Quilting a lone star

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10-29-2014, 08:53 AM

marylouisebooth

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Quilting a lone star

How would you quilt a lone star?

10-29-2014, 09:03 AM

ManiacQuilter2

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I did a gentle curve from each point of the diamond on all four sides. Feathers are always beautiful in the background square and triangles.

10-29-2014, 09:04 AM

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More info please. Are you hand quilting, longarm quilting or machine quilting on a domestic sewing machine?

What is your expertise? How confident are you with FMQ if doing by machine?

10-29-2014, 09:05 AM

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On a regular sewing machine I would FMQ it so I wouldn't have to turn the quilt through the harp OR use my walking foot to SITD (stitch in the ditch) on the seam lines. If I had a long arm I might do ruler work to emphasize the pattern.

10-29-2014, 10:50 AM

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I hand quilted mine and just did sitd for the star points. I quilted larger motifs in the background.

10-29-2014, 02:27 PM

Jan in VA

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You might look thru these images to get some ideas. I googled "Google Images closeups of Lone Star Quilts."
https://www.google.com/search?q=goog...2F%3B236%3B227

Jan in VA