptious wonderful colorful ness!! And beautiful! :)

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  14. Wonderful quilt, and great quilting too!

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  15. Oh wow Sue. That is just gorgeous.

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  16. Gorgeous colors in this quilt. The quilting is really spectacular, and I love the asymmetry. The use of the 2 different battings produced a great effect.

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  17. So this is a log cabin pattern quilted into prisms. Beautiful. Kind of far out.

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