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-   -   Finished Star Sampler Quilt Top (https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictures-f5/finished-star-sampler-quilt-top-t59435.html)

CindyIL 08-18-2010 11:42 AM
Love the variety of stars & your border adds an extra punch!

schwanton 08-18-2010 04:30 PM
It is beautiful. I especially like your border. Please show it after it is quilted. Congratulations!

Nancy O. 08-18-2010 04:41 PM
Your quilt is just gorgeous. I love the colors and the different blocks.

zz-pd 08-18-2010 04:57 PM
Beautiful, I cant wait to see it finished. God bless.

Ethel A 08-19-2010 04:47 AM
Beautiful. Did you design it, or have a pattern?
Hi Sheila! I didn't design it. It came from the Spring 2009 McCall's Scrappy Quilts magazine. You know how, once in a while, you see a pattern and you just immediately say, "I HAVE to make this! I have to! I have to! I have to!" That's the reaction I had when I saw this pattern in the magazine. I didn't care how big it was going to be, I just had to make it. LOL!

omak 08-19-2010 06:40 AM
Originally Posted by Ethel A
I am done. I am done. I am done. It only took one full year (LOL!) but it's done. I'm taking it to my neighbor to be quilted on her long-arm sometime this week. I think I'll just do an all meander and star design using brown thread (to give it a more 'vintage' look). The original pattern came from a McCall's Scrappy Quilts magazine from last Spring. Thanks for looking!
GRAND!
now, I have a question about your border - - how did you decide which colors to put where in your checkerboard border?
It looks so "scrappy", but sooo planned!
Did you make a formula? Did you just pull little squares out of a brown bag?
Did you sew strips, cut into pieces, throw the pieces into the air and pick them up however?
(Can't tell I have control issues, can you? LOL)
Those squares look so "orderly" ... can you give me a hint how you got all those colors balanced? <wave>

Ethel A 08-19-2010 09:43 AM
Originally Posted by omak
Originally Posted by Ethel A
I am done. I am done. I am done. It only took one full year (LOL!) but it's done. I'm taking it to my neighbor to be quilted on her long-arm sometime this week. I think I'll just do an all meander and star design using brown thread (to give it a more 'vintage' look). The original pattern came from a McCall's Scrappy Quilts magazine from last Spring. Thanks for looking!
GRAND!
now, I have a question about your border - - how did you decide which colors to put where in your checkerboard border?
It looks so "scrappy", but sooo planned!
Did you make a formula? Did you just pull little squares out of a brown bag?
Did you sew strips, cut into pieces, throw the pieces into the air and pick them up however?
(Can't tell I have control issues, can you? LOL)
Those squares look so "orderly" ... can you give me a hint how you got all those colors balanced? <wave>
Thank you for your kind words about my quilt. The pattern came with a photograph which I tried to match with my own fabrics. That helped tremendously. As far as the border (on the four-patches), I just made sure that I sewed the squares contrasting between light and dark blue. I hope that helps.

omak 08-19-2010 09:44 AM
Miss Ethyl, that is exactly what I needed to know. Thank you for sharing <wave>

mayday 08-19-2010 10:19 AM
now that is good.

SUSAN 08-19-2010 01:55 PM
good things come to those who wait and perserver!


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