American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2020-04)

Quilting Diagram

TO MACHINE-QUILT THIS TOP, I CHOSE

MAGNIFICO, A 40-WEIGHT, TWO-PLY

POLYESTER THREAD FROM SUPERIOR

THREADS, IN GOLD.”

—Johnny Barfuss, HANDI QUILTER STUDIO EDUCATOR

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Free Pattern

To speed up the fi nishing process on a 42½"-square table topper

variation of A Star Is Born, associate editor Diane Tomlinson eliminated

the pieced outer border of the original and instead cut a 4"-wide border

strip for each edge.

Johnny Barfuss, Handi Quilter studio educator, used two layers of

batting, an all-wool and an 80/20, for this project. To complement the

red, white, and blue palette, Johnny combined several Americana-theme

machine-quilting patterns from Wasatch Quilting Designs to fi ll the open

spaces of the red star, cream background, and blue outer border.

FABRICS are from the Stars & Stripes Forever collection by Northcott (northcott.com).

QUILTED

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