Sunday, February 5, 2017

Friendship Star Quilt

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This quilt was made by my local quilt guild and our members made the Friendship Star blocks last year.  We pieced this quilt top together in Nov/Dec and then got a request from a local school for a quilt to raffle for their playground fundraiser.  This quilt seem to fit the request as it is colourful, cheery and a lap size.   

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At our guild we teach a block every second month and we ask members to make two blocks, one is donated to the guild the second goes into a draw. For every 2 quilt block you bring back you get your name in the draw. Well this time a member who made blocks wrote the guilds name instead of hers and the guilds name was drawn so we ended up with all the blocks.

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Once we knew this would be a candidate for the school raffle quilt we put a fun ‘chalkboard’ print fabric on the back.   I quilted it with the Popcorn pantograph and white So Fine thread.

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8 comments:

  1. Bright and beautiful, twirly stars on a snowy icy background. Perfect for fund raising.

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  2. It is so pretty and I love how you added those blocks out onto the boarder.

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  3. Beautiful.....love all the colors. What size blocks were used? Love how they extend into the border.

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  4. Those extra star blocks on the border are a gorgeous addition!

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  5. Lovely idea for a donation so worthy of your efforts

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  6. Lovely quilt. I also makes quilts for my kids schools and this is really inspiring. I would love to know the block size.

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