Paige and I knew that we were going to be doing some trunk shows for the book so I decided to remake another version of Celestial (this is the quilt in the lower right hand part of the front cover. I decided to re-make the quilt in a baby size, which is much easier to travel with.
Celestial is a super fun and quick quilt to piece, each block is 24" square finished so only 4 blocks are needed to make a 48" x 48" baby sized version (9 blocks make a large lap and 16 blocks make a queen).
For this new version of Celestial, I started with a background of Kona Cotton in cornflower, one of my favorite blues. For the plus signs, I used a variety of prints, mostly Cotton & Steel, in blacks and whites.
As this was a small and manageable baby sized quilt, I decided to have some fun with the quilting and took some pictures along the way to show how I quilted Celestial.
I knew that wanted to quilt feathers on the quilt, where the feathers wound around the different plus signs. To highlight the feathers, I planned on doing a dense quilting pattern so my goal was to fill as much area as I could with the feathers (to minimize the area I had to densely quilt). Matching the Aurifil thread (50 wt) to the fabric hides many imperfections with the quilting.
Here was one of the feathers...
I then echoed the feather to help it stand out more.
Then I filled in the remaining area with pebbles.
I then quilted each plus sign using a square meander.
Quilt Stats:
Pattern: Celestial (made into a baby size) from Modern Plus Sign Quilts
Size: 48" x 48"
Fabrics: Kona Cotton in cornflower and various black and white prints.
Quilting: Feathers and pebbles
Batting: Warm & White
Thread: Light blue, soft white, and black 50 wt Aurifil cotton thread
The quilting gives it such incredible detail and takes it beyond most plus quilts. x
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of baby quilts I need to make right now. You have two in your book that I am contemplating now. Your quilting on this is exquisite, Cheryl
ReplyDeleteI really like this version. Your quilting is amazing.
ReplyDeleteYour quilting!! I love that this is a four block quilt! Its such a great design!
ReplyDeleteOooh, thanks for sharing the progression on how you quilted Celestial. I really like how the echo and then dense pebbles helps the feathers to pop!
ReplyDeleteAll. Those. Pebbles! I love how they play against the feathers and make them stand out. The quilting is great Cheryl!
ReplyDeleteLove those color combos! Black and anything are my favorites :) Fabulous quilting too.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Sandy!
DeleteI DID enjoy seeing the quilting progression. That's always fun for me. And I'm a sucker for feathers so added bonus. This quilt turned out super cute!
ReplyDeletePebbles and feathers are lovely combined together, great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Paige!
DeleteI love the quilting you added to this quilt. The echoing around the feathers make them pop as do the pebbles which I really love. Great look.
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is on my To Make list and I just love your quilting on it! Great finish!
ReplyDeleteThe quilting is gorgeous! Beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love this little quilt and the quilting - so gorgeous.
ReplyDeletelovely design for a little one, and the quilting is a beauty finish.Those feathers and the echo, as they swirl across the quilt, lovely.
ReplyDeleteI certainly am enamored with this precious baby quilt. I am especially in love with your fabric choices. If I haven’t said it before, this book definitely goes to the top of my wishlist.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful finish and a wise idea to have smaller quilts for a trunk show. I'm looking forward to the quilt along that starts later this year.
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful! I love the meandering feathers around the plus signs.
ReplyDelete-Soma
It's beautiful!! I love the look of feathers wrapping around a quilt, and yours look fantastic!
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