I finally got some photos of my

finished 2 Stars a Day quilt!

If you want the simple, free pattern

 for this project click HERE.

I was looking for a way to use up my

beautiful Liberty fabrics and got the wild idea to

make 2 stars a day for a month with them.  It was a fun

challenge project and a good way to practice a little

stick-to-itive-ness.

I had all the star fabrics in my stash, as well as, the two background fabrics

(which were both linen fabrics - one tan and one cream.  Sorry,

I don't know the names of the manufacturers or exact colors.)  I also

had the border fabric in my stash, which was a cream and tan

geometric print from the line Farmhouse by Fig Tree and Co.

I bought the plum color binding fabric and the 

floral backing fabric at Harmony in Provo, Utah.  

There wasn't any info on the selvage of the binding fabric

but the backing fabric is from the line Sevenberry

by Robert Kaufman.

The quilting was done by my friend Jen Ostler in 

Highland, Utah.  She used a panto called Domestic Stitches -

Squared by Leisha Kaye Farnsworth.  It was a new-to-me

design and I love it!  I thought it complimented the stars

and the heirloom feel of this quilt, perfectly!

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!

This quilt finished at 60-1/2" x 75-1/2";

a nice throw size quilt!

I love a good star quilt and don't seem

to have enough of them in my life!

By using two different background colors

along with sashing in the same colors, it created

an almost circular secondary design.

Do you see it?  If not, squint your eyes a little.

Well, what do you think of my 2 Stars a Day quilt?

It was a fun project to make and I'm really happy with

how it turned out.  This is a great stash-buster project.

Let me know if you end up making it.  If you post about it on

Instagram please use the hashtags #gigisthimblepattern

and #twostarsadayquilt so I don't miss it!

Happy quilting friends!

2 Stars A Day Quilt

 At the end of January, I got an itch to play with my
Liberty of London fabric stash again.  It's been a while since 

I made a quilt using Liberty fabrics and it's such a shame to have such beautiful fabrics 

go untouched for a substantial period of time.  (If you want to see

my first Liberty quilt, click HERE and scroll down.  It's one of my favorite quilts.)

So I started playing around but ultimately didn't love the direction I went 

so I set everything aside for a few months to regroup.

As I was eating lunch today (leftover baked penne pasta if you must know...) 

I was inspired to make a Star block; with my Liberty fabrics. 

Which evolved into the idea of making 1 Star block every day for an extended

period of time and to see if you guys wanted to join me!

So I went upstairs to my computer.  Mocked up a 6" Star block in my EQ software.

Made TWO Star blocks.  Liked my Star blocks.

Mocked up a quilt with Star blocks.  And asked if you guys wanted to join me

on Instagram.  It all happened really fast.  When I want to do something I just.get.to.it.

It's a blessing and a curse...

I thought it might be fun to play with two different color backgrounds for the blocks

but you could go as scrappy or unified as you want!  

You are welcome to use this 6" block anytime, in any configuration, and

to make as many as you want!  You can join me for this Two-A-Day

challenge or if now is not a good time for a new project - you can

save this post/pattern for another time.

Here is the simple quilt I mocked up.  

I figured if I upped my original plan from 

1 block a day to 2 blocks a day I could have it done in about a month.

(And if you're going to go to all the effort to pull out fabric and cut said fabric - 

you might as well make more than 1 block.  

But I still wanted to keep this a quick, daily project.)

This quilt finishes at 60-1/2" x 75-1/2".

Here's my plan:

Make: 2 Star blocks a day

Start date: 4/18/22

End date: 5/18/22

Total Star blocks: 63 

(1 is extra - could use as a label on the back?)

Materials needed for the above layout:

Cream background and sashing rectangles: 2-1/2 yards

Tan background, sashing squares, and borders: 2-1/8 yards

Assorted bright prints: approximately 2-1/4 yards

Binding: 5/8 yard

Backing: 4-1/4 yards

Batting: 68” x 83”

Click HERE for the very simple instructions.

Oh, and I just decided I will try to do a lot of the cutting prior to next Monday.

That will make it a lot easier to sew 2 blocks a day!

If you decide to join me on this project, tag me on Instagram @gigis_thimble.  

Be sure to use the hashtags #gigisthimblepattern and #twostarsadayquilt when posting 

about this quilt so I don’t miss your version.

I hope you'll join me and I can't wait to see what you make with your Star blocks!

Let me know if you have any questions and if you want to see the finished quilt click HERE.