Stargazer Quilt

I have fond memories of stargazing with my dad as a child - from Halley’s comet to meteor showers to the Milky Way as well as the different constellations. Maybe that’s why the Stargazer Quilt reminds me so much of warm summer nights. Not humid and muggy summer nights like we get here in Missouri, but warm, breezy nights where you can sit outside and gaze up at the stars.
 
Or maybe it’s this beautiful fabric collection called Breeze, by Zen Chic for Moda fabrics that reminds me of a breezy summer’s day (or night). Different shades of blue, coral and white with small and medium scale geometrics, plus signs, alphabet letters as well as sashiko stitching motifs shine as stars in this quilt.

In the quilting world you get a variety of star patterns. For the stars in this quilt I chose the Sawtooth star which is one of the classic star blocks and one of my favorites to make. It consists of a large square in the middle, triangles made into flying geese blocks on all four sides and smaller squares at the corners. This placement forms a so-called eight-point star.

Once finished the size of one star measures 8 square inches (20.3 square cm). I used Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton solid Pfd bleached white for the background of the star and on two sides of the stars to finish the block. By rotating the blocks I got what I call a floating star effect.

After I finished the quilt top and layered the quilt, I decided to quilt horizontal wavy lines 2 inches apart all over. The wavy-line quilting added to the feeling of stars floating. I used the light blue with navy pluses fabric for the backing.

For the binding I used Fire Lines in cornflower from the Breeze collection which combines the blues and coral.

The end result is a delightful lap size quilt with an airy feel to it.
 
Dimensions: 47 x 59 inches (119.5 x 150 cm) -  lap size
 
*** This quilt is now available for purchase in my Etsy shop. You can find it by going to the Shop tab on this website or here.