After a lot of trial and error, it is done. Like most of my quilts, this one isn’t bed size, it’s great for wrapping up on the couch. Of course it works very well on a bed as well, just not as a bed spread that covers everything.
The final border is 4.5″ wide. Once I quilt and bind it, it will be more like 3.75″. I’m deliberately making it wider so that when I quilt it, I’ll have that extra room to square up the quilt.
And here we are – finished. I am very pleased.
What really pleases me is that this was my inspiration. Although I did you the basic block, mine looks nothing like this. This is definitely a case of inspiration, not copying.
Not just because of the center Mariners compass.
Which is quite lovely if I say so myself.
It was a lot of trial and error to get these full stars.
I like how the darkest red is something of a frame, but it doesn’t overwhelm the quilt. You can see here how the border is going about an inch beyond the point of the diamond. My plan is, once this is quilted, I’ll have the binding right at the points of the diamond. That is the plan. It’s going to take a while to get this quilted. I was hoping to get my new Koala tables soon, looks like it will take them longer than expected. I may end up quilting this using the old crummy table.
Since the topic is red, here is a cute owl and a red pomegranate.
As well as some red camellias. They will be gone very soon, I’m enjoying them while I can since soon they will be gone.
Leah