a year of stars with natalia bonner

Block #2 of the Year of Stars Quiltalong with Natalia Bonner from The Quilt Yarn

Finished the Dandy Star quilting.

Look at that texture, it's really puffing out.

Loved quilting this block and learnt a few things. After many, many years I finally figured out how to echo around star points with a ruler without having to mark the exact spot you need to stop. That was a bit of an eye opener and very helpful. Usually I make a little mark on where to stop however that often is not exact and without fail my next quarter of an inch echo line is either too fat or too skinny because I did not ...

added by Karin 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , bernina q20 , handiquilter ditch ruler

A Year Of Stars Quiltalong with Natalia Bonner - January from The Quilt Yarn

I am participating in Natalia Bonner's 'A Year of Stars' quiltalong. If you are interested - it is not too late, as the actual quilting has just begun and it is going to be running for the entire year. Natalia is also running YouTube tutorials on how to put the blocks together. I have not watched these as I purchased the accompanying Workbook last year to get going on the blocks as I knew this would take me a long time to piece.

Most of the last week was stitching-in-the-ditch with invisible thread to stabilize the quilt. In case you ...

added by Karin 1 month, 1 week ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , e2e design (urban elementz) , ruler work

Freemotion-Quilting Again from The Quilt Yarn

Ahhh...after what felt like weeks on end, I finished my three quilt tops and am finally able to get back to what I love most... freemotion-quilting.

Made a start on my Natalia Bonner 'A Year Of Stars' quilt for the quiltalong that has commenced in January. As I am not on a frame longarm, I have to secure my quilt with stitching in the ditch before I can start all of the ruler work. I did order some Monoploy thread on a cone which arrived recently and started with testing my tension.

I have a few blocks that ended ...

added by Karin 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , bernina q20 , freemotion quilting , stitch in the ditch

Plugging Along from The Quilt Yarn

Very hot over here today. Fur Baby is completely knocked out

I am currently working on three projects all at once. Why I would have thought that this is quicker I shall never know. Everything seems to be taking so much longer!

Natalia Bonner 'A Year of Stars' Quilt

Made good progress and then discovered that I did not have enough backing (or wadding for that matter)! So had to wait a moment until I got to the shops to get suitable backing, then wash it...finally ready to put it together

Will wait for the weather to cool down ...

added by Karin 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , new baby quilt pattern , pastel baby quilt

Happy New Year! from The Quilt Yarn

Wishing everybody a Happy and Healthy New Year.

I have been fairly productive in the last few days. Still exploring my new camera...started working on making a new banner for my little Etsy shop which now also adorns my blog. I thought it was time for a change. Well, that little idea went from one to the next thing to the next...before I knew it I was working on several other things. So far I

- updated my Etsy banner

- cleaned up the site (still heaps more to do), and

- made a new button for the Etsy shop which ...

added by Karin 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , etsy banner , pastel charm square quilt

Happy Scrappy Houses And Other Projects from The Quilt Yarn

I finally finished the quilting of the Happy Scrappy Houses quilt. The quilting is minimalist....did not want to loose the soft, cuddly feel of this quilt. Only quilted the sashing down with a curvy design that was used in Natalia Bonner's last quiltalong. Struggled a bit with that then and thought that this was a good opportunity to practice some more (really got that down pad now!). Settled on a very simple scallop design in the border.

Had a bit of fun in the border with variegated thread to match the scrappy quilt.

To speed things up I ...

added by Karin 3 months ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , bonnie hunter design , happy scrappy houses , ruler work freemotionquilting

Finished The Piecing! from The Quilt Yarn

I am so glad I finished the piecing for Natalia Bonner's 'A Year of Stars' quiltalong. I had left the most challenging block to last (did not think that through). By that time, I had hardly any fabric left, so was faced with the scenario of only being able to have one go at it. Must admit, while I was putting it together I was already thinking about what other block I could substitute this one for with the scraps I had left over. Was not at all confident that this would work out,

but, tada... The Spider Star ...

added by Karin 3 months, 1 week ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , madeit , piecing , quilt patterns

Still Piecing from The Quilt Yarn

We are in lockdown again! This time they went in hard and fast and so far we are looking at 6 days of strict lockdown and then another 8 days where hopefully restrictions are eased somewhat. Can't leave the house at all, unless you do need to go to the shops. No exercising, walking or meeting anyone. Very impressed really with the government's quick reaction to our new cluster over here. We currently have 23 cases in Adelaide with a few more expected. Compared to other countries this does not sound too bad, but I am really glad ...

added by Karin 3 months, 1 week ago. under a year of stars with natalia bonner , fabric selection , madeit

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