That old Coconino High School student-handbook-printed-as-a-pocket-folder that contains the cardboard templates, dog-eared photocopy of two magazine pages, and indecipherable notes in lists that represents my first attempt at quilting! I can see that the name of the quilt was “Starry Night.” Looks like I cut apart the pieces from the only copy of the actual pattern that I had. Layout and instructions are marginally legible in the photocopy. Hmmm. It occurs to me that it could be translated into a paper piecing pattern and thus made manageable! We’ll see…

Starry Night…
Stunning, isn’t it? This is my EQ7 version of the quilt that launched my quilting journey more years ago than I would probably admit to having been alive. It was featured on the cover of Needlecraft for Today, March/April 1979, … Continue reading