Baby Boy Quilt

Finally, the third baby boy quilt is complete!  This quilt is for a fifth generation namesake, so I wanted to choose a pattern where I could incorporate a "five theme".  Somehow I was thinking that a star has five points so I would choose a star pattern, but most quilted stars have eight points, so that didn't work.  I could have appliqued a five point star, but i'm not that accomplished when it comes to appliqueing, so I kept looking.  I finally settled on a pattern called "Chautauqua" designed by Lorena Laumer.  The pattern was to make a 64 x 64 quilt, and since I wanted a baby size, I decided to size it down by eliminating two of the borders, and generally sizing down each square by a third.  Sounds simple enough right?  Not exactly!  It turned into a giant math problem that took me more than a little time to get to where I thought it would be close to right.  All in all, the quilt went together without any major issues, and I'm pleased with the result.  If you look carefully, you will see the roman numerals 1 through 5 placed on the quilt to recognize each of the preceding generations and to welcome, the fifth!  Hope "James the Fifth" gets many years use out of this gift. Now...can someone PLEASE have a baby girl!!!