Antique Star Quilt - Resolved

Hooray!  Let the games begin!  We celebrated the opening ceremonies with a little bubby (what else?).  To show our support for the United States, we only used red, white & blue flutes :)

Thank you everyone for your input in my huge star quit (aka circus tent).  Susan and I had discussed the quilt a couple of weeks ago and thought that I should remove 2 rows form the top and side, then re-add border fabric.

Many of you had suggested going right to binding.  Thanks, I needed that!!

Here is a photo of the antique quilt I saw at Paducah, price tag:  $4,000 and that was about 15 years ago.  Photo taken with permission.

I designed my stars 4" -BIG mistake (pun intended).  That made the blocks 12" x 9 (across & down) = that is 108" before borders.

I think the original must have had 9" blocks, making it about 97" x 97" with 8" borders.  I just didn't work out the math when I started this quilt.

My original quilt would have been 124" x 120" (I used a smaller border on the top).

After removing 2 rows from the top, and all the borders, the new size is 108" x 84" which will work great on my king sized bed.  whew.

So here is what I'll be doing during the olympics:

I've already quilted 3 blocks.  I have lots to go but it's not a timed event, thank goodness.

coco made a close inspection and decided the new plan is a good one.

Happy Olympics and Stitching everyone!