I wanted to share this afghan I made as a wedding gift for my son and daughter-in-law last year. I was cleaning up (yeah, that doesn't happen much) and found some of the charts I made, so I figured I would share. I started by searching for an afghan that looked like a quilt, and I chose this pattern from Red Heart called Prairie Star Afghan as a starting point. I started with a diagram for the pattern and filled it in with my chosen color scheme (my daughter-in-law loves purple and my son loves green). I think the colors worked out well!
Anyway I started with the diagram below. Then I filled it in with colored pencils. As the chart filled, I added my own increases to make it queen size. I was shooting for measurements of 66 x 84 and it turned out to be a little bigger.
I filled in most of the chart before I started, but when the measurements needed to be much bigger than the original pattern, I charted as I went.
my chart filling up
My chart almost done!The finished product! I was definitely a labor of love!
You can find the pattern and diagram for the Prairie Star Afghan HERE. There is also an excellent YouTube tutorial for this pattern HERE
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