On Tuesday, I finished the quilt that I was making for my nephew Norman. While I was making it I was calling it the Stars and Nines quilt but now it has it's official name - Shoot for the Stars. I had been working on the binding on and off over the past several days in fits and spurts and all of those bits of time did add up to a finished binding and ultimately a finished quilt.
This quilt was made with scraps of red fabric that I took from my crumb and string bins. I turned those bits and pieces into 3.5" squares and they became part of the larger nine patches. I save even the smallest pieces of scraps and I am very happy when I am able to use them up in a quilt. I love the little nine patch border and corner stars that I added - I think they add a lot of interest to this quilt. Shoot for the Stars finished at approx 75" x 88" and I quilted it with a shooting star pantograph and used a neutral thread.
My nephew has a wonderful future ahead of him and I hope he does shoot for the stars!
9 comments:
Hi Ellen
I love this quilt! Shoot for the stars turned out so beautiful! The border is gorgeous on this quilt so glad you went with those extra nine patches. Love sis
How wonderful! Love using scraps and what you have done with the border. Great quilt!
Congrats on a fantastic finish!
Fantastic, it is so wonderful to support our nieces and nephews in their life endeavors. WTG Auntie.
This is one of my favorite quilts you've done! I just love it. Wonderful for you to put so much work into a gift.:)
Wonderful! Lucky nephew!
The Quilt is fantastic. A wonderful gift.
Wow, looks so wonderful. I love this pattern and your fabrics.
Fantastic.
What a gorgeous quilt and a great use of crumbs. Great name too. Lucky nephew!
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