A sewing friend of mine who recently moved away (yes – another one!)  started this quilt at a retreat we both went to some years ago. Alissa wanted to make a quilt completely out of bandanas so she came up with this design herself.

She started out with red, white and blue bandanas and I helped her tea-dye the white ones tan. I also helped her machine applique the stars on the backgrounds. She did all the sewing and I finished the quilting for her, sadly, just in time for her to leave.

Here’s a closeup of the quilting showing a red star outline in the blue blocks. The backgrounds were stippled using clear monofilament thread. She used red bandanas for the backing and it turned out to be a pretty warm quilt!