Monday, September 30, 2019

Design Wall Monday: Falling Stars

I don't buy many quilt books, but about 6 weeks ago, I bought Kim Brackett's Scrap-Basket Bounty.  My favorite quilt in the book is called Falling Stars.  I worked on it while I was also working on Witch's Night Out.  Here's how far I am:


The quilt in the book is only 48" x 64".  That isn't big enough for my husband.  He wants a couch quilt that is big enough to cover up from his neck to his toes.  Mine will be 80" x 64".  I am really enjoying making this quilt!

Falling Stars in my latest attempt at using up my batik scraps.  I made Jo Kramer's  On the Bright Side last year:

 In 2017, I made Arrow Point Path:


And last month I started another Sew Many Scraps, this time in batiks.

For all of these quilts, I had to buy light batiks, so I would have some contrast.  All of the medium and darks were pulled from my stash, and believe it or not, I could still  make a couple more quilts with my batik scraps.



Stash Report:                                                                                                                                       
Used this week: 0 yards
Used year to date: 109.375 yards
Added this week:  6.25 yards (WNO backing/binding, neutral FQs, turkey fabric)
Added year to date: 119.375 yards
Net Added: 10.00 yards




7 comments:

Jo said...

Lovely design quilt. It's very happy

Karen in Breezy Point said...

Love your Falling Stars so far. That is my favorite quilt in the book also--one of these days I hope to get started on it!

Anonymous said...

Scrappy quilts are my favorite! These are all lovely.

Kim said...

Scrappy quilts always ooze happiness. You have made fabulous progress. Falling Stars is looking lovely.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

That is a great star pattern.

SueR said...

I really, really like your Falling Stars quilt. Is that a Bonnie Hunter pattern? If not, can you share where you got the pattern? Would love to make it!

SueR said...

Never mind--I just reread your post and saw it is from one of Kim Bracket's books!