Saturday, February 9, 2013

Star Quilt Variation

I made this quilt while I was in Virginia last fall.  It was a challenge to cut out because there are four different blocks in the quilt.  My plan was to cut out the quilt and take the pieces to Virginia with me and have a project to work on while I was there for four months.  I used about 20 different fabrics in each of the values: 20 darks, 20 medium, 20 tans (for the striipes) and 20 white background.  Also, my almost 60 year old brain has a hard time with the math, especially when the quilt is on point (somehow the 45 degree angle makes my brain freeze up).  In spite of that, I think it came out pretty.  I gave it to my mom for her 90th birthday.
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