Hi Cuties ! Two ladies in my sewing group picked up some fat quarters and two panels in kits. The panels were 9 pictures that seemed to need cutting apart.

Lady number one made hers, but wasn’t too happy with what she had done. Lady number two didn’t wanna try, so it was passed to me along with a picture sq from #1 that she didn’t use.
Anyway, I saw a child’s quilt that was a large print or picture square with an alternate large 4 Patch. The blocks were 10.5 in the pattern, but I wanted 12.5.
My picture blocks were 10.5 so I had to frame it with the narrow blue and cut my 4p sqs 6.5 instead of the 5.5 in the pattern. I started laying it out and thought it lacked ‘something’.
Laying in bed I thought, I’d make a big star in the center out of some of the fat quarters. I had to piece the corner square in the background of the Star, as I only had one fat quarter that color. I don’t think it is noticeable though. Anyway, I am more pleased since adding the Star. I also wanted to insert red bc sure was a lot of blues.
This will go to a veteran. I have an Air Force vet on my list that may get it, although it has planes it also has ships for Navy, tanks for Army, etc That is why I’m calling this quilt Forces United.
It will be passed on to another member that will quilt it, then pass it back to me, for finishing with binding.