My Ohio Star Challenge Quilt
This challenge was issued by one of my longarm groups in May, due Saturday 11/15. I realized in September that I had something planned every weekend and I wasn't going to be able to get anything done. Then the last weekend of Quilt Festival I realized if I skipped 2 days there I could make the top and then make allow myself one day to quilt it! Simply, but I would have an entry. These are big borders, cut 8.5" and 3.5"! I wasn't going to have time to do anything fancy. I thought, why don't I do a busy fabric for the borders. Piano key the borders, quilt feather wreaths in the blocks and be done. I pulled this awesome floral that I had yardage in and realized I had perfect solids to go with it left over from my other challenge! But as I got into it, I decided to take the challenge further. I would use the solids and quilt 2 of my weak points. Variegated thread and standard longarm feathers. Where y...