Hand Pieced Hexagon Star Quilt

My sister, Rita from Red Pepper Quilts has just blogged her beautiful Mother In Law's Hexagon Star Quilt.  I had the pleasure of quilting this quilt for her MIL so thought I would share this quilt with you as well.  Rita has given me permission to show some of her wonderful photos of this quilt.

 

 

Image by Red Pepper Quilts - used with permission

 

Jan has spent some three years hand-piecing this quilt - her piecing is incredibly accurate.  Much of the quilt has been fussy cut, resulting in some great stars.

 



 

 

Images by Red Pepper Quilts - used with permission

 

 

An all-over feather design was quilted, however, this quilt is truly about the magnificent piecing and fabulous fabric selection rather than the quilting.

 

I have quilted a similar quilt for Maree, a friend of Jan's which was blogged here previously.  Jan is obviously part of a very talented group of quilters.



Liberty Circles Quilt

Today's featured quilt is a hand pieced quilt made by my customer Penny.  Penny completed this quilt during classes at Patchwork on Central Park.  It is Penny's version of the amazing Liberty Circles Quilt designed by Angie of Patchwork on Central Park.  As the name suggest, the quilt includes an array of Liberty fabrics.

We decided to keep the quilting fairly simple with radiating lines being quilted from each of the circles.  The circles have been quilted with 1/4 inch outlines and continuous curves.  The stars in the sashing have received some continuous curves and the borders have been quilted with piano keys.



Following are some close-ups of a few of the blocks which certainly demonstrate the intricate piecing involved in this quilt.

Some more photos of this incredible quilt can be found on my flickr account.

Thanks Penny for yet again allowing me to quilt one of your wonderful quilts - enjoy!

Hexagon Stars Quilt

I have recently quilted a wonderful scrappy Hexagon Star Quilt for my customer Maree.  This absolutely stunning quilt was made by Maree's patchwork group for her as a present for a significant birthday.  The quilt is completely hand pieced and has an amazing array of fabrics in it which have come together beautifully.

I have quilted this quilt with continuous curves in all the diamonds, adding loops in the diamonds which form the setting hexagons.  The loops have created a secondary design with which I was really pleased.

Many of the diamonds forming the stars in this quilt were fussy cut.  I had a hard time deciding which stars were my favourites so have made a mosaic with a lovely selection.

Maree was absolutely delighted with her finished quilt.  I believe a further five members of Maree's patchwork group are making their own versions of this wonderful quilt - I can't wait to see them.

Hexagons Galore

I am always in awe of quilters who have the patience to hand piece.  I am particularly attracted to hexagon quilts and Jessie's Hexagon Quilt is no exception.  Jessie has made a large, scrappy looking, paper pieced hexagon quilt.

As this quilt has so many busy prints and the quilting would not really stand out, we decided to quilt it with an all-over swirly design called Waterworld.  The quilting has again added a lovely texture and movement to the quilt.

Jessie was thrilled when she picked up her quilt - I always love seeing my customer's reaction to their finished quilt.  I hope you are enjoying your quilt Jessie - it must be very satisfying to complete such a large hand-pieced quilt.

Rosie

The quilt I am sharing with you today has been hand pieced by my customer Ann.  It is a sampler quilt, set with sashing and smaller eight-pointed star cornerstones, made in gorgeous greens, pinks and reds.  The colour scheme put me in mind of roses and, as a result, we decided to quilt Ann's quilt with an all-over design called Rosie by Jodi Beamish.

I am sure you will agree that this pattern has quilted up beautifully with the flowers standing out particularly well on the green sashing and border fabric while still allowing the individual blocks to shine.

This has been another wonderful quilt to work on - I hope you like the final result Ann and enjoy your quilt.

Hand Pieced Inchie Quilt

Being more of a machine piecer myself, I am always impressed by the skill and amazed at the patience of hand piecers.  As the name of the quilt suggests, this quilt is made up of 1 inch squares all of which have been hand pieced by my customer Charmaine.

This little quilt was a delight to quilt.  To make the printed squares pop up, I have quilted continuous curves around the cream background squares.  I love the circular effect this has created around the printed squares.

Here is a close-up of the sashing and the border.

I believe Charmaine has made a beautiful little quilt.  She picked it up today and tells me she has another just like it under way - hand piecing must be rather addictive!

Japanese Flower Garden

I love the versatility of patchwork - the fact that you can take a traditional pattern like Grandmother's Flower Garden and make it in a totally different style.  I have just finished quilting a Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt for my customer Dorothy who has made a stunning Japanese version of this very traditional pattern.  This quilt was hand pieced using the english paper piecing method.

I quilted this quilt with Baptist Fans which was done using the Quilt Ez templates.  The Quilt Ez templates are an easy system to use - the templates sit on the quilting table and a stylus drops into the grooves.  It is then a matter of following the grooves with the stylus as you quilt.  With a little bit of care where over-stitching is required you get a great result.

I love the end result on Dorothy's quilt - a traditional quilting design on a modern version of a traditional quilt.

Dorothy has also put some beautiful detail into this quilt.  Each of the centres of the flowers has sashiko stitching on it as has the outside border.

I hope you have enjoyed Dorothy's Japanese Flower Garden.  Happy quilting...

A Grandmother's Flower Garden Bushfire Quilt

The bushfires in Victoria of last Summer, and in particular, February 7th caused many people to lose their lives, their homes and their livelihoods.  The recovery process is still in the early stages, with many people only just starting to rebuild their homes or even deciding on whether or not to rebuild.

In an attempt to provide comfort, the quilting community throughout Australia have made literally thousands of quilts for the bushfire victims.  The quilt I am featuring today is one such quilt which, in a small way, it is hoped will give some comfort to the person receiving it.

This Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt was made by my customers Lesley and Jan and other members of their patchwork and sewing group.  Their patchwork group had been meeting regularly for years and one of their very own members lost her home during the bushfires - this quilt has been made for her.  The quilt has been entirely hand pieced over the last six months.  It is made from the most beautiful civil war reproduction fabrics.

Many of the hexagons have been carefully fussy cut, resulting in the most spectacular blocks - these are some of my favourites.

I have quilted this quilt with an all-over feather design by Timeless Quilting Designs called Feathered Curls.  The quilting has added great detail to the borders of the quilt without taking away from the piecing in the body of the quilt.

I hope the quilt will provide some comfort to the person receiving it, I know a lot of love has gone into the making of it. 

Piecing for Myself - Wheel of Fortune Quilt

As a longarm machine quilter who quilts for customers, I am often asked whether I get to piece any quilts for myself.  Unfortunately, I don't get to make as many quilts for myself these days as I would like to.  There are always some quilts floating around in my head, many of which never get made.  I do usually have some piecing on the go.

The following quilt is a hand pieced quilt which is still a work in progress.  In fact, it has been a work in progress for about five years, although it seems to be finally coming together.  The quilt I am making is the Wheel of Fortune Quilt from the cover of Kaffe Fassett's book Caravan of Quilts.  I bought the quilt as a kit some years ago which is not something I usually do but it was a quilt I fell in love with and had to have.  I am hand sewing the quilt using the English paper piecing method which has made it a very portable project.  In fact, the quilt has been sewn over five summer holidays to Tathra, has been to numerous Port Fairy Folk Festivals and at swimming lessons too numerous to count.  When I take the project to our Wednesday evening sewing group the others just roll their eyes in disbelief that I am still working on this project.

The quilt is made in eight segments, all of which I have now completed.  It has finally stopped being a portable project!  All I need to do now to complete the top is to sew the segments together.

Here is a close up of a section.

I still have all the paper pieces in the back - I can't wait until the day I will be able to remove them all - which will be another huge task.  The paper pieces were purchased from the Lizard of Oz who have an incredible range of shapes ready for cutting out.

Will I finish this quilts this year?  Probably not..  What will I work on during my summer holiday now?  The next question will be how to quilt this - but that can wait a while.  Do you have any projects that have been on the go for this long?