This WISP took longer than expected, considering I started cutting the fat quarters the day I bought the fabric, back in November 2009! It is the Lucky Stars pattern again and most of the fabric is from a Civil War line (don't remember which one). I completed the blocks in July 2010, but didn't square them until this July! But now it is pieced, quilted and bound! This was originally meant as a QOV, but then it was suggested that I present this quilt to my DH upon his retirement from the Army, as he is a civil war buff. I'll have to think on that since he just received a quilt I made a couple of months ago. He should not retire for a few years yet, so I may have to think on this a while. (but not too long!) I used two 2 1/2" strips from the small bit of fat quarter from most fabrics to make up the binding, and I love how that turned out. I think a mixed binding really works on these quilts since the quilt is so scrappy to begin with.
I used the scraps from the half square triangles to piece together a label. I would have liked to have made two more stars for the back, but I was out of the background fabric. I couldn't find any more anywhere in my stash and I really didn't want another excuse to delay, so I only made the label. It looks so lonely!I am very happy with how the quilting turned out! It actually went quickly too, considering all the interruptions to ferry kids here and there, feeding said children (repeatedly, continuously)etc.
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