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! :)
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