Oh my! I'm in love!!! I'm practically drooling right now. I want to make this, and I want to start today! It finishes 56"x56" and the star blocks are 6" but I am considering enlarging it to make a bed quilt. We need a new quilt for our bed. Our current one is 12 years old. Would you like to see it? You can at Judy Martin's website here -- it is looking much shabbier now. I had to cut off the binding and apply another (and the first was bias cut, but still frayed.) The problem is that I LOVE that quilt and haven't found another I loved as much. Until last night. I've actually considered remaking the original, but it is a square, and so it is a bit short on our queen-sized bed. This new quilt I could make a rectangle.
My plan is to make the star blocks 8" and enlarge the border, too. I already have the plan! I have the fabric! I have the excitement! I don't have the time.... shoot. My mother-in-law comes tomorrow night for 10 days. Maybe after. Of course, I have absolutely no business starting a major project right before moving. But it has happened before. Until then, I'm keeping the magazine with me, and stealing peaks as often as I want.
Aloha,
JoAnne
That is gorgeous!!! I can totally see why you love it! I do too. No time for me though...but I could see that in the new line Lisa Bongean has coming out in the fall...hmmmm. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow.... that is a gorgeous quilt! (I think I need to go out and look for the magazine!)
ReplyDeleteI saw this pattern too and loved it. Seems a perfect quilt for you...to dream of until the day you get settled again. :-0
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely a winner! So gorgeous. I bet the next time I pop in to visit, you have it half done. :o)
ReplyDeleteI'll bet your MIL would LOVE some personal time while she visits.....and you could be sewing during that time! Ask her! I know, every time I have guests, or WE are the guests, I always want to 'get away' from everyone for a few minutes, but that is so hard to make happen without just saying it! And I know my guests have often wanted to take naps, or walks, or just read a book while they're here, so maybe your MIL will too!
ReplyDeleteI just can't imagine having the enthusiasm for this quilt, and not getting to work on it! DO IT! She'll understand! :o)
I've just started following you and I love the quilt you have on your bed now it is beautiful. Love the one you are planning to make too.I'm a bit of a red, white (well cream/beige) and blue fan myself. Think I might have to get the magazine too. x
ReplyDeleteOh, that looks like a wonderful pattern! I hope you get to get started on it soon. In the meantime, enjoy those stolen peeks!
ReplyDeleteI also fell in love with that quilt when I saw it! I will be making it also in the near future. And I love the quilt that is currently on your bed. I love patriotic quilts (albeit Scrappy) too!
ReplyDeleteAaahhhh yes, the thrill of starting a new project, but my oh my, this is a grand one!!!! I.LIKE.
ReplyDeleteGo For It! You always find time for things you really love...
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