The search began

 because I was bringing all my magazines upstairs I decided to go through them and flag the quilts that I'm interested in making someday.  Fun project.

Then I decided I wanted to make plans for the new year.  So instead of showing all my finishes from last year I thought I'd share some of the ideas I have for next year.  There is nothing set in stone here but it was a big surprise how many star quilts I picked out.

I started out with my Tilda fat quarters.  I have 20 from the Old Rose Collection and 6 from the Jubilee Collection.  I decided it was time to make something out of them and not just admire them every six months and then put them away.  I was having a hard time because Tilda kinda has to go with Tilda.  It doesn't look as pretty with other fabrics.

I couldn't find anything that warmed my heart so I went on to the other fabrics.

Next we come to Star Attraction.  I have wanted to make this quilt since I first saw it in American Patchwork & Quilting October 2006.  My daughter has become quite interested in dying fabric so we've talked about it a lot and she has experimented with a number of leaves and roots.  I decided I would make this quilt out of all my madders.  Do you remember when Barbara Brackman did this a few years ago? 

Well, I collected my madder fabric and realized how saturated with color they are.  One of the reasons I wanted to make this Star Attraction quilt was because of the many soft colors and the print background.

So I decided to put this quilt on hold and I would look for another pattern.

This is what I came up with from Edyta Sitar's book A Patch of Blue.   The stars will finish at 4 inches.

This isn't one of the stars (not a madder), it's just a trial block.

Here are some of the fabrics I have picked out.

I need 127 stars and I found enough madders (I'm adding a few blues for interest) so I can make 2 stars out of each fabric.  I haven't decided whether the background will be Kona Snow or muslin.

While I was cutting out the fabrics I came across this piece and something I've never seen before.  This is a picture of the front and back of the fabric.  Did the manufacturer use a previously printed fabric to make the brown print?  Curious.

Some of the other pieces in my stash that I was considering were pieces of older fabrics I've had for a long long time.

This is the Say it Flowers line by Bannock & Patek.

And this one is a Laurel Burch horse line that comes with a panel.

I couldn't find anything that warmed my heart with either of these lines.  But, they're great fabrics.

I did find another star pattern (of course) that I want to make with a curated collection of Art Gallery fabrics.

Aren't those fabric beautiful?  This pattern is from American Patchwork & Quilting  October 2015.  I saw it on LaLaDees (Laura) podcast on youtube and was able to find a back issue of AP&Q on Etsy.  It's a beautiful quilt.

I've also got a 1930's quilt on my "To Do" list for 2026 along with a "Gone to Texas quilt" pattern from Betsy Chutchian and finishing my "Birds in a Row quilt.  But the birds quilt is one of those projects I work on as the idea for the next border strikes my fancy so it may not get done for years.  (I'm running out of time -ha!)

The only one of these quilts that will be made for sure is the Madder quilt.  I've got 20 of the 127 stars cut out and the enthusiasm is there.

I hope the new year finds you with new enthusiasm for your projects too.

Robin

Be sure to look for the Wolf Supermoon tonight.  This was last night before the clouds completely obscured it.