Wednesday, November 30, 2011

A Star for a Friend


Back in June, an angel in blog-land sent me a very special package that has allowed me to continue with Barbara Brackman's Civil War Block of the Week project without purchasing fabrics, enabling me to use only stash and her generous gifts.  Each and every "angel" fabric incorporated into blocks reminded me of her kind thoughtfulness... and I consider this quilt a joint project.


Since I need five extra blocks to complete the 7x8 block grid, I wanted to have one specially for my angel.  I found a pattern for Friend's Star online and, since it was a 12" block, I did a little figuring and made this one.


I think the block is almost as beautiful as my blog-land angel!



14 comments:

  1. It is a beautiful block.
    What a sweet thing your angel did for you!

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  2. That's very kind of you Freda to make such a beautiful block for her.

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  3. Whoa. That's a stunning block. I love brown and blue. You piecing skills never cease to amaze me. You sure are a grateful, kind soul.

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  4. It's lovely!!! Such a fine remembrance for a special friend!!!

    Blessings

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  5. What a great block and wonderful memories to go along with it!

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  6. Pretty block. Such a warm story behind this quilt.

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  7. Love it! Kudos for doing the math to shrink that!

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  8. Beautiful fabric choices, and what a cool pattern...HST designs are infinite. We all have our angels (wink) and I do remember your original post about this one. Very sweet of you to make a remembrance block.

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  9. So sweet!!!!

    Love the color combo in that block!

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  10. I love that block and your fabric choices are perfect.

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  11. Pretty block and it will bring a nice memory every time you see it!

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