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This was quilted by Missouri Star Quilting Company. I thank them for finishing off my quilt perfectly and hiding my errors. This was a challenge to me in perfecting my cutting skills. As this was a King duvet cover I began by taking that apart. The material is sort of a silky rayon and loosely woven which made cutting more difficult I found. I prevailed though. It began as a large 29 inch square which you cut diagonally on the bias. You then sew on at least 4 2 1/2 strips of variest lengths after cutting after each added . Once you complete the first item ( which is not square, you cut again on the diagonal and add more 2 1/2 strips cut after each additional piece sewn on. I have errors but happy with end product as MSCQ did a great job of helping to hide those. It was also the printed material pattern that had to be matched that added to my issues. This will be our guest room bed quilt. I made matching pillows in the 29 inch square which MSQC also finished the longarm quilting for me. I found the pattern in a magazine which was not mine so made a copy of this pattern. I have had the duvet cover and pattern copy for 9 years so sadly do not remember the name of designer but know you can find this pattern and different variation's of the pattern on-line. The one photo is the back side of a lovely print so quilt can be reversed. The duvet cover was given to me by my daughter-in-law and was $300 but her husband (our son) didn't like the pattern. The back print was a bolt of material find at a estate sale that cost me $4.00

I made this for grandson #2 some time ago. This is his baby quilt, he's now 10. He will get this a bit later when he's older and can take care of it. The "W" at the star points was a "Happy" accident. His name happens to start with a W. His mother pointed that out to me sometime later.

A friend of mine saw the baby quilts I was making and asked if I could recreate something like he had as a child.

Every year at our Christmas Family Gathering, I give away a quilt and we will continue this tradition until everyone has a quilt. We draw names and the lucky one wins! The folks that have previously won cannot enter the following years. My dear Aunt Lois and Uncle Kermit Oakes won the quilt for 2017. I love this tradition.

This was a block of the month from several years ago that I recently finished

I fell in love with french braid quilts and made this one for myself! It took me three rounds of fabric buying before I was satisfied with the results. The birds in the center of the braid are fussy cut but then had to be bordered to make the dimensions fit correctly. I love how this quilt glows! The custom quilting is gorgeous. Each fabric in the braid is quilted with a different pattern.