Fire Island Hosta Quilts

The Fire Island Hosta quilt is an exquisite piece of artwork done by Lancaster's fine quilters. This king quilt features a scalloped border and 474 yards of hand-quilting. Many hours of detailed work by skilled hands produced this quilt. The quilt is initialed and dated. On a king bed this quilt will allow 17 inches of drop per side.

A quilt is not merely a comfy blanket: it is also a masterpiece of artwork. The artists that develop our quilts select quality vibrant materials and organize them into an attractive masterpiece. Select from our stock of over two hundred homemade quilts for a quilt that perfectly enhances your style.

While the fabric pieces are sewn with each other by machine to guarantee tighter stitching, all the quilting is done by hand. 100% cotton fabrics compose the top and bottom of the quilt. The batting sandwiched between those two layers, nevertheless, is 100% polyester. This polyester batting guaranties both warmth and exceptional washing results.

Just about all of our quilts are generous enough to reduce the necessity for a dust ruffle or pillow shams. Just as bed heights vary, each quilt's overall size is different. You'll find we designate the quilt's dimensions with the determined drop for you to compare to the dimensions you are trying to find. Please do your measuring before making a purchase!

Washing Quilts?

Fortunately, our quilts are undoubtedly machine-washable! We recommend complying with these guidelines for best results:

• Machine wash with completely cold water on gentle cycle.
• Use only mild laundry detergent, such as liquid Cheer for colors (No bleach or bleach alternatives. No Woolite or fabric softener.) For the first washing, add 1/2 cup vinegar as well as 2 tbsps of salt along with the laundry soap. This natural home remedy avoids hemorrhage and also assists in establishing the colors in your quilt.
• Remove quilt immediately after the washer stops to minimize wrinkles and color-bleeding.
• Never put a quilt into the dryer! Line completely dry on a breezy day.
• Quilts can be dry-cleaned at your own risk, however we certainly recommend washing.

Did you know?

For hundreds of years, quite a number of strategies have been perfected to make it less complicated for quilters to piece multi-angled quilts together. One of these solutions is named paper piecing, which is routinely used to combine the complicated edges of the Mariner's Compass quilt. Paper piecing, as it title suggests, uses a special paper pattern on which the material cuts are stitched. The pattern directs the quilter to correctly assemble the pieces together so that the finalized top will lay out evenly. Strategies of this sort as this are a tremendous aid to our quilters!