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| An Ohio Star Quilt - The Blues Click on any image for a larger view. |
All the Blues! I am so pleased with how this quilt turned out especially as I was working outside of my color comfort zone. I do love these colors and you'll find snippets of brown and grey fabrics throughout my quilts (blue is almost always well represented in my quilts), but this limited color palette was a challenge for me. You will no doubt note that there are tiny pops of additional colors ~ pink, red, yellow ~ for I cannot help myself and they do add interest to keep the eye wandering.
The quilt is quilted with straight horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines. All seam lines have been ditch-stitched; functional quilting rather than decorative, adding texture where needed. A minimal look but not exactly minimum effort. I use 100% cotton thread when quilting and for this quilt I have used a beige color thread to help blend the stitches with the fabric.
The quilt was finished with my usual backing fabric and a similar binding treatment: the backing fabric is Newsprint from the Story collection by Carrie Bloomston (and yes, I have ordered more!) and for the quilt binding I have used an irregular navy/white striped fabric by Art Gallery Fabrics (from the Essentials 2 Collection by Pat Bravo).
QUILT STATS
An Ohio Star Quilt - The Blues
The finished quilt measures 60 inches x 60 inches.
Sewn together in 17 rows of 17 blocks:
145 squares and 144 Hourglass Blocks.
Each finished unit measures 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches.
A selection of 100+ different fabrics including
quilting cottons and linen blend fabrics.
a low loft batting perfect for use with low volume and bright white fabrics.
This quilt is available for purchase from my Etsy Store.
See all the listing details here:
I am planning my next project ... this always involves so much indecision!
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
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Love this one Rita! All that blue is divine. I love your muted palette and how you've done something different without sacrificing your trademark RPQ style. It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAnother beauty, Rita! Even before I read your description, I noticed the brown DS print with the white daisies with blue centers and thought the browns when so well with the blues and grays.
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt, Rita. Great and bold step into these colors. really "making them work" and they do!
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt, it turned out great!
ReplyDeleteI love how your Ohio Star overlaps itself.
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