My daughter asked me to make her a Friendship Star quilt. There are many variations so I mapped out this one based on a quilt that we had.

I drew out a group of blocks to find some good color combinations.

She chose a pink and brown combination, all solids. The cotton colors are called Peony, Biscuit, Earth and Natural. I made a sample block to use for reference.

The quickest way to sew these blocks together is by chain piecing. You sew like pieces together assembly line style.

Lots of pressing and now down to sewing 2 sections together to get one block that measures 9 1/2” square.

I made a total of 56 blocks. There were 1,568 pieces to sew together.

Once the blocks were sewn together in a 7 x 8 grid, I added 3 borders in Earth, Natural and Peony.

The backing is called High Summer Flower Show by Liberty Fabrics.

I used Berry Ice thread by Superior.

I quilted this with my longarm using an edge to edge pattern called Lilac from Urban Elementz.

I finished this quilt with a traditional binding on my domestic machine.

Friendship Star

April 2021

82” x 92”