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If there was ever a year to wish on a falling star….this would be it!   

Wish is my newest pattern, and it might just top the list as my brightest quilt yet.  

When planning out this quilt I started with a dark background and moody golds and yellows…but then I saw these True Color fabrics by Tula Pink and dropped everything!  They are saturated and whimsical…perfect for shooting stars. 

This quilt can be made with all fat quarters, or you can use a jelly roll for the star tails and fat quarters for the star.  One jelly roll + 4 fat quarters and a background will make a Throw size.  

This quilt would be great for a beginner with some experience piecing angled seams.  The blocks are big, and only 15 blocks make up the throw size. 

Of course I also used Diagonal Seam Tape which makes these blocks a billion times (or so) faster to sew. 

I used my favorite white as the background, Bella Solids 9900-200 Off White (it’s not really off white…I’d call it more a creamy white in person).   

I sent this quilt to Knot and Thread Design so she could quilt it with a shooting star design.   

It’s hard to see in a photo but it’s perfect!   

Wouldn’t this quilt be perfect for a teenage girl?  I don’t think it’s too “young” looking…but then again I haven’t been a teenager for a very long time! 

Here’s a mockup of a night sky version I was planning…I love it even more with a dark background and lots of pretty golds.  

I’m finishing up a Christmas version of this pattern I’ll share next week, it’s SO GOOD!!

The Wish pattern can be found here as  PDF and here as  Paper pattern.  

THANK YOU for visiting my blog or reading my emails, and for your encouragement and support.  I love this community, it’s been such a huge part of my life and I’m so grateful for each of you.  

Last year I made my son a bat quilt, and I’ve been planning a colorful version ever since. 

I used the Bats pattern I wrote last year, and a variety of bright basic fabrics. 

The background bones fabric (isn’t that cute?!) is from the line Scaredy Cat by Riley Blake.  It’s getting tricky to find now, but I bet brick and mortar shops might have it.    

This lime bat was my favorite of the bunch…and you can see I placed it smack dab in the middle of the quilt.

These blocks go together SO fast with Diagonal Seam Tape, and you can checkout a super quick video of me making one of these Bat blocks with it here.  

I quilted this one myself in a swirly pattern.  I dragged my feet to quilt it for a few weeks and then once I finally made myself get started, it only took me a couple of hours or so. 

I love the quilting part….but I will procrastinate making a backing and basting the quilt foreeeeeever. 

I backed it with the blue plaid from my Backyard Blooms fabric, and bound it with a pink stripe.

Now it’s draped over Sophie’s bed and she’s happy as a clam with her Halloween quilt in non-Halloween colors.  

Here’s the one I made last year for Ryan:  

His is definitely more Halloween-ish….but hers is so fun with all the color!   Bat quilt pattern can be found here.  

Have a great day!  -Allison