Lone Star

"The Lone Star quilt pattern ...

symbolizes honor, generosity, and protection. 

It's often given as a valued gift at milestones

like ... graduations"

Grandson M's quilt is done! I started it late but finished it in time for his graduation this past weekend. Whew! I found a Lone Star pattern that I liked from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

I had to resize the star from 62" to about 39" for a XL twin mattress (standard dorm mattress) and design the rest of quilt. When I resized the star, there was a lot of space at both ends of the quilt that I needed to fill.

I have only attempted a Lone Star quilt once before and it did not go well. This time I was more prepared - I starched my fabric and cut very precise angles (big success factors). I used Grunge and Dry Brush fabrics and learned to choose the background fabric AFTER making the star. 

Ray was holding the quilt and fighting the wind but I think we got a decent photo. The quilt is 64" by 90".

I used rulers to straight line quilt the stars, the diamonds, and the inside and outside of the terracotta border. The background is quilted with meandering. Glide Battleship #10430 was used on the front and #32965 Navy was used on the back and the navy border.

The navy border has ruler quilted diamonds with scribbling in the centers. The corners are filled with double loops.

The navy border in the above photo is color-correct. Below the color is off - It's the same navy border as above and the same color navy backing with bits of denim in it.

In other news, the mystery quilt top is finished,

as is my brother's t-shirt memory quilt top.

I need to finish the memory quilt soon and then I don't think I have anything else with a due date so I'll soon be back to quilting whatever I feel like at the time.