Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars) Hand Quilting

And now to Part D of my posts on Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars)

D. Hand Quilting

I always knew that I would hand quilt my Kokomo. I wanted to say that it was entirely made by me. 

However, with so many tiny pieces in this quilt there are a lot of seam allowances to quilt through. 

I used Aurifil 24wt because it's fine and strong and perfect for hand quilting.  I didn't want the quilting to stand out, so I used colours that blended into the fabrics.   

You can read more about how I hand quilt on this page on my blog, but I always use a hoop and I always choose wool batting because it's the easiest to quilt through and gives a lovely soft result. 

I quilted three lines across the diamonds in the central stars which you can see on the photo below.  One at row 3, one at row 5, and one at row 7.  I needed to do some quilting withing the diamonds and this worked best for me.  

I tried multiple methods of quilting the sashing strips in straight lines, but all of them looked like I was rushing it and just wanted it finished, so I bit the bullet and quilted the sashing strips in the ditch.  And I'm very pleased that I did.  I like the finished look. 

I really enjoyed hand quilting Kokomo and revisiting all of my fabric choices.