Glory Quilt

 If you've been following along with me

on Instagram you may have seen a simple

star/flag quilt I made in July.  I finally got it bound and

photographed so I want to share the details

with you today.

In June of this year, I took a trip to McCall, ID, and happened 

upon a really incredible quilt shop called,

J. Beck Home.  I was inspired by the red, white, and blue

fabrics and vintage quilts there and ended up

buying most of the above fabrics.  I had something like this

design floating around in my head for what to do with them:

I used instructions from my recently published

Sawtooth Star Cutting Chart to make the stars.

It includes cutting instructions for block

sizes 3" - 20".  Click HERE to check it out.

I made 12" finished stars for this project.

I was a little nervous that this pattern was going to be too simple

but when it was all said and done, I loved it!

The background fabric I used is a light gray/puddy color

called Celestial by Art Gallery Fabrics.

The backing fabric I used is from the Watermark collection

by Tammy Green for Riley Blake Designs.

The binding fabric is Stripes C495 by

Riley Blake Designs.

I had my quilter, Jen Ostler in Highland, UT.

quilt it for me with a 3/4" grid.  I've had that size grid done before

and loved it.  I don't think it makes the quilt too stiff

and it's just so pretty!

She quilted her signature "hidden object" in one of the

squares -  the tiniest little star!  I just love it!

The labels are from Everemblem.

I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels.

If you go to their site, you'll have to pick a cotton label 

and customize it from there.  I've loved the ease of these labels.

Now I don't have an excuse to not label my quilts!

My quilt finished at 63" x 93"

(so about the size of an XL twin

commercial size comforter).

I turned it sideways on my king-size bed

and it makes for a really nice coverlet!

I wasn't planning on doing a pattern

or full tutorial for this quilt but I know 

some of you want to make something similar

so here are a few more details:

Make 12" finished stars using my Sawtooth Stars Cutting Chart.

(There's a tutorial on that blog post for how to make the stars.)

Sashing and borders - cut 3-1/2" wide strips.

Binding - cut (9) 2-1/2" wide strips.

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS

Red stars: (18) 1/4 yard prints

Blue Stars: (6) 1/4 yard prints

Background: 4-3/4 yards

Backing: 5-2/3 yards

Binding:  2/3 yards 

Batting: 71" x 101"

Apparently, there was a right and wrong side to the

Celestial solid fabric I used for the background.

I didn't notice until I took the above picture.

I hope you found inspiration here today!

Thank you to @imacoffeemom on 

Instagram for helping me name this quilt.

If you decide to make something similar to this

I'd love to see it on Instagram.

Tag me @gigis_thimble and use the hashtags

#gigisthimblepattern and #gloryquilt.