Star blog hop

star quilt block

When Carol had a call out for the Wish Upon a star blog hop, I jumped right on it, AND I had just won this FQ bundle by Riley Blake from her! it has a small print, at first I thought it was tiny stars on it, but it’s tiny Xs…. anyways we’ll just pretend they are stars Winking smile

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I also knew which pattern I wanted to use, my Nighttime by the river pattern that’s a star within a star block!

nighttime by the river quilt pattern

My pattern has a cutting chart for rotary cutting and also for fabrics that are directional… BUT I figured out that I could use my 12” and 6” QUBE sets and since the fabrics aren’t directional at all, it was fast to cut out this way!

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Then I stacked them and followed the directions of swapping out fabrics.

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and sewed the blocks together

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I only used 16 FQs

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at first I tried to lay the blocks out by writing down numbers on a piece of paper so it would be very mathematical

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But that didn’t work, so instead I sorted the blocks by the background color, if it was light or dark (of course some are relative) but I made sure I had 8 in each pile, then I alternated the blocks and made sure they didn’t touch the same fabrics.

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I ended up using a pale green for the backing and binding.

nighttime by the river quilt pattern

and, as I often do, I quilted curves from corner to corner on the blocks.

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I had a few scraps leftover and decided to make this little purse pincushion and I have that as a giveaway, including the

nighttime by the river quilt pattern!

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To enter, answer below which star pattern is your favorite and enter the raffle copter!

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Thanks to Carol for hosting a great blog hop!

Here’s the rest of the participants if you haven’t seen them yet

May 21

Moose Stash Quilting

Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

Quilt In A Not-Shell

What About Rheema?

Clever Chameleon Quilting

Sunlight in Winter Quilts

Life in the Scrapatch

Sew Many Yarns

Hazel’s Daughter

May 22

Want To Be Quilter

Cynthia’s Creating Ark

Selina Quilts

Ridge Top Quilt

Creative Blonde

Days Filled With Joy

Seams To Be Sew

Lily Patch Quilts

Why-Knot-Kwilt

May 23

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

Quilt Doodle Designs

Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Vroomans Quilts

Peanut’s Patchwork

Ms P Designs USA

The Little Mushroom Cap

Stitchin At Home

That Fabric Feeling

May 24

Kathy’s Quilts

It’s A T-Sweet Day!

Freckled Fox Quiltery

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Melva Loves Scraps

Beaquilter

Quilting Nonnie

Den syende himmel

All Thingz Sewn

May 25

Creatin’ in the Sticks

For the love of geese

Words & Stitches

Quarter Inch Crafter

Quilt Fabrication

Home Sewn By Us

Kathleen McMusing

Just Let Me Quilt

59 thoughts on “Star blog hop”

  1. I love the look of a Hunter's Star, but have yet to actually try it!bah1977@yahoo

  2. Quilter Kathy

    Absolutely gorgeous Bea! The curved corner to corner quilting is one of my favourites too!It really twinkles!

  3. I love all stars, but Stars within star are my favourite at the moment. lol. Thanks for sharing, Bea

  4. Marjorie's Busy Corner

    Love your quilt….cheerful and bright. Those dies are wonderful, aren't they?

  5. Home Sewn By Us

    Hi Bea,My favorite star pattern is called Evening Star. It has a nine-patch center surrounded by a star. I'll be sharing a peek at my recently finished quilt on Friday. That purse pincushion you made is adorable and very creative. Thank you for the opportunity to win it! Happy Thursday! ~smile~ Roseanne

  6. What a lovely lively quilt. It's so interesting to see your quilt pattern in two fabric groupings that are so different. I haven't tried the curved corner quilting and I may yet.

  7. What a beautiful quilt. Your pin cushion is adorable. Thanks for sharing it with us.

  8. Linda Williamson

    I love to make Sawtooth blocks. Your quilt is great, love the colors. Thanks for the giveaway.

  9. allthingzsewn

    Your quilt is so colorful and well pieced. The little pin cushion is adorable.

  10. love your quilt, hard to pick just one star block, i like the star block judys star. thats just a little bias on my part

  11. I'm so glad you were able to use the sweet bundle of fabric you won and this quilt was perfect for it. It's gorgeous, Bea! Oh my, that sweet little pincushion purse is adorable. You definitely shined with your star projects! Thank you, sweet friend, for playing along today. :O)

  12. Ohhh…I love those bright and cheery colors! It really changes up how the pattern looks!

  13. So much work with so many tiny pieces. But a great result, so I guess it was worth it. I'm enjoying Bergen this week.

  14. I'm hardpressed to pick my favorite star pattern since I like most of them. I like Star in a star and Carpenter's star very much. Your quilt is amazing and the purse pincushion is over the moon. You really rocked this hop. Thanks for the infiration.

  15. I think right now Carpenter Star is my favorite. I do love the Ohio Star and any Star within a Star!

  16. your quilt is so pretty. I love how you used a bunch of different fabricsI have fallen in love with the Carpenters Star that uses log cabin blocks.

  17. thatfabricfeeling.com

    Wow, just wow! Your star quilt is stunning! Your piecing is wonderful and the color combinations just sparkle. You can skip me for the giveaway but I just needed to say that I'm inspired and awed by your quilt.

  18. I love sawtooth stars, and use them a lot. Love your quilt, turned out great.I just love star quilts of all shapes and sizes !!

  19. I like the Ohio star pattern. Your quilt is very pretty and the pincushion adorable. patchworkbreeze at gmail dot com

  20. No favorite star design – but any star is gorgeous even if they're wonky. Love your pattern. The quilt turned out so well and it's wonderful that you used the Cube.

  21. Beautiful Quilt! Adorable pin cushion!! 🙂 I like sevearal star patterns, but Ohio Star is my Favorite 😀 Thank you for chance to win your Give-a-way too! 🙂

  22. Siouxzq64@gmail.com

    Great quilt. I like the Ohio Star so many different possibilities.

  23. So much to look at and enjoy in your quilt! All of the colors together just sparkle like real stars! I like a wonky star block most.

  24. Shayne Thatcher

    Love the Ohio Star pattern especially since my husband is from Ohio

  25. Carol Andrews

    My favorite star is the Ohio Star, but I think I desperately have to make your Star in a Star blog comments tomorrow! Perhaps the Ohio Star will be supplanted on my list!

  26. I never met a star I didn't like. They are all wonderful. Love your colors but the brown is great too.

  27. You made a beautiful star quilt and purse! My favorite star pattern is the Mariner's Star.

  28. You made a beautiful star quilt and purse! My favorite star pattern is the Mariner's Star.

  29. Brenda / Songbird Designs

    I love all stars, but my faves are friendship star, evening star, and of course Lonestar!! Your pin cushion is just adorable, Bea! And I love your pattern!

  30. Susan-Sharon Passmore

    Beautiful project! I just love Mariner's compass quilts, as they look like stars.

  31. I've always liked Carol Doak's FPP stars. There's so many good ones and hard to pick a favorite!

  32. The Carpenters Star would be my favourite. Your fabrics are wonderful choices, using the cutter must have made the whole process a lot easier, and the quilting, a great finish.

  33. What a beauty. It is always amazing how color choices can change a quilt. Love both of them. Your pincushion is very, very sweet.

  34. Tu-Na Quilts

    I do like the Carpenter's star. Cute little purse pincushion. Where can I find the pattern?

  35. Joy from Days Filled With Joy

    How lovely, and what a great idea to use your go! to cut it all out – much quicker! xx

  36. Angie&Gary Short

    Great projects! I like any star pattern. All stars are cool! Have a great day! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom

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