UPDATE: Giveaway finished. The winners are Paula (Fortune quilt pattern), Debbie (Sparkle quilt pattern), and Fran (Fly Over quilt pattern). Thank you all for participating!
I love the emoji that’s the little smiley face with stars in place of the eyes. Do you know it? I think it sums up how I feel about so much of my quilting life.
All the gorgeous colors -dazzling-
All the pretty patterns -ooo la la-
Sewing with friends -LET’S GO!-
I hope you can relate. Let’s all try to keep stars in our eyes at all times. But when it comes to quilting, is there anything more classic and wonderful than a star? Besides circles and other curvaceous shapes, I can safely say that star quilts are my favorite patterns to imagine, design, and make.
Last week, I was packing up my quilts and preparing to visit a guild for talk and show at their regular meeting and then an all day workshop. I enjoy this packing process each time I travel — it gives me a chance to revisit the quilts I’ve made in past years, reminding me of the memories that each quilt holds. This time, I was really feeling the star quilts and wanted to share some of those with you this week.
One of the things that makes stars so much fun is that there are endless possible variations. Imagine the star quilts you’ve made or seen in shows. There’s the classics like Ohio Star or Sawtooth Star (shown above in Fortune ). The scrappy ones made with ‘strings’, or from raiding the scrap bag for whatever is on hand. You can make stars with 4, 6, 8 points and more! My all time favorite traditional quilt pattern is the Feather Star. For non-traditional stars, my personal favorite is making stars from hexagons like the Aurora quilt:
Do you have a favorite star quilt pattern? Pull it out and take a look with new eyes: it would look completely different made up in that new fabric collection you just brought home. Could you experiment with color placement to make it look like a new design? I don’t know about you but whenever I get my quilts out or look at patterns, I love imagining what I would do differently if I made the pattern again, or if I haven’t made it yet…well, then the sky is the limit!
Who wants to make a star quilt?
Visit the Color Girl Quilts shop pattern page and choose your favorite pattern that features stars. Tell me which one you chose in the comments below. I’ll choose three people to send their chosen pattern.
Go get some stars in YOUR eyes << right here >>
Happy sewing,
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I love the Lucky quilt pattern! Thanks for the chance to win it.
I love Eclipse. They are all so beautiful though!!
Stars in my eyes, I can picture this one in so many color combos!
What a hard choice. They’re all lovely. I’d like to try the Fortune pattern on point with the Tilda bundle coming out soon! I was thinking Tilda for the background squares with coordinating solids for the stars.
WOW It’s hard to choose!! I think my first choice will be the Eclipse pattern, it reminds me of a modern wedding ring and since I have 2 sons that seem very close to marriage I want to make at least one to be ready!! Your work is stunning!
I love them all – and have them all! Thanks for the chance to win, but I am all set 🙂
I would love to do Fly Over is red, white and blue.
I like Sparkle. The color palette you used is very dramatic.
True Colors! Although there are more I could have chosen, love your designs.
Your accomplishments are astounding
I have always loved your Eclipse pattern.
I think Aurora is an wonderful pattern. I do love seeing your posts. It does inspire me to try new color palettes.
I love the Magic Quilt pattern
Lucky would make me feel very lucky!!
I have quite a collection of red, white and blue fabrics just waiting to be made into a Fortune Quilt.
Sparkle does it for me! But it is so hard to pick just one! Thanks!
Beautiful designs – love True Colors though!
I really like the Fortune Quilt Pattern.
I love the Magic quilt pattern! The stars and hexies both pop!
Do I have to choose ONE?! Aurora takes the cake for me! I think it’s those amazing hexagons! 🤩
I love the Fortune Quilt Pattern.
I really love your designs! The Eclipse pattern would be my pick today, but there were several runners up! Eclipse would be a great challenge..love the overall effect. Thank you for the chance to win❤️
Fly Over! That design grabs me and beckons to my scraps!
I love the Fortune Star, Thank you for the giveaway.
I like the third star pattern best
I like your Fortune pattern. Very patriotic.
I love all of your patterns, and even have a few in my pattern collection that I’ve purchased in the past. But my favorite star themed pattern is the Fortune Pattern. I am totally star-eyed over this one…especially in the fabrics you used.
Thank you for offering us all a chance at your pattern giveaway!
I love Sparkle!
I like Flyover, but would be happy making any of your stars! And, your Classic Curves ruler has helped me make a couple of wonderful quilts for my family.
I really like Twirling Fans & Pompoms. I’ve admired them on Pinterest.
I LOVE the True Colors Quilt Pattern
I love star quilts. My favorite of yours is “Lucky.”
My goodness it’s hard to pick just one star pattern, you have so many beautiful ones! My favorite has to be Fortune…looks like such a fun and versatile pattern! Could be scrappy, coordinated fabric bundle, or rainbow, or one color, or …!!!!! Thank you for giving away a pattern filled with creativeness!!
I love so many, but twirling stars would have to be a fav. Thanks
I was at the guild you mentioned and loved every minute of your presentation. Hard to choose which is my favorite but I think Eclipse! Or was it Fly Over! 😊
True Colors is my favorite…so many great patterns!
The Sparkle quilt pattern would be my choice. Thanks for the chance!
I like Sparkle. So fun and so many color possibilities.
I like the Fortune pattern.
So many lovely quilts with stars, I saw several that I would love to make! I will pick Sparkle as my top choice.
I love Spin!
Love Sparkle