Star Layer Cake Quilt

Hello everyone! 

I just want to share the quilt I made for my Mom who celebrated her 50th birthday back in July.

I made half square triangles using the Missouri Star Quilting Co. way. 

I think these stars are called Hunter stars but I'm not sure I know I saw them online and I loved the idea.


My Mom loves purple.


So I was able to make 4 large stars and 5 diamonds out of the layer cake. You could also do pinwheels or another design but in the end I believe I used all of the fabric from the layer cake. The border and the 4 plain large squares I made by just cutting some yardage. The extra fabric did not go with the line, the fabric was just a similar type of batik that I found at my local shop.



You can see below I just used a bunch of scraps and other fabric I had on hand already to make the back. I don't really see the point of matching the back except maybe if you want your quilts to be reversible.



I just used some quilting pins to baste the quilt. I rolled the edge as I went along with the safety pins.



Time to quilt it...



I decided to just go around the stars and the diamonds. I then hand tied the centers and other places like the plain squares just putting the ties in the middle and I believe I evenly spaced 3 ties along the top border and another 3 on the bottom.



Again I always use a two inch strips sewn together on the diagonal with my quarter inch foot. I leave space before I start and after I end to sew the ends together. I over lap the two pieces two inches because they are two inch strips and then I sew them together diagonally, pictured above, to join them. You can find videos on how to join the binding this way on YouTube. That's how I taught myself.

The quilt was about a full size but a little under maybe. I'm slightly taller than my Mom so I was able to lay under it with it covering my feet nicely.
My Mom said she loves it and sleeps with it every night. I'm just happy she likes it.