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bigredharley 05-03-2015 04:36 AM

How would you quilt a Hunter's Star
 
I've given this so much thought and can't decide whether to do something all-over or densely stitch all BUT the star...

QuiltnNan 05-03-2015 04:50 AM

here's a really pretty almost all over design on one
http://patchworksampler.com/?tag=quilting-design

QuiltnNan 05-03-2015 04:51 AM

and here's a quilting design that enhances the pattern of the quilt
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...d=0CC4QMygRMBE

Deb watkins 05-03-2015 06:06 AM

When I quilted mine, I just did a 1/4 inch from each side of the stitch line on all the seams. It highlighted (echoed) the star pattern. It was simple to do, yet added some depth to the quilt.

ManiacQuilter2 05-03-2015 06:09 AM

I wouldn't densely quilt the background. I quilted mine like Deb described:


Originally Posted by Deb watkins (Post 7184674)
When I quilted mine, I just did a 1/4 inch from each side of the stitch line on all the seams. It highlighted (echoed) the star pattern. It was simple to do, yet added some depth to the quilt.


Kitsie 05-03-2015 06:15 AM

Doing mine that way, too!

Originally Posted by Deb watkins (Post 7184674)
When I quilted mine, I just did a 1/4 inch from each side of the stitch line on all the seams. It highlighted (echoed) the star pattern. It was simple to do, yet added some depth to the quilt.


cat-on-a-mac 05-03-2015 06:19 AM

You could also check out our gallery album of Hunter's Start quilts for ideas: http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...bums17745.html

Onebyone 05-03-2015 06:41 AM

A guild member had different size all over circles quilted on her HS. It looked amazing.


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