Star Trails---finished quilt

I basted this quilt a few months ago, and put it back, to have something to quilt on when the Winter blahs moved in.  Well, I got caught up on smaller things, and couldn't stand it taking up room in my bedroom/sewing room, so I decided to go ahead and machine-quilt it.  This is my own original layout design for these popular stars.  I like them because you don't have to worry about your star points getting cut off.

I used my Melody machine, from BabyLock, because I have it set up (in the OTHER sewing room ) on a large table.  I set my ironing board beside me to handle the weight of the quilt while I feed it through, and the big table catches the weight of it after it passes through.  That works out much better than having the quilt fall off the edge of my sewing cabinet.

Rolling the excess and pinning it really helped manage the bulk.

I decided to do simple 1-inch vertical rows with my walking foot.  I quickly found that I had NOT basted closely enough, and even the walking foot was pushing the top toward the basting lines, causing tucks.  I slowed down and eased as well as I could, and I think that it will look just fine when it is washed and crinkly.

I had my brother, Jeff, in mind when I pieced this one, but since I have already given John a quilt, I think that I will continue in chronological order, and send this one to Jim.  That leaves Jeff, and then Ted to make future quilts for.  This one, like John's, is what i consider a generous nap-sized quilt.  It finished at 54 inches by 75 inches......a bit smaller than John's, but Jim is shorter, so I think it will be fine for him.

I pieced the backing for this quilt, and I really like how it looks.
Hopefully, I'll get it wrapped and sent sometime in the next week.