I recently had a guest instructor into my sewing studio to teach us the Mexican Star wallhanging. Els happened to be here for that as well, so we raided my fabric stash and cut out the pieces needed on time for the class :-). There were 10 ladies gathered in my sewing room plus our instructor, Pat. We had a great time learning together and seeing the results of the various colours used on an identical pattern.
Busy ladies |
We all squeezed around the cutting table |
Els sewed on my vintage Bernina 830 and I used my Singer 15-88 treadle |
Pat showing Els the next step |
First blocks assembled |
My first block. I used Kaffe Fasset fabrics on a black background |
Els got her top all sewn together late at night when we noticed one small mistake! The curved seams are not sewn here yet |
My finished top with all the curved pieces finished |
Darlene's top before borders |
Els finished her top back in Holland and added a lippy between the border |
Gerrie added a narrow border with corner stones and a lippy between her last border |
Pat K's top with borders added |
My second top which will be a wedding gift |
Alice's finished top before the curved seams |
Mary Lynn's top with borders
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Alice machine quilted her Mexican star |
closeup of the quilting on Alice's Mex. Star |
closeup on Alice's centers |
My second Mexican star which was a wedding gift for a young friend. I quilted this one myself |
close up of quilting |
My Kaffe Fasset Mexican star was quilted by Amy Van Gurp of Tillsonburg, ON. She did a fabulous job!! I will add a photo of the completely finished quilt shortly. |
It is amazing how different the quilts look with the different fabric choices and border options. There were a few more ladies that are still working on their quilts. When I get the photos I will update the post to include theirs as well.
2 comments:
They are all gorgeous!!
I love this pattern, I have made it before too. Great fabric choices and finishes!
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