2007
Size: 89″ Wide x 112″ High
Pattern features the Lemoyne Star in a composition I saw in a quilting magazine.
Quilted by: Linda Clark www.borntoquilt.ca
3rd Place – Large Quilts – 2008 Las Colcheras Quilt Show, Las Cruces, New Mexico
1st Place – 2009 Annual Quilt Show of the Lake of the Woods Quilters Guild, Kenora Ontario, Canada
Detail of Center
The Border
The ideas for this quilt came from many places. Initially, I was inspired by a Lemoyne Star quilt that I saw in a quilting magazine. I found wonderful fabrics for the start that gave it an antique patina look. This inspired me to combine it with a border that featured a floral stipe that one finds in antique tin tile patterns. I found the right fabric with the pattern I liked, but I had to cut section by section from four yards of fabric to arrive at enough for this quilt.
I am sure that many of you understand how laborious this was. Now, of course, I have four yards worth of “scraps” that I need to make into another quilt.