My Mom's Carpenter's Star Quilt

Hello.  Today I'll share the first quilt that I worked on after Christmas.  My mom pieced this quilt top.  It is about 36" square, a wall hanging, the Carpenter's Star pattern.  She did a great job piecing it.  I did custom quilting on it.  It is far from perfect, but I'm happy with the finished quilting, and Mom loves it which is what matters most.

I quilted feathers in the diamonds of the star, back and forth lines in the background behind the star with some circles/pebbles around the edge.  The outside borders have swirls quilted in them.  There is also a lot of stitch-in-the-ditch outlining the shapes, too.

And here's the back.  The backing was an unbleached muslin fabric, so that brown thread REALLY shows up (along with all the not-so-perfectness).  Looks great from a distance.

Beautiful job, Mom!  Thanks for letting me quilt for you :-)

I'm starting to feel like a "real quilter" now that I am working on more custom quilting projects (just my own and my family's for now).  It is really fun, but I also find it sometimes tiresome and stressful making design choices and figuring out how I want to quilt it.  I'm often too worried about it looking perfect or comparing myself to the professionals that I look up to.  I'm slowly getting better and more confident, though, learning something new with each project.

​I hope you enjoyed the pictures.  Thanks so much for visiting!  I'll be linking up over at Crazy Mom Quilts Finish It Up Friday.