baby sparkle punch

I wanted to make a quilt for a friend of mine who just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. And, since I love the look of wonky stars but never really made a quilt using just this one block, I decided to give Sparkle Punch a try.

Did you know that Sparkle Punch really starts out with the same layout as a Plus Quilt would? How cool is that?

I decided to use pink, green, light blue, and gray print fabric for the stars and Kona white for the background.

 

I loved that there was no precise measuring required, it's the wonkiness that makes these stars so charming, after all. However, making this quilt top was more time consuming than I expected - it's all that pressing and trimming after each seam.

But, time consuming or not, I like how it turned out. I think it would make a very nice baby boy quilt, too.  Just in different colors, of course.

 

I pieced the back using some coordinating fabric from my stash. I did some simple straight line quilting and finished this beauty off using pink and blue fabric for the binding.

Finished size of this quilt is 40" x 40". If you are interested in making your own Sparkle Punch quilt, you can find fantastic instructions by Elizabeth Hartman here.

Hope you all are having a wonderful day. Svetlana