Morning Stars for Isaac is participating in the Quilt Festival this year.
I love this scrappy quilt with the uneven stars in the sashing and I had a lot of fun making it. Each block finishes at 5½" and the sashing at 2½". I free-hand quilted it with Baptist Fans and gave it a scrappy binding. The size of the finished quilt, after washing and drying, is 43½" x 50".
No fabric is repeated in the large squares nor in the sashing. Fabrics include large prints, small prints, plaids, and a few prints with animals, people, etc.
The stars have a variety of lights and naturals and each star does not necessarily have only one fabric. It's really very scrappy.
I like this quilt so much that perhaps another is on the horizon.
I hope you'll click through to the Bloggers Quilt Festival and enjoy the other entries.
Thank you, Amy!
--Nancy.
I love this! I mad a similar quilt years ago and it's still a favorite. Scrappy is the best!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Kairle. Yes, scrappy is my favorite.
DeleteThis quilt is my kind of fun! Stars and a rainbow of colors? Perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gayle. I go through stages of loving a rainbow jumble of colors, then move to something else, and then eventually come back to the multi-colored quilts. I can't decide whether I'm fickle or eclectic.
DeleteVery pretty!! The white stars just pop against all the color. You must have worked hard on it not to duplicate fabrics.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tu-Na. I'm thinking of another similar quilt but I think I'll make the squares larger so the stars have a bit more space to shine. I think there are just over 100 fabrics in the quilt so it wasn't too hard to find that many.
DeleteYour quilt reminds me that I have a kit just like it waiting in my sewing room. It's been patiently waiting for more than 10 years!!
ReplyDeleteHi, Joy. It makes me laugh to think of a kit languishing for so long. I've never used a kit but in some ways it would seem easy, with everything chosen and in one spot. I'll have to keep an eye out for your post about the quilt -- when it's finished....
DeleteHi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteI love the stars shining among all of those fabrics! Great idea!
Diane
Thanks, Diane. I think I'll give the stars a little more space next time.
DeleteI've always liked this pattern and yours is no exception. This is on my 'some day' list.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marie. I thought this was a fun pattern to make. Arranging the colors was the hardest part. I think it would be easier if the squares were on color range, or maybe two. If/when you make it, I hope you enjoy it.
DeleteI like it, too. Every time I see it, I think I need to make one!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan. You could make one. I'm thinking of another with different, perhaps more unified, colors.
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