If you would like to make a quilt like this, check out the Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along, here.
Ta da! Here's the Sparkle Punch quilt, all finished.
I'm really happy with the wintry color scheme. I'm not usually a big purple fan, but I love it here.
I also got to use 3 of my favorite things: Echino, Essex cotton/linen, and faux bois!
This post is about my Sparkle Punch quilt. Read the previous posts here and here.
Literally. These photos were taken in Mo's house. Thankfully, she liked the quilt and it seemed to match her vintage Christmas decorations really well.
I wish I'd had better light for these photos. It gets dark so early at this time of year that, by the time I finished the binding, it was already dark!
Here's the quilt spread out on the floor. It measures about 60" x 72".
I quilted in a pointy meandering pattern that shows up a little better on the quilt back.
The quilt back is pieced from 4 rectangular panels of 4 different solid fabrics. Each rectangle includes a single star pieced from a gray print fabric.
The binding is a silvery Quilter's Lame that I bought at Bolt a couple of years ago. (I don't think Bolt still has it but, if you do a web search, you'll find shops that do.)
This post is about my Sparkle Punch quilt. Read the previous post here.
The piles of cut pieces that I showed you in my last post became sets of block components (1 center square and 4 wonky points squares for each star).
Star blocks, like the ones shown above, are often sewn together with background fabric squares in the corners, making square blocks that come together like a nine-patch. Because I wanted the stars in this quilt to nestle, I omitted the usual corner squares.
This means that each star in my quilt is made from 5 square components that, if sewn together by themselves, would make a plus sign shape. To keep the piecing straightforward, I didn't sew the components of each star together before laying out the quilt top. Instead, I arranged all of the individual block components on my design wall, starting in the middle and working my way out, nestling each star together as I went.
It was at this stage that I started calling this quilt Sparkle Punch. I just thought the little wonky starbursts looked like those "POW!"bubbles that appear when cartoon characters punch each other.
Here they are all together. So bright and shiny!
The finished arrangement is made of 480 block components, each 3-1/2" x 3-1/2". I sewed the components in each row together and then sewed all of the rows together to finish the quilt top.
My local sewing circle did a handmade gift exchange this past weekend and, now that it's no longer a secret, I would love to tell you about what I made.
The person whose name I drew has a beautiful home which, at this time of year, is filled with sparkly vintage ornaments. I decided to make her a holiday throw quilt inspired by the colors and sparkle of her ornaments.
I was also inspired by this pillow cover that Amber made, and decided to piece Mo's quilt in a similar way.
I raided my stash for prints and solids in hot pink, soft pink, aqua, turquoise, teal, lime green, chartreuse and gray. There are too many prints here to list, but here they are. All cut out and ready to piece!
