Lone Star Quilts

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Blazing Star
Mardi Gras
 

Blazing Star

After seeing Eleanor Burns' technique on PBS, I figured that this was worth a try. It was finally completed in 1994, two and a half years after I started it! It really wasn't because I didn't want to finish, though. First, I had to take a break of several months' duration when I hurt my back and the doctor wouldn't let me hunch over my hoop. I had just recovered from that when I literally took flight on a wet floor and broke my tailbone. I've never mastered the art of quilting while standing up! This one was also machine pieced and hand quilted, and it's 60" square.


 
 
 


Mardi Gras

This quilt is also the result of a class at Quilt Camp in the Pines, but it was from July of 2002. The class was Jan Krentz's Summer Salsa, though I've renamed my version since my husband thinks this one is "colorful". ;) Jan teaches wonderful classes; she's very organized and gives lots of information and help. I finished most of the inner star points and one rocket block during the two-day class, then brought everything home and finished the rest in the course of the next few weeks, substituting simpler corners for Jan's original ones in order to spotlight the focus fabric I'd chosen. Then I was at an impasse trying to decide how I wanted to quilt it! I finally bit the bullet and machine quilted it in January, 2003. I used a variegated rayon thread for all of the quilting except for some angular lines in four black corner sections; those were done with a bright yellow rayon. All of the quilting was done free-motion style. The quilt measures 46" square.



In the photo on the left below, you can see a detail of the quilting in one of the corners. On the right is a photo of the label on the back of the quilt. It shows Jan with her Summer Salsa during our class.



This quilt also went into our local show in April, 2003, and it also won a ribbon! It took third place in its category, so here it is proudly wearing its award:  




 

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