Baskets, Blooms, and Stars

This is a quilt that I just loved making. I bought it as a BOM and it came kitted up with the patterns and the fabrics for each of the twelve blocks and also for the blue and yellow star cornerstones. I added the tan lattice and the border and the binding fabrics. Each block was bonded and then hand buttonhole stitched over each and every raw edge.
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I find the hand buttonholing very relaxing. I did several of the blocks at Chautauqua the second year we were there. I'd spend an hour or so in the morning either cutting and bonding the design elements for the block or machine piecing the borders. Then I'd sit at the Amphitheatre during lectures and concerts doing the buttonhole stitch.
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Kat did the machine quilting for me and I was just thrilled with her creativity. I really like this finished quilt, but it doesn't belong in my home. It doesn't go with our decorating style and it doesn't fit a bed. It's a journey quilt rather than a destination quilt, if you follow my train of thought; that is, it was the process of making it that brought me joy and satisfaction, not the having of the finished product.
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But it is somebody's style, and all of the work that went into it will be appreciated by a recipient. Ben is likely to get married in a year or two. So is Kendra (well, it will probably be longer than that for her). Either of them would be a good recipient for this quilt. Meanwhile, it will stay here and wait for its home.
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These pictures show close-ups of Kat's quilting. None of the pictures for this series is as sharp and clear as I wish. My camera and I are having "issues." Clicking on any of the pictures, though, should make it larger if you want a closer look.