Originally Posted by
Pollytink
I really like it!!! Love all the different fabrics, would be fun if they were from family clothes and you could reminise (?). I love the quilting you did on the blocks too! The blocks pattern looks fairly simple--is there a name for them? Or maybe what size each small block and the final block is?
Hi Pollytink-
i like your your idea about the clothing -would work well as a memory quilt - Dad's plaid shirts and that blouse I loved so much in the fifth grade, etc.
the block is a variation of the Ohio Star. The block size is 9". My center patch was cut at 3.5". The corners were made from 2 pair (light & medium) of 4" squares, made into HST units and trimmed down to 3.5".
The hourglass or star point units were made from 2 pair (light & medium/dark) 4.25" squares, made into quarter square units and trimmed down to 3.5".
Thank no you all for your very nice words. I'm going to get the binding on this weekend.