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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Blogger's Quilt Festival 2017

It's time once again for the Blogger's Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side. There is an amazing variety of quilt styles on display, and I can't wait to spend more time checking out all the gorgeous creations!

My entry for this year is the Star Cluster baby quilt that I made for our great-niece Flora. 


Star Cluster baby quilt for Flora

My inspiration was the quilt Interlocking Stars, shared in 2015 by Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. Her starting point was a pattern called Star Cluster by Judy Martin. Judy's pattern is for a block that finishes at either 12" or 16". Sarah super-sized the pattern into a 64" single-block quilt. I went half-way in between the two--the center of my quilt finished at 32", and the border brought the finished size up to 37.5" square.
12 or 16" block


Interlocking Stars by Sarah Craig

I had such a good time making the first Star Cluster quilt, that I ended up making two more for other new babies. I varied the piecing for the centers of the stars and also changed up the borders for each quilt.


Star Cluster baby quilt for Charlotte

Star Cluster baby quilt for Fritz

I am linking up to the Fall 2017 Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amy's Creative Side. Check it out for tons of amazing quilting creativity!


Julie in GA







7 comments:

  1. I would be hard pressed to say which baby is the lucky one, Julie. I think I love them ALL!!!

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  2. These quilts are gorgeous. They look easy enough to make.

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  3. Hi Julie,
    Oh how I love these baby quilts! Baby quilt mixed with stars and pretty colors is a win, win, WIN in my block. I'll bet the moms-to-be and babies just loved them, and they feel all the love you stitched into each square. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  4. All are beautiful. Stars are my favorite.

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  5. Julie, I love how you personalized your interlocking stars on each baby quilt! They are all beautiful.

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  6. A great go to pattern for a baby quilt. Mixing up the star centers makes for so many fun options. My favorite of the three is the red and black musical stars version.

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  7. Such a perfect use of stars, it's stunning

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