LeMoyne Stars: 2020 (Started: 2020)
By April 2020, I’d
realised that living with COVID was going to be challenging. I belong to a (non-quilting) group with a small
membership who had been unable to meet but we hoped to have a Christmas gathering
in order to raise funds for those more deserving. I thought a simple quilt would make a suitable
auction item and help out a bit.
I settled on a Lemon
Star pattern from Jenny Doan, Missouri Star Quilts (her fab tutorial 28 Feb
2020, is here) and a nice subtle colour palette of pinks, maroons, greens and creams. It became my first introduction to making multiple HST’s
(half square triangles) which worked out simply and easily, especially with
being able to watch Jenny closely and learn from her tips & tricks.
With little fuss, and
seemingly in no time at all, I had a nice top ready to quilt, with time to
spare (just) before the gathering. I
normally take at least 2 years to make a quilt, so I was actually rather
worried about meeting my deadline. It
all worked out well in the end. The
quilt found a lovely home, a tidy sum was raised, and my stash is slimming off…albeit rather too slowly.
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| Scrappy stars, pretty in pink (hanging from the "sail loft") |
To my mind, the finished
quilt had a bit of a French air about it.
The traditional LeMoyne Star block is thought to have originated about
1834 and is named after the Le Moyne brothers who settled in the French Colony of
Louisiana in 1699. Later, in 1718, they founded
New Orleans. The State is home to the
Mississippi River, wet-lands called bayous, shrimp boats and oil rigs. Think vibrant jazz and foot-tappin’
zydeco. And alligators. Let’s not forget the ‘gators.
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| Out in the garden with that cranky helper, again... |
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| Underway & trying to find the right balance of colour for the borders..as you do! |
