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BEAUTIFUL job ....LOVE the chickens !!
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Originally Posted by QM
(Post 5141775)
The father in law of a friend of mine recently had a stroke. I decided to make him a lap quilt. Unfortunately, I had a lot of delays in the process, but it is finally done and ready for delivery. The older gentleman is still a hard working man and loving to his kids, grandkids and great grand kids. He has done a lot of masonry around our town, but I decided not to do the Mason's star.
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Very pretty - love the pattern.
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Awesome quilt, really lookds 3D. Thanks for sharing.
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I Love your Carpenter's Star - one of my favorites. You did a terrific job.
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Thank you all.
Several people on this thread and others have asked questions on enlarging patterns. With a pattern that is based on HSTs, like this one, the math is relatively simple. I wanted a 40" wide quilt. There are 10 subunits going across the quilt, so each finished HST should be 4". I cut squares of 5" for every HST (giving myself 1/8" for trimming). I have done the same thing with a sawtooth star, but I worked my math in the other direction. My fabric was 40" wide (excluding the selvedges), so I cut 10" squares for my subunits, resulting in 9" HST's. By adding a 2 1/2" (cut at 3") border, I have a 41" wide quilt, so I used a 41" backing, with no piecing. Since I am using 45x54" batting, I added an inner border on the top and bottom, making the finished shape I wanted. The idea is to break your about to be supersized block down into equal subunits and work from there. |
I'm impressed. I love it. Its gorgeous. :)
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Very pretty. I'm sure your friend will love it.
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That is a beautiful quilt and you did such a nice job. Thanks for sharing.
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I love this! Someday I'll dare to try this pattern!
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