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Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars) Hand Quilting from Wendy's Quilts and More

And now to Part D of my posts on Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars)

D. Hand Quilting

I always knew that I would hand quilt my Kokomo. I wanted to say that it was entirely made by me.

However, with so many tiny pieces in this quilt there are a lot of seam allowances to quilt through.

I used Aurifil 24wt because it's fine and strong and perfect for hand quilting. I didn't want the quilting to stand out, so I used colours that blended into the fabrics.

You can read more about how I hand quilt on this ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Star) Assembly from Wendy's Quilts and More

And now to Part C of my posts on Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars)

C. Assembly

I chose to hand piece my quilt because I knew it would give the me level of accuracy and finishing that I was after. And I won an award for "Best Piecing" in our guild's exhibition so it worked!

I English Paper Pieced my La Passacaglia quilt, but now I much prefer hand piecing with no papers because it's easier on my hands.

I was fortunate to stumble across a rubber stamp set for hand piecing Stars Upon Stars made by Jeanneke. The ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Satrs) Planning the colours from Wendy's Quilts and More

This is Part B of a series of posts explaining how I make my version of Stars Upon Stars.

B. Planning the colours

1. External stars in the blocks.

A key design feature of the original Stars Upon Stars quilt is that each block is unique. I decided replicate that idea by using different fabrics and colours for the external stars of each block. I opted for tone on tone fabrics in most cases, and tried to use every colour within my limited colour range - blue, aqua, green, pink, orange and yellow. If I repeated a colour I used a ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars) Fabric Selection from Wendy's Quilts and More

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my Kokomo quilt. As promised I'm going to explain more about how I made it - both for anyone thinking about making one themselves, and for my personal record, because after all, that's what blogs are for.

A. Fabric selection

I loved Tula Pink's Zuma range as soon as I saw it and I knew I wanted to use it for something special so I decided to use it for my version of Stars Upon Stars - Kokomo. As soon as the block started coming together I knew I had made ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars) from Wendy's Quilts and More

Where do I even begin to describe my happiness with how this quilt has turned out?

I'm thrilled with it and I'm not going to let it out of my sight. I've even considered sewing an Apple AirTag into it so if it goes missing I can track it down! I've spent so many hours making this quilt but I've enjoyed them all.

I started this quilt back in January 2020. I've spent four years working on it in the background. I haven't once put it on social media or even shown my ...

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Stars on stars from Quilting Mathilda

Het eerste proefblok Stars upon Stars is af. Ben er blij mee en het is weer een goede oefening om kleuren uit te zoeken. Er komen zeker meer blokken, denk in de wintermaanden.

First star upon star block is finished, happy with the colors, nice to work on.

Ben de laatste weken druk geweest om de tuin weer op orde te krijgen en is gelukt. Heel veel tuinafval verzameld en weggebracht. De blauwe regen begint weer te bloeien.

The last few weeks I was busy with the garden.