La Passacaglia Millefiori quilt, Tessellations & Vintage Stars

Early April I completed my Vintage stars top & it has met with the quilt inspector's approval. I already have an idea how this will be hand quilted but that will have to wait for the winter. 

Remember these tessellation blocks from a 2010 BOM? Well, they've been sitting around already individually quilted just waiting for the right border as I really didn't like the fabric that had been supplied.

Last month inspiration finally struck, a few patterned EPP hexagons appliqued to some shot cotton ones....

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Some corner blocks from EPP fussy cut jewel shapes & some contrasting joining strips

and we had a plan to see this project on it's way to completion!

La Passacaglia 

This pattern was designed by Willyne Hammerstein & can be found in her first book Millefiori Quilts published by Quiltmania. I had been waiting for the perfect project to dip in to my Tula Pink collection & this was it -  more EPP & lots of fussy cutting..... perfect! 

I'll just let the pictures do the talking......

Prince Charming range

Birds & the Bees and Fox Field  ranges

Saltwater range

Moonshine range

Birds & the Bees range

Fox Field & Acacia ranges

Bumble, Saltwater & Fox field ranges

Prince Charming, Birds & the Bees, Moonshine & Elizabeth ranges

Birds & the Bees ranges

Birds & the Bees, Acacia, Elizabeth & Fox Field ranges

Acacia range

Prince Charming & Elizabeth ranges

Moonshine range

Prince Charming himself!

Progress so far

EPP Fussy Cut Stars

Throughout 2014 I was following Temecula Quilt Co's posts Fussy Cut Fridays & just loved the variety of stars being produced. Being a huge fan of EPP I finally succumbed in September & started making stars from my stash of Civil War reproduction fabrics.

I also loved the setting they used & decided to follow the same pattern for joining my stars together. You only need two shapes for this pattern,  2inch 60 degree diamonds &  4inch hexagons. (measurements taken on the side of the shape)
Here's a few of my favorites so far:

I'm loving how this top is all coming together & already looking forward to hand quilting it when it's done.

So far all the stars are different & I've now exhausted my own repro stash, so, in order to have more variety I have purchased the odd 1800 remnant bag or two from Homestead Hearth. These bags are such good value & full of decent size scraps in a great mixture of fabrics which are perfect for making these stars.

The top is gradually growing to a decent size, hoping to make this large enough with a good drape for a double bed.