
I made this quilt 17 years ago, back in 1998. I had no idea what I was doing. My grandmother had taught me basic sewing but we hadn’t starting making quilts together yet. This was back before youtube or video tutorials. I found a book by Marsha Mccloskey Quick Classic Quilts. I read thru it, went to Joann’s and picked out some print fabrics, muslin, a rotary cutter and mat. I tried to match the fabric prints to the picture and did pretty well because darn it sure looks like the picture. I don’t think I could do that now.
The pattern is a Lemoyne star with set in seams (if I had only known …) I read and sewed on my little featherweight that I had since the 1970’s. I read some more and sewed some more. I still have the book, the pages worn and all my yellow highlighting still intact. It was a well written book, with a “Quilter’s Primer” intro:
“The road to success is paved with know-how. Here are Marsha’s tried and true quiltmaking techniques with step-by-step illustrations for your guaranteed success.“The intro was followed by sections on choosing fabric and color, rotary cutting, machine piecing, setting blocks,borders and so on.
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See how much mine looks like the picture? Well, it did guarantee success! Not sure who I would have contacted if it wouldn’t have come out…
Pretty good for a first time. It took me about 2 months. I had Linda Prater machine quilt it. It was the first quilt that she tried to do semi-custom with border feathers. She normally just did edge to edge. It cost less than $40 for a queen size quilt – oh the good old days.


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