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Several years ago, Frances @offkilterquilt released an novel in the form of a serial podcast called Friendship Album 1933.
We were introduced to 5 woman - Eula, Bess, Dorothy, Florence, and Emmaline - who gathered together each week to work on their entry to the quilt contest for the 1933 World Fair.
Since then, Frances has shared a new short story about one of the women set during the Christmas season. First Emmaline and then Bess.
Guess what?
She is doing it again - this time the story is set in 1918 and is all about Dorothy. In the story, Dorothy is working on a quilt for her daughter using the Christmas Star block.
You can find the story and the block pattern for this block - written by me! - at QuiltFiction. Make sure you check out Story Guild for access to more quilting fiction.
My mini finishes at 12" x 12''. I kept the quilting simple - outlining each of the piecing elements and then doing some big stitch quilting to highlight the star.
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I played around with the block in some quilt setting in 2 different colorways, with and without sashing and one version on point. Which do you like best?
Find the short story and pattern for Dorothy's Christmas Star at QuiltFiction!
How cool that you wrote the pattern instructions for this block! Sounds like a fun project... reading the story and making the block. I hadn't heard of it before. I'm an on-point sort of person, finding that orientation a little bit unexpected, and that such a layout makes a quilt larger. (Bigger is better, in my opinion.)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love the blue version without sashing as I really like the light blue stars that are created as a secondary design! :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool! My favorite version is the light and dark blue without sashing! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the classical red and green one on point. xo
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