Oh wow that came out really pretty!!! She's gonna love it for sure. Way to press on.
danmar
03-22-2010 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MamaBear61
Wonderful quilt and I love your story, sometimes it takes numerous tries to get it just right and it sounds like you did
Thank you! Yes, it was quite a job. I didn't know how to make the border like I wanted it, so I took it to my 'friends' to see if she could help me. I was told then that you can't make the quilt the way I wanted. I could either set the blocks 'on-point' OR I could use the sashing/lattice between them, but you don't do both. I had it laid out on the floor to show her how I wanted it to look when I was finished.
I didn't understand why I couldn't do the quilt On-Point and with the lattice. Then I asked her how would be the best way to make those little squares for the border. She said she had no idea. I came on home. She wasn't much help bless her heart, but I appreciated her trying to help me.
I still really liked the layout though, so decided I'd just make it the way I wanted anyways and I'd figure out how to make the little squares and get them in the border. It was funny because I brought home one of my friends quilt block books to check out, and guess what was in it!!???! The pattern for EXACTLY what I wanted!! It was just a row of squares, on-point, about 4" wide! I couldn't believe it! That border was meant to be.
Here's a close up of the border squares that I used.
Close Up of the Border Blocks
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littlehud
03-22-2010 05:50 PM
After all your work and confusion that quilt turned out great. Beautiful. I bet she loves it.
Gramof6
03-22-2010 08:43 PM
Marilyn I really enjoyed the story of this quilt. Love your determination girl! You go! You knew what you wanted after trying diff. settings and you made it work. Pays to not give up. This is a stunning quilt. Janet is a very lucky person to now have this awesome quilt. Thank You so much for the pics & story.
Pamela Artman
03-22-2010 09:08 PM
Love, love, love the quilt just as it is. Great decisions.
jljack
03-22-2010 09:29 PM
It came out beautiful!!!
wvdek
03-22-2010 09:36 PM
All of your hard work and tenacity paid off-it is beautiful.
bstanbro
03-22-2010 09:59 PM
That's such a pretty block. My guild did it as a BOM a couple of months ago.
LucyInTheSky
03-22-2010 10:59 PM
It's amazing how different the stars looked when turned on point. The finished quilt is beautiful, love the matching pillow.
I don't think the 1st layout was too busy. The subsequent ones seemed busier. If you use the extra blocks and do the 1st layout, I'll take the finished quilt :D
k3n
03-23-2010 12:59 AM
Beautiful finished quilt and fascinating to see your design process. Thanks so much for sharing, plus i love the pic of Skinny 'helping' you!
