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…

The start of something good…
This strip — 1.25″ – 5″ – 1.25″, dark, light, dark — represents the beginning of a quilt that I hope will rival the Judy Niemeyer Wedding Star quilt I did at Christmas. I guess that’s awfully ambitious, since I … Continue reading