Then I got a chance to do a quilt - our first paying customer!! She found the top in the bottom of her closet - it was her Grandmother-in-laws from the 1940's. She 'just wanted it quilted, nothing 'fancy'. Since she was going to hand this down to her kids I asked her if it would be okay if I did something more involved, only charging her for an allover design. She was all for that, thankfully! 25 hours later I finished it -- loving it very much. I used a single design for each of the star wedges. The large squares I used a feather burst pattern. The little squares I used "featherblock 3 half_t", using the rubber stamp to add the mirror image. The border was a lesson by itself! Rich came up with the idea of overlapping the pattern "twilla sash_t", which worked out really well on the top and bottom, the sides proved to be more challenging since the way the Statler figures the side borders only works well if the designs are end to end (at least that was the extent of our knowledge of it - if anyone knows a work around let us know). We created our own work around with alot of measuring and praying. It wasn't exact, but it was close! Since the back of the is quilt was muslin and I used a similar thread the back is basically a whole cloth quilt - it took my breath away - I've never quilted anything so pretty! It was hard to give it back.
Last but not least, is our 2nd customer quilt. She chose "Deb's feathers_t", which stitched out beautifully and was a very welcomed change from the labor intense '40's quilt!
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