Northern Star

 

I purchase a lot of quilting books in thrift stores or on clearance wherever I can find them. One time I found that my local quilt shop was selling out a bunch of books, and I think they were only $1.00 each. So I rummaged through them and picked the ones I figured I was most likely to actually use. Among my haul was the Northern Star Quilt book from Quilt in a Day. There was only the one pattern in the book, though in different sizes, but at $1, that's still a lot cheaper than buying a single pattern. 
I was however, making this one for my newest great niece, so reduced the size and had to recalculate all of the fabric amounts and cutting directions. 
When I looked at the picture in the book, it looked like just a bunch of random unrelated fabrics were used in the quilt top. So, that's what I did. I chose mostly random fabrics that I felt would work in a girl's quilt. Aside from the black and the white, which are both the same print, they are entirely unrelated fabrics. And personally, I think it turned out beautiful. 
And I think that life can be like that, in at least a couple of ways. Sometimes, when a group of people get together, they may appear to have little in common. But when they work together towards a common goal, the results can be beautiful. On the other hand, our lives can appear to be a mess that we can never sort out. But if we surrender the pieces to the Lord, He can make something beautiful. 

For the quilting, I used the Northern Star pantograph. 

It's not often that I have a pantograph with the same name as the quilt pattern. 

This backing fabric has been in my stash for several years, just waiting for the right quilt.