Thats kind of what I was thinking...something to make the NY blocks pop out...

What did you have quilted in the points of the stars? Was the Matavishing around each star?

Mostly just lines in the points, but in the centers she quilted circles, and various other designs. On the salmon (at the bottom of the quilt) she did clamshells to look like fish scales.
This quilt was heavily quilted, and I worked with my quilter discussing the quilting block by block. It TRULY made the quilt!

It really is a beauty!

I need to take a class on paper piecing. I have had people tell me how to do it but I cannot wrap my mind around it. I think I need to work while some one tell my hands what to do. It is a beautiful quilt. Guess I will plan on doing it when I grow up.:)

The gal who made the quilt is a freshman in high school, can you believe it!!