Hunter Star for Paula

I've finished and given to Paula her Hunter Star Quilt.

 My Aunt had commissioned this quilt last July, and I finished it in June, so a nice 12 month project. 

We went shopping together for the fabrics, and it was so much fun to select fabrics with a painter as I learned so much about colour theory from her and her friend who was with us that day.

Yummy fabrics.

And I signed up for the Hunter Star class at Along Came Quilting, taught by Kim Morrison.  My friend Colleen signed up too...you've seen her quilt here already.  We used the Rapid Fire Hunter Star ruler by Deb Tucker.

Before quilting...it's a large quilt, 93x109.  I wanted to make sure there was room for quilting loss (lost 2 " in the quilting) and washing shrinkage and for a deep mattress and a pillow tuck.

 Delicious texture.  I figured out a path across and back without any extra starts and stops.  I used my melon rulers by Kimmy Brunner for the arcs.  The figure 8's in the inside melons echoed the loops in the stars (and helped make it a continuous pattern), and feathers in the borders matched those in the blocks.  The motifs were simple, but very effective I think.

 A taupe so-fine thread blended on some fabrics and showed nicely on others.

 Yummy texture on the back too, which is actually a lovely green floral, but it didn't show in the photos well.

And...a neat surprise. 

The picture below isn't the greatest picture (kind of blurry), but shows the bonus secondary pattern in the quilting...a double wedding ring.

 I didn't see that double wedding ring until I had given the quilt to my Aunt and we were spreading it out in her living room, but now it's obvious to me.  Maybe I can cross making a double wedding ring off my list now ??

 The inner border is a deep green.

Love love love the texture in this quilt. 

Wool batting gives a lovely loft.