Of my sewing room closet.. this quilt hasn't seen the light of day in about 2 years.
I started it in 2004. The star blocks were a going-away present from the members of my guild in Atlanta. I moved from ATL to MA in '04, and from MA to NY in '08. The MA guild gave me friendship blocks too, but I haven't even touched them yet..
I pieced this together with interesting sashing methods (the blocks didn't square up, but then again, i didn't have a square ruler either..) and clearly thought that all orange fabrics must be the same. Strangely, I still have some of that darker orange in my stash, so I didn't switch to the lighter one because I was running out.. was it a concious design decision? Oh, how my mind worked at 24!
After piecing all of the green blocks from my stash, I went out and dropped $9+/yard on an awesome batik for the back. Crazy. Then I started handquilting in pearl cotton. I had a plan at the start, but it wasn't an easy quilt design to keep up with and I think that's why I abandoned it in '04. I have pulled it out a few times over the years when I wanted something to handquilt, but the wierd design always stops me. Looking at it on the fence yesterday made me think about how I could alter the quilt pattern to make it workable. We'll see.
I'd like to have this finished, it's a great memory piece. Most of the blocks are signed and I remember all of the women. It was a great guild to be in at the time.
