Stars and nine patches

It's another finish from the two-inch square box! This time I used all the mediums, and went for a muted look in the four-patch nine-patches. I also used up lots of uglies from the 80s in the light print -- click for a closer look at the busy little calicos. No yardage was sacrificed for this project (OK, I did cut the borders from yardage) with most of it from the two-inch square box or other smallish pieces from the stash)and Mom's stash. It measures 45 by 63 without the narrow border, and I'm planning on adding words and names in a wider border to make it a nice throw size. This is intended for an amazing elementary school teacher we've had for the past five years, and I'm going to put her name and some of her favourite sayings around the edge. I'm going to back it with a nice flannelette and machine quilt it on the diagonal. Here's a closer look at some of the wonky stars and the background fabrics.