Star of Wonder quilt reveal.

 I can now say I have a Christmas quilt!

Take a good look and then try and forget it

until December!!

I can also now tick off Red and White quilt

from my list of 'must makes'

I knew exactly the look I was going for with this quilt,

everything had to be simple.

I began with some Kona cotton 'lipstick'

purchased from Simply Solids.

Thankfully I did a prewash as this colour has a tendency to bleed

and boy did it!

The white fabric is a new vintage sheet that apparently 

 belonged to my Nan.

I've used my favourite 60 degree diamond template

to create the stars using the English Paper piecing method.

I matched the red thread for the stars

therefore you cannot see any whipstitches at all.

The diamonds measure 2.5 inches per side.

The quilt measures approx 50 x 70 inches

which is a great size for a sofa quilt.

The wadding is Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton blend

purchased from The Cotton Patch.

The backing and binding came from a Kirstie Allsopp bedding range.

I hand quilted the entire quilt with simply lines about an inch apart.

I used Anchor perle 8 cotton

purchased from Sew and So.

I finished with a label naming my quilt

Star of Wonder

which is a nod toward Christmas.

It took me approximately 15 weeks to stitch,

I think the simplicity of the colour definitely helped

 and the need to complete it in plenty of time 

so I could hide it away 

for a long period before bringing it out in December!