Scrappy Stars - This red, black and white pattern appealed to me because the high school, college and university my son had graduated from had combinations of these colors. This will be his graduation present next December when he graduates with his masters in Physics.
My Favorite Quilt Shop in Green Bay, Wisconsin will train you and let you rent time on their Nolting long arm quilt machine. Since this quilt was larger than I'm use to I tried long arm quilting for the first time. It was an interesting expereince. I did get the entire quilt done in 5 hours time.