Elise's Quilt

Cut 4" light squares and 4" dark squares. Sew them together on the diagonal and cut apart. Press. Sew four together to make a pinwheel. And Elise's quilt is started.

Finished Quilt Top

The many parts of Mark's quilt have come together to make one beautiful quilt top: Ohio stars, sashing, corner stones, Flying Geese, and borders. Now for the backing and fluffy batting. This one has be so much fun to work on!

A Gaggle of Geese

The next step in making this quilt was to do the borders. First, the plain red border. Before attaching it I had to carefully measure the length and width of the quilt top to be sure the borders were exactly the right length to help square it up. I had already made 160 flying geese units. I sewed them together in pairs, then these units into long strips. How excited I was when the strip of flying geese exactly lined up with the border!

Gathering the Stars

I had to put Mark's quilt aside for a while, but now it is my prime focus. After all the stars were made, each with a different fabric, it was time to sew them together. Each star got two dark sashing strips and a cornerstone. These were sewn in rows and then the rows sewn together to make the center of the quilt. Look carefully to see if all my corners match and all the star points showing. Now I will add three borders and the top will be complete.

Challenging Circles

The challenge was to make a quilt incorporating circles. Well, this quilt has circles, half-circles, and quarter-circles. It certainly was a challenge since I had never sewn curved seams before. Think of stitching a happy face to a frowny face! ) to ( It's not big enough to make a bed quilt, but it is a good lap robe.