McCalls Quilting Bonus

Because of my great grandmother's quilt I have longed to try my hand at making my own lone star quilt.  The May/June 2013 edition of McCall's Quilting had a web bonus that I just had to try.  Their 42 1/2" x 42 1/2" lone star wall hanging is titled "Welcome".

Here are pictures of the modified lone star that I created.

For those of you that are new to piecing a lone star quilt I found this video on HGTV with Jan Krentz to be quite helpful.  I do caution to make sure that you do your research about how lone star quilts are pieced before creating one of your own.  If not done right the center of the star can pucker.

Why I Quilt

Before I started quilting the only notion that I had about quilts was that hand made quilts were too precious for every day use and were stashed away in the linen closet.  My mother inherited one of my great grandmother's quilts, which no one ever saw.  One day I found the beautiful lone star quilt and resolved that I would never hide it again.

That resolve has turned into a passion to learn about quilting.  My mother helped me make my first quilt, but since then I have experimented and learned what I could to create the quilts that I envision in my head.