Patriotic Carpenter Star Quilt

I didn't get as many quilts done this year as I originally had planned.  I'm not sure why; I did have a lot of time at home. (!)  There's still a few more days left and I might finish a couple more before the year ends.  

This year I wanted to make a patriotic quilt for my to be son-in-law.  He likes patriotic things and I thought the Carpenter Star would make a nice quilt for him.  

I started it about a month ago, hoping to get it done by Christmas.  I'm actually surprised that I did, but nothing else got made for gifts this December.  I didn't tell my daughter that I was making it just in case it didn't get finished.

I started by dividing the pattern into 4 quarters and made each quarter separately.  That seemed to work well because the quilt is fairly large.  It's only supposed to be a throw, but I think it came out larger than that.  I made each square 7", so 7 x 12=  approx 84" square. 

 It was bigger than I could work on with my sewing machine, so I had to use my longarm to quilt it.  

Here's a pic of Ginger helping me pin the pieces together.  She said that it was very comfy and gave her approval.  I hope that the recipient likes it as much as Ginger does!  :)

 

It's the 4th of July Table Topper

 I made this table runner/topper this week and finished it up for the 4th of July.  I have white and red dishes that it looks great with for my summer dinners.  I saw the idea on Pinterest from Moda fabrics.  I started with some stars and then added the red and white rows. 

If you look closely in this pic, you can see my quilting lines.  I used the wavy stitch on my machine and just love how it turned out!  I will definitely use it again on another project sometime.

My kitty Ginger gives her seal of approval on this mini quilt.  Here she is sitting on it while I'm trying to hand sew on the binding!  She can't pass up a good "quilt" lap.  :)