my version of Arkansas Crossroads scrappy quilt
 

Sometime in July, a thread was going that talked about a particular quilt design and what it was called and how it could be constructed (http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...t-t226490.html) It seems to me the most common name is Arkansas crossroads.

I really liked the pattern, and right about that time, we went to a family reunion, where we visited with my husband's niece. She is in her early 40's and has a severe case of RA. She told me that she's always cold ... even on that mid-July day of the reunion, when all of us were panting from the heat, she was cold. So I decided to make her a quilt with that pattern as the base. I tweaked it a bit, to get the smaller "star" among the larger ones. I don't really know her that well, but she was wearing white slacks and a deep blue top that day, so I went with white and blue (But, many of my scraps are purples, so it ended up having a lot of purple.)

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I did FMQ for the main part of the quilt, and used a decorative stitch on my machine to do a diagonal cross-hatch in the border. The backing is the same fabric as the border -- it was a 108" wide piece of batik backing fabric. I didn't see the way that the purple stripes show up until after I took the photos and uploaded them to edit. Really, the fabric IS straight! The colors look like a wave..

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Finally, I tried to do an "artsy" photo, out in our pasture. Not too bad .... Hope you like it!

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Beautiful quilt. Love the pattern and all those delicious colors. Your quilting is wonderful also!

gorgeous! love the colors. :)

Come to Baton Rouge and be my photographer. You did a bang up job on the quilt and the colors are yummy. Congrats. Hugs and I hope she likes it as much as I do.

I don't know the proper name. I do know yours is beautiful and love the picture in the green field, the green really shows it off real nice.
I believe there are only so many quilts patterns and most are take off from the real old ones. Different lay outs and colors change the basic look. I do love the new ways of cutting and making them. I have done it the old way and new is much better.

What a beautiful quilt you created for her! I love it as I am sure she will (or does if she already has it).

Very beautiful! Love the colors and the photography shows off your work.

just love your colours

I love the colours. The quilting is also beautiful.