oh, my stars...

I finally have a finish to share!

Several months ago my quilting machine was down for 3 very long weeks.....sad sigh.

So during that time I decided to pull out one of my unfinished quilts to work on.

This is the one I chose:

 

 

A close-up of mine:

 

 

I love American Jane patterns - by Sandy Klop.

And I love making lone stars - I know, a bit on the crazy side!

I had started it several years ago so my Janome and I spent some serious time together getting it finished.

There are 18 large 16" stars and 132 small 4" stars - sheesh!

 

 

I didn't do the triangle border - I thought it was too distracting.

I quilted a very simple all-over stipple in the center.  Sometimes simple is best and I'm still in love with stippling.

The outer 2 borders are quilted with a 1 1/2" straight line.

 

 

I entered it in our recent local quilt guild show in the Traditional category - I won first place...yay!

Then, the public voted and I received "People's Choice"....double yay!

Yes, I cried a bit.

 

 

It means so much to me to have not only my fellow quilters vote this quilt their favorite but to have the public also think it's beautiful.

I absolutely love this quilt - it's a keeper!

 

 

 

 For the backing I chose a pretty floral print.

 

 

 

 

 Are you entering any quilts in your county, state or local shows?