Quilt Show

This past weekend was the Heritage Quilters of NW Indiana show, of which I am a member. We make a raffle quilt for the show, which is biennial, but also make one for the alternate year. Two of my friends, Pat and Sandy, and I made this quilt for last year's raffle. As it happens, one of the guild members won this, imho, fabulous quilt. She put it in the show, and won 1st place in the group category. The three of us that made this quilt just absolutely love it, so we were thrilled. Sandy machine quilted it, and here is a detail shot for you to see. She really does a beautiful job, don't you think?

We named the quilt Sturbridge Stars, as it was made of the Marcus Fabrics line by Judie Rothermel. At the time we were choosing the pattern, there was a full page ad in a quilt magazine for the line, and a very small quilt that Judie had made. We really liked it, so I emailed her for permission to use the idea for our raffle quilt. She, of course, agreed, and thought it would make a lovely quilt. We made the blocks smaller, and reworked the star block for ease of piecing. The quilt is quite large; about 100 inches square.