Here’s a pic of my Lone Star I made in a traditional style many years ago. Pretty formal, and kinda severe looking, and not my usual scrappy style! It's put together in an organized manner with the same fabric used in the same placement in the diamonds that make up the star.
My unfinished quilt has sat carefully folded up in the wardrobe for so long, destined to be a UFO for life! And you know, sadly you do sometimes see unfinished quilts. There's lots of reasons why, many of them have problems, like maybe not sitting so flat! If the 1/4" piecing isn't accurate at the start on the Lone Star, the star will bulge in the middle. Luckily, my middle is flat.. well, on the star anyway!
I really wanted to bring it into the present day somehow. Over the week, I unpicked the star, washed it, and then the fun began! I was torn between trying 'modern' settings {see here and here} or do I go with keeping more of a traditional feel? I played with different fabrics for the background, I played with different border ideas, I played with larger scale prints, and I played with smaller prints more in keeping with the original!
It wasn't easy! And my personal fabric consultant, my daughter, didn't agree with any of my combinations! So, while I started out keen to revisit this quilt and give it a makeover only using what I had here, when the going gets tough... the tough go shopping! I popped out to all things patchwork and spent a lovely hour there pulling fabrics off the shelves for auditioning! The lady there, sorry don't know her name, was very patient!
I ended up choosing a loose woven check in blues with a thin peach stripe for the backgrounds, and a larger scale, deeper coral chintz print for the final border, which I
So it was back down on the "design floor" again today laying it all out.
And here's what I finally came up with
... and I'm much happier!
Linking up with Julie over here at pink doxies
where there's lots of other lovely projects on the go too!
Looks great Linda :)
ReplyDeleteLove your choice of fabrics for the update Linda - looks great!
ReplyDeleteI do love a lone star quilt! It looks more vibrant with your changes. Will we see it up close on Monday?
ReplyDeleteI am surprised about your fabric choice, but you were right: a beautiful top. The border is so well chosen!!!
ReplyDeleteOh haha, I see Karyn has written almost exactly what I was going to write! It looks great now, good on you for persisting.
ReplyDeleteYour loan star that you linked on Pink Doxies looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt that shows on Pink Doxie.
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