Anna

Karen Cunningham from the Blue Mountains in NSW has provided QC readers with another masterwork of English paper piecing. Her quilt combines areas of dense colour and detail with a more open, lacy arrangement of hexagons combined with stars made from two different shapes .

Finished size: 150cm x 175cm (59in x 69in) Materials • 1.5m (1⅝yd) taupe background fabric • 3m (3.yd) cream tone-on-tone print background fabric • Nine 6½in squares of feature print fabric (centre mosaic) • 80cm (⅞yd) blue print fabric (centre hexagons and binding) • 20cm (¼ yd) each of four gold print fabrics (centre mosaic) • Four 5in squares of feature print fabrics (Border 1 corners), see note • 20cm (¼yd) light-value striped fabric (inner edges of Border 1) • 20cm (¼yd) each of four print fabrics for ‘fussy cut’ stars at quilt corners • A wide variety of assorted print fabrics for piecing, hexagons and stars • 4m (4⅜yd) backing fabric • Batting at least 168cm x 193cm (66in x 76in) • Threads to match fabrics for piecing and applique • Quilting thread • Pre-cut .in and ¾in hexagon papers • Template plastic • Lightweight cardboard •…

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Quilters Companion (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue#77 - 2016

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