The Crackpot Quilters again completed a quilt top for charity during the All Together Week. Although the final destination has not yet been determined, it will likely go to an agency that provides supervised visits for foster children with their non-custodial parents.
This year we used a pattern from Quiltmaker magazine. (Someone will have to add the specific details about the issue and the name of the pattern.)
This year we took more time planning before taking the rotary cutters in hand. What does that say about our evolution as crackpots????
Here is the audition of the fabrics:
We decided to have a star fabric theme to match the pattern. The yellow fabric is the sashing. It was left over from Grandson #1’s quilt.
Here are the blocks with the sashing between:
The light blue on the right side will be the border.
The blocks are now sewn together. Oops! A slight sewing variation led to a new arrangement of the blocks. Hey, we’re open to new creative options!
The dark blue will be the backing. We were pleased with our day’s work.
The pattern is “Be a Star” from the July/August 2008 Quiltmaker, pg. 50.
And here’s a photo of the completed top.
Further developments will have to wait a while since the Designated Quilter has a few more pressing projects to work on.
Ooops, it appears that we do not have the capability of posting photos within comments. So I’ll add a post that included a photo of one of the more pressing projects I am working on.