Quilty Stars

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some of the pictures may be from Instagram or progress shots

Started: 2nd of February 2021
Completed: 26th of June 2021
Days till completion: 145

Inspiration for the scrappy sashing & border: this IG picture
Pattern: Quilty Stars by Emily Dennis @ Quilty Love
Technique: traditional piecing

Fabrics: Scraps in all kinds of blue for the stars and various shades of white for the background
Quilting Design: The pantograph is called Malachite. Longarm quilting done by Rachel @stitchedincolor.
Binding: by machine

Size: approx. 73×90 inches (185×228 cm)
Block Size: 16″ finished
Different Block Designs: 1
Blocks: 20
Units per Block: 33
Pieces: 660

+23 Sashing & Border Strips (mostly pieced)

Final post about this quilt: Quilty Stars — Finished!
You can find out more about my progress and process there.

Costs are calculated via my Quilt Price Calculator: Factors are the size & pieces as mentioned above, the presets for a twin quilt plus 10€ in extras (pattern). I am not counting the individual scraps in the backing or the sashing & border strips.

I sent my own batting to the longarmer so that is included as per the preset. I would also have to add the costs for the longarming service which was 220 Euro.

In my opinion the normal theory of factor 2 and factor 3 sales prices does not apply here, because I „subcontracted“ the quilting part. That theory accounts for the piecing AND quilting work. An idea to adjust for that would be to use the sum from factor 2 and add the additional longarm cost. Here that result is almost the same…