Floating Stars

This is my Floating Stars Quilt. I used all batiks when I made this quilt. I had an issue with the original cutting instructions for the Stars, but after spending about a week working with the pattern (and a lot of math) I increased the cutting strips by 1/4" (width) and was able to achieve perfect floating stars. I <u>do not use</u> paper piecing techniques in my pieced quilts. I strive for perfection using the old-fashioned cutting method of cutting the sqares and then go from there. I showed the quilt in San Antonio, Texas Quilt Show, but did not place due to problems with the Long Arm quilter, who did a very poor job. This quilt was beautiful when I finished the top. All points were perfect and the quilt was square. Lesson Learned from this one: No more custom quilting outsourced!