I had to move the lamp that usually sits on the table, to take this picture. This quilt took me several years to piece. I had about a third of it done when I ran into difficulty getting the piecing right at the points. One evening I sewed the row five times and STILL didn’t get it right.
A trip to the optometrist helped, and I resumed work a couple of months later. I think I played with it for a year or so before I was willing to send it off to be quilted. The quilt on the wall is a Friendship Star quilt. You can see that I love stars. The quilt thrown over the back of the chair is a star quilt, too.
Arrrgh!!!
It's just my state of mind!
Beautiful work, Buffy! My view of the photo was very muddy, so I saved it and brightened it up with a photo editor. Now, I’m seeing teals and reds and blues and greens. Is that a true representation?
Very nice quilt! Great job – I want to be like you someday and make such beauty!
CC, the colors in this quilt are pretty dark, but it’s difficult to see over the star in the blog. There are dark reds, fuchsias, teal green, a little navy blue and some Williamsburg blue, and quite an array of light and medium tan. My favorite parts of the quilt are where I slyly pieced a square from more than one fabric. It’s a quilt I could “read” for hours and not tire of.
I realize this isn’t the best photo, but I just wanted to share what was on the wall right now.
Thanks, Desiree! You make me blush. Perhaps when your boys are grown you’ll have the chance to quilt. I was in my mid-thirties before I started quilting. My production has slowed down a bit the last five years or so, but the quilts have become more interesting. *S*