Get those segments on a Design Wall! Super important to cut segments for ONLY 1 diamond, lay them out on the design wall to check and see if they're correct. Other notes: *Use a scant 1/4" seam. You don't want to have more in the seam allowance than there is showing in your diamond. If you end up with only 1/8" seam, that will work as well. *Please use spray starch to keep your seams open. It helps the piece lay flat and keeps everything intact when your working through the rest of the pattern. Next Up! Piecing those diamonds!
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The March Quilty Box features the Olivia's Star pattern with my Northern Lights Collection. It's a mini with it's own set of directions and fabric requirements all laid out beautifully in the Quilty Box--grab one before they're gone! These tips work really well with the Madison's Star too, which is a full bed size quilt using 2-1/2" strips. Make sure you check out out that pattern as well! Cutting those Bargello Segments! Grab your March Quilty Box and let's get piecing the Olivia's Star! If you haven't ordered one yet, you still have a chance to grab one before they're sold out. Click the button below and it will take you to the Quilty Box website.
3/27/2021 0 Comments Quilty Box featuring my batik collection and my pattern design: Northern Lights with Olivia's Star!
Fabric Choices:
I chose to use Banyan Batiks Essentials because they're timeless, continuously available for anyone stumbling across this a little bit later and wanting to try. For exact fabric I chose, please send me an email. Also, scroll down a little, I'll make sure to show a second colorway in pastel colors. I liked the earth tones here, the rich colors we have been so drawn to in gardening the backgrounds that are the same color application in the batiks, but different motifs. The border, nice large bouncy style floral, the background for the heartflowers, a smaller dot, to support what's happening in the block. And of course check out the appliqued heart blocks with two of the Brush Strokes, a handpainted stripe in batik that is just gorgeous.
Bargello has seen resurgence after resurgence in quilting as we embrace the movement of color it provides. A needlework technique, translated to quilting! Instead of doing an entire quilting in it, be more literal with the translation and just try it in certain areas of your piece. I've tried it in landscapes as reverse applique as well as in piecing to liven up areas of a quilt.
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AuthorHello! I'm Karen Gibbs, the Design Director for Banyan Batiks, a quilter, a Momma, crazy about food, cultures and an active lifestyle. Archives
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