Asteria

I am about to start a new quilt, Asteria, which I plan to give to my grandson Drew in November for his birthday.  Long ago, Drew commented that if ever I would make a quilt for him, he would like it to be in burgandy and silver.  I saw the pattern long ago and downloaded it, and then "built" it in EQ7.  I have colored many versions of this, and here is what I **think* is the final version.

It reminds me of a Medieval Coat of Arms, knights of old, a crest on a battle shield, and castles.  Bob thinks it looks more like space ships and stars.  Either way, it's a good quilt for a soon-to-be 13 yr old. 

Most of the fabrics have silver metalics in them, although the burgundy is plain, mottled, with no silver.  The whites and grays all have silver speckles or is patterned with silver.  I extended the eight white "stars" beyond, into the border.    The pattern cuts it off at the inner border but my eye needed those points to be finished somehow!  I always like to see quilts with some design element extending out into the border.  I think this looks really nice.  I'm not sure how I'm going to manage it, but I'll give it a shot.  If worse comes to worse, I'll just have blunt ends to the stars and the quilt can stay inside the borders the way the pattern wants it to be!

 I hope Drew will like it!