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Antique Stars–Finally

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Finished on a Friday, how appropriate!  At last, this big quilt is all done.  I swear if I didn't get it done this weekend, Tracey would have shown up on my door step saying, "For Heaven's sake Nicole, I'll do it, if you can't manage it after all this time".  I sure did drag this one out.  It was the lattices, what can I say?  There were just so many of them.

The quilt pattern is Antique Stars, by Red Crinoline Quilts.  The fabrics are all pulled from my stash, no one group predominates.  Reds, browns, tans, a hint of pink.  85 blocks.  It measures 91 x 91 and took me over a year to finish, mainly because I kept putting it away.  

The blocks were fun to make (combining the fabrics is always such a joy), and arranging them was a challenge since it was supposed to be pretty random.  The lattices took for bloody ever.

There was a mistake in the pattern, which you should note if you have an older edition of the pattern, as I did.  The cutting instructions say to cut two 6 1/4" squares and cut once on the diagonal for the corner squares.  It should be cut two 7 1/4" squares.  This error has been corrected in more recent pattern editions.

This one is going to be off to Mary Flynn at Quilt Hollow for quilting and should be properly on my bed in the New Year!

66 responses to “Antique Stars–Finally”

  4. Good things are worth waiting for and Antique Stars is a good and beautiful quilt!! Applause, applause! Didn’t you have a huge smile when you saw it on the bed?! Are you still happy dancing?
    Since Antique Stars was finished on Friday, did you make another complete quilt top of some size over the weekend? You are the speed queen, you know!
    Hugs!

  5. Good things are worth waiting for and Antique Stars is a good and beautiful quilt!! Applause, applause! Didn’t you have a huge smile when you saw it on the bed?! Are you still happy dancing?
    Since Antique Stars was finished on Friday, did you make another complete quilt top of some size over the weekend? You are the speed queen, you know!
    Hugs!

  6. Good things are worth waiting for and Antique Stars is a good and beautiful quilt!! Applause, applause! Didn’t you have a huge smile when you saw it on the bed?! Are you still happy dancing?
    Since Antique Stars was finished on Friday, did you make another complete quilt top of some size over the weekend? You are the speed queen, you know!
    Hugs!

  10. Well, I would LOVE to visit California and see your beautiful home! My motives in prodding you along were all selfish, you know, because I love it so much and wanted to see it finished. Too funny. Have a great day.

  11. Well, I would LOVE to visit California and see your beautiful home! My motives in prodding you along were all selfish, you know, because I love it so much and wanted to see it finished. Too funny. Have a great day.

  12. Well, I would LOVE to visit California and see your beautiful home! My motives in prodding you along were all selfish, you know, because I love it so much and wanted to see it finished. Too funny. Have a great day.

  19. Antique Stars looks lovely on your bed now. Quilted, it will make a nice update for the new year. Congratulations on finishing it!

  20. Antique Stars looks lovely on your bed now. Quilted, it will make a nice update for the new year. Congratulations on finishing it!

  21. Antique Stars looks lovely on your bed now. Quilted, it will make a nice update for the new year. Congratulations on finishing it!

  34. I don’t know who the heck Tracy is but I was gonna come and claim that quilt first! ;p
    it’s soooo beautiful….lattices were a pain but boy does it make that quilt! off to the quilter it goes….

  35. I don’t know who the heck Tracy is but I was gonna come and claim that quilt first! ;p
    it’s soooo beautiful….lattices were a pain but boy does it make that quilt! off to the quilter it goes….

  36. I don’t know who the heck Tracy is but I was gonna come and claim that quilt first! ;p
    it’s soooo beautiful….lattices were a pain but boy does it make that quilt! off to the quilter it goes….

  40. Your quilt looks fantastic, Nicole. I’m loving the colors, and the description you gave about being random but limited to just 3-4 colors, well I get that completely. What a good feeling to have it done.

  41. Your quilt looks fantastic, Nicole. I’m loving the colors, and the description you gave about being random but limited to just 3-4 colors, well I get that completely. What a good feeling to have it done.

  42. Your quilt looks fantastic, Nicole. I’m loving the colors, and the description you gave about being random but limited to just 3-4 colors, well I get that completely. What a good feeling to have it done.

  43. What a beauty. Can’t wait to see how even-more-beautiful it looks quilted. Congrats on finishing the top!

  44. What a beauty. Can’t wait to see how even-more-beautiful it looks quilted. Congrats on finishing the top!

  45. What a beauty. Can’t wait to see how even-more-beautiful it looks quilted. Congrats on finishing the top!

  46. This is beautiful!!! Congratulations! I bet it feels great to have it done!!!! And Mary will do a fabulous job – icing on the cake of a beautiful quilt!!! Can’t wait to see the quilting!!!!

  47. This is beautiful!!! Congratulations! I bet it feels great to have it done!!!! And Mary will do a fabulous job – icing on the cake of a beautiful quilt!!! Can’t wait to see the quilting!!!!

  48. This is beautiful!!! Congratulations! I bet it feels great to have it done!!!! And Mary will do a fabulous job – icing on the cake of a beautiful quilt!!! Can’t wait to see the quilting!!!!