All My Flakey Friends

 Recently I purchased a curated Fat Quarter bundle of the Perfect Winter fabric line at The Quilt Shop at Christensen's in Richfield UT.  The fabric was designed by Lori Whitlock.  I then found the free pattern for the Winter Cheer Panel Quilt on the Riley Blake Designs website using the Winter Cheer Panel which was sold separately.  I really like the star blocks used in this pattern for the alternate blocks.

I used a piece of interfacing to draw out the pieces needed to make the star block.  This helped me make sure I had all of the units to create the block.  I think I will start doing this on blocks that have multiple small units.  I got the idea from a gal at the Heritage Quilt Festival last year.  Wish I could remember her name to give her full credit.

The quilt finished at 59 1/2" x 59 1/2".  I used some fabric from Timeless Treasures for the backing which worked out so well for this project.  I changed the fabric in the small border in order to utilize the strips that were cut away from the panel blocks.  I just needed a Fat Quarter of the same fabric from my bundle to make the size needed.

I quilted this one with an edge to edge pantograph called Coquina from Urban Elementz using Glide Thread in the color Mercury.  I cut the plaid/gingham fabric on the bias for the binding.  

I called this one "All My Flakey Friends".