Oh my goodness this quilt turned out exactly as I saw it in my mind’s eye. I had just come back from a trip to Portugal, my first real trip after COVID lockdown, and boy did I have a blast taking in all the Lisbon had to offer me. I came home inspired by so much of the colors and tiles that I’d seen there. And the people! They were so nice to this wide-eye, rusty traveller.

Estrela is Portuguese for “Star” and this quilt was inspired by my trip. I imagined many star blocks and the colors were borrowed from the New Mexico sunsets I had missed I had missed while I was away.

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