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Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along: Making the Quilt Back

This post is part of the Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along. If you have questions that aren't answered in this post, please check out the others, which are linked on the main page, here.

Read about Mo’s Sparkle Punch quilt here.  

Gather Your Materials

To make the quilt back, you'll need 4 different pieces of solid fabric, each 1-1/4 yards. Each of these pieces will be used to make one quadrant of the quilt back.

Octagonal Orb Block Tutorial

The Modern Quilt Guild's blog has a new post today (part of the ongoing 100 Days of Modern Quilting feature) with my tutorial for this lovely block, which was adapted from this lovey pillow by Heather Bostic.

Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along: Making the Quilt Top

Find the Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along main page here.

 Read about Mo’s Sparkle Punch quilt here. 

Now that you have all of your star components made, it's time to sew them together to make the quilt top! 

Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along: Making the Stars

Find the Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along main page here.

Read about Mo’s Sparkle Punch quilt here. 

Today's post is about how to make the stars. I say make the stars instead of make the blocks because the way this quilt top comes together is a little different than other star quilts you might have seen. 

Ruby Star Mod Mosaic Quilt: Process

I've been trying for months to figure out just what I wanted to do with Melody Miller's awesome-giant-bee-featuring Ruby Star Spring, and I finally decided that a new Mod Mosaic quilt was the way to go.

Mod Mosaic Quilt Block Tutorial

When I wrote the original Mod Mosaic Floor Pillow tutorial, I had no idea that it would catch on like it has, and it's been so fun watching people use it to make blocks and quilts!

Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along: What You'll Need

Find the Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along main page here.

Read about Mo’s Sparkle Punch quilt here. 

Today’s post is all about the materials you’ll need to make your very own Sparkle Punch Quilt.

Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along

There seemed to be a lot of interest in more specific instructions for making a quilt like the one I made Mo, so I'm going to start the year with a quilt-along!