Quilts of Valor - #4

This top was a large star that had a lot of negative space.  Normally a dream for longarmers, but it scared me just a bit!  Being fairly new to this, it felt like the negative spaces were about a mile long and I had to come up with the perfect design for each one.  Then I realized it'll all be ok, and just went with it!  I broke it up into the different concentric areas and came up with a pattern for each.  Overall I'm pretty happy with it :)

 

Quilts of Valor - #3

I just completed the next Quilts of Valor quilt, and I have to say, I love it.  It was my first free motion custom quilting and I think it went pretty well.  I went with large swirls for the top and bottom red borders, a tipsy star loop pattern for the blue border, stippling for the side stripe borders, echoing stars around the top flag printed fabric, and then a simple wave for the center flag-like motif.  But enough chit chat, on to pictures!!