star gardener

This month's Project Quilting inspiration was "nine-patch," so I chose one of my very favorite blocks from the Farmer's Wife quilt: Star Gardener...which also happens to be a complicated nine-patch! Here it is on a smaller scale as part of my Farmer's Wife-inspired bed quilt:

It's the one under the (very cute) baby's bottom.

For the 20"X20" Project Quilting quilt, I just enlarged the pattern a bit. It also looks a bit different because the one in the bigger quilt is set on point. Sorry, no baby for scale in these pictures!

I like the name that the Farmer's Wife book gives the block, so I kept it. Star Gardener measures 20"X20" and was pieced and free-motion quilted by yours truly here in Central Pennsylvania. Thanks for another great challenge, and thanks for reading!