It's a Finish!

It's a finish! 

The Patriot

62 x 80

Oops! I think the quilt was upside down in the first photo although I think it looks good either way. 

The Patriot was a 2018 mystery quilt designed by Alycia at Alycia Quilts. 

It's been a UFO since 2018 mainly because I had no idea how to quilt it. I finally decided on wavy lines and after every set of five wavy lines I quilted in a wavy banner of stars. I had no idea what color of thread to use so I ended up using a variegated blue on top and natural in the bobbin.  I thought those big wonky stars needed something a little extra so I hand stitched 1/4 inch inside with navy perle cotton. 

 I used a wide backing of red stars on tan. The binding was a red polka dot. 

I need to give it a good wash with a few color catchers to be sure the reds don't run and so it gets nice and crinkly and then it will go to Quilts of Valor. 

Finishing this was my October One Monthly (OMG) Goal.  

At the end of the month I will link up with OMG at Elm Street Quilts. 

Mystery! Intrigue! Suspense!

 Clue 1 - Sixteen Stars in dark blue and white

The Patriot Mystery 

I have challenged myself to use my holiday fabrics this year and patriotic fabrics celebrating the Fourth of July, Veteran's Day and Memorial Day is included in that Holiday Cheer Challenge.    In addition I've been going through boxes, bins and bags of fabric and I am trying to clear some older fabrics and larger scraps out and use them up.   In that process I found a bunch of small muslin pieces and lots of bits and pieces of  dark blue fabrics just right for these stars.   Clue 2 uses red and white strings. How fortunate that I have some white strings left over and unused after I made those two pink and white string quilts last week.  So on to clue 2. 

Clue 2 - Rail Units for Magical Mystery

Clue 1 was fabric requirements and cutting. Remember I said I had a lot of bits and pieces of blue fabrics I wanted to use up? Some of these pieces are pretty old. (I guess that makes them "old lady florals" ? ) A couple of the pieces were left over from backings or borders of quilts gone by so I had to do a little creative cutting. 

I'm making 8 sets but think I'll add one more for a total of 36 blocks. In a 5 x 7 setting that would be a nice size for a donation quilt 40 x 56. 

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