Carpenter Star

Carpenter Star – Adding Section 2

I’ve finished the quilting for Section 1. I started out by stitching in the ditch of the lengthwise seams. Once that was done I repeated the process across the width. This was a bit trickier since the piece is so long and I’m now working with it sideways. I  worked my way towards the middle seam by seam. Then I flipped it and started at the other end. Next I worked on all the diagonal seams. Finally, I basted the outer edge of the quilt. (Chloe chose to photo bomb the one pic I got of the entire section after stitching in the ditch.)

Stitching in the ditch

Then it was time for the fun part. The outer border is a combination of paisleys, swirls, feathers, and pebbles.

outer border

The middle border is all pebbles done with thread matching the color of each rectangle.

middle border

The inner border is a combination of paisleys, swirls, and pebbles.

inner border

From there on it’s all feathers, feathers, and more feathers. Each triangle contains one.

feathers feathers and more feathers

Because the quilt shrinks slightly as more quilting is added, I quilted all of Section 1 except for the column that will be attached to section 2.

column next to section 2 left unquilted

I trimmed the excess batting and backing off that column.

trim away batting

Then with right sides together, I pinned section 2 to section 1, nesting seams. I placed a pin next to each seam.

with right sides together, pinning section 2 to section 1 nesting seams

With right sides together, I added the backing and pinned between each of the seams. Rather than matching edges, I brought the backing in about 1/4 inch. This insures I’m catching the backing as I’m stitching through all the layers.

adding the backing

Using a 1/4 inch seam allowance from the top piece (section 2), I stitched through all the layers.

stitching the sections together

Then I pressed the seams for both the backing and the top out.

press backing out   42-web-IMG_1550

 

front and backing of section 2 pressed out after sewing

To prepare for the sandwich, I use the same process to spray baste section 2. I taped the backing to the floor on all three sides, stretching until flat.

taping backing to floor

Then I laid the batting on top butting it to the edge of the seam. At this point I fold it in half and spray baste it down working from the middle to the bottom edge and repeating on the other half.

spray basting the batting

Then I spray basted the top down working from the middle towards each edge. Now it was time to stitch in the ditch using the same procedure as with section 1.

stitiching in the ditch

I had several puckers I had to bury in seams. This is the down side of quilt as you go when working with a quilt of this size. The heavier the quilting, the more likely it is that puckering will occur when trying to match an unquilted section to a quilted section.

Hiding puckers while stitiching in the ditch

Now I can begin the quilting process for section 2 continuing to follow the same theme I used in section 1.

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