French Twist

This top started out as an experiment. I used leftover scraps from over a dozen other quilts I’ve made, including Toujours Provence, Classic, Union Jack, Double Dutch Stars, Four Queens, and True Blue. The original pattern is called Shakespeare in the Park. It’s from Judy Martin’s book The Creative Pattern Book: Complete Patterns, Intriguing Ideas and Musings on the Creative Process. I don’t actually own this book. I got the idea from several quilting friends (and friends of friends) who DO have the book and who used the pattern with amazing results. The math seemed straightforward enough: make 48 small Sawtooth Star blocks, half with dark backgrounds and half with light. Mine are 6” finished. Turn twelve of those into large (12”) Northern Star blocks, and place them on point between twenty large Snail’s Trail blocks. Voilà!