Twinkle Little Star

There is a whole lotta quilting going on in the studio!  Good friends of ours are expecting their first child this fall, so I wanted to make an extra special gift for them & the baby.  It's a boy, which really forced me to think outside of the "pink zone"!

I immediately was drawn to my stash of reproduction prints, since they are great for babies & children.  There are lots of novelty motifs that can be incorporated & the colors are usually bright & cheerful.  Originally, I was going for a red, white & blue theme which is classic, but after digging out all my prints, I decided to throw in yellows, oranges & greeens as well. 

I wanted to incorporate a star design into the quilt, something simple, but would accomodate all the different colors.  I remembered that I had saved a copy of Stefanie's very sweet Charming Stars Quilt pattern & knew I could modify it into a baby quilt size.  So I decided on a 9 block version with white sashing.

Sweet Stars

This is still a WIP, but aren't they cute?  If you look close you can see puppies & ducks among the florals.  I really do love the mish mash of pattern & color against the white.  It's quite clean looking, & I think it will be even more tailored looking with the white sashing.  I had to cut all my 5" charms from FQs, but if you have charm packs on hand, this project goes together very quickly.  I will be sure to post more pics as I go along.  I am going to be hand quilting with some of the new Finca perle cottons - so this should be a really fun & colorful quilt once it's all togther!