Patriotic Hunter Star

I was in the mood to make something with my mound of patriotic fabrics.  Of course one thinks of stars and flags when talking patriotic. So I put on my thinking cap, well actually I went back through some old photos to see what I made a few years back.  Bingo I saw a hunter star runner I made in Christmas fabrics way back then.

I pulled out the border fabric first, with fireworks and firecrackers that works. Then some red and blue to coordinate and finally the background white with stars in red, blue and a twinkle of silver.  I hunted up my Rapid Fire Hunter Star ruler by Deb Tucker and got busy cutting.  With nose to the grindstone it wasn't long before it was pieced yesterday afternoon.

And this morning I got right to quilting it.  I used the same quilting design that I had used on the Christmas one so it was easy to quilt.  The only thing I was thinking about was I able to quilt the interior with one start and one stop.  YES it was possible and yes I did it!  And with minimal backtracking in just a few places. 

All of the stitching was done with rulers.  I used a blue Glide thread throughout, except to change to red to SID the red skinny border. 

After a quick stop for lunch I got it bound, photographed and listed in my Etsy shop.  

Linking with NTT,  Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Finished or Not Friday.