Big Sky Star Quilt

The Big Sky Star quilt pattern by Plains and Pine has been on my Quilt "Bucket List" since I saw it. I bought the pattern (and the matching sticker - it's on my pattern cabinet) while back. 

When I received the Froth and Bubble Collection by One Sister Designs for Henry Glass Fabrics as my January Ambassador project for Jaftex, I knew it would be perfect for the Big Sky Star quilt pattern. The colors reminded me of the cover quilt on the pattern. 

The Big Sky Star pattern cover quilt is a scrappy version of the pattern. The Froth & Bubble collection was huge! It contains 28 SKUs and I received 25 of them. 

I knew the only way to really show off that many different fabrics in one project was going to be making a scrappy something. I could have split the fabrics into two separate projects, but I don't have that much free time to try to attempt two complete quilts in less than a month. 

The Froth and Bubble Collection has so many different prints and colors. Some really didn't feel like they went with the rest of the collection. There's one purple print and it felt like an outlier, but I worked it into my quilt and it looks beautiful.  

What does Froth & Bubble mean? I have no idea! Some of the prints have words on them and I wasn't very fond of these. I prefer prints without words written on them unless the  words really add to the design. 

This quilt pattern was fairly easy to follow, but not so easy to actually make. I redid many pieces over and over, and left many seams that are "off". I figure if you can't spot it easily from 10 feet, then it's all good. 

Plus, I find that once you quilt it and wash it, it hides all those sewing sins. 

I quilted this on my Tin Lizzie and used the free "Wild Cherries" pantograph from Urban Elementz.  I scaled the design a bit big as I like something that quilts fast and isn't too dense. I feel like quilting that has a looser spacing gives the quilt more drape

I definitely learned a lot making this Big Sky Star quilt that I'll take into consideration when I make it again. I found that I liked the fabrics arranged in a certain way for the scrappy layout and will be more mindful of layout next time. 

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