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Crayon Box Star Quilt

Posted on July 4, 2020January 12, 2021

I was looking for an easy simple project this past week. I was on vacation and wanted to do something that would be fun. No fussy small pieces or new to me techniques. So as you can likely guess, I spent most of the day surfing Pinterest, blogs and didn’t find anything I liked for quite some time. Then I remembered I’d made this star quilt many years ago:

Antonio's Star Quilt from Quiltmaker Magazine

Perfect I thought I’ll make that again (Antonio’s Star Quilt from Quiltmaker Sept/Oct 2000 by Caroline Reardon).

I was in a cheerful mood so I decided on bright crayon colours. And after much digging through the stash I found a dotty black material which I thought would be perfect with it. After some auditioning, I chose green, red, blue and yellow as my colours.  I also thought I would put half square triangles in the outer border surrounding the corners and decided to add purple for these.

I started cutting and soon realised I didn’t have enough of the black dotty material or the green material to do what I wanted to do. Rather than give up, I took out the crayons and graph paper and came up with a plan. I also found a co-coordinating green material in my stash.

star quilt sketch

This is what I ended up coming up with when all was said and done.

star quilt layout

While I liked it, I  still played around with some of the blocks and came up with this other layout.

Another star quilt layout

I liked this layout even better and went with it.

Comparing the original star quilt with the one I just made: 

Antonio's Star

It’s looking very different from the original quilt but I’m happy with it! I’m calling it my Crayon Box Star Quilt. I found a backing for it in my stash that works with it very well. I’ve also found some batting cutoffs that will work nicely when I’m ready to quilt it!

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18 thoughts on “Crayon Box Star Quilt”

  1. Elle says:
    July 4, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    Cute Cute!!!!

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  2. Anorina Morris says:
    July 5, 2020 at 7:40 pm

    So bright and fun! I need to make a couple of baby quilts – love this idea.

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  3. Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts says:
    July 6, 2020 at 9:02 am

    That’s a bright and colorful quilt. Love the name! Thanks for sharing your fun project on MCM!

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  4. Denise says:
    July 6, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Oh yes, this version is so pretty.

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  5. Afton Warrick says:
    July 6, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    Wow! that’s a vibrant, cheery quilt. I do the whole “find out I don’t have enough fabric for my idea after the fact” thing pretty often. It can be fun to improvise, which you did quite well.

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  6. Dione says:
    July 7, 2020 at 9:10 pm

    Amazing how a few tweaks and different colours make a completely different quilt. Love this, it is so bright and cheery. And I totally agree with your last minute layout changes, the final version is really coherent and fun to look at. Looks like it was always designed to be that way! 😀 Thanks for linking up to the Chameleon’s Colour & Inspiration party.

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  7. Nann says:
    July 8, 2020 at 9:01 am

    Your variation is nice — I like the way the purple HSTs pull the view outward. Nice job!

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  8. Angela Grasse says:
    July 8, 2020 at 9:46 am

    So bright and cheery! Love it!

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  9. Michele@crayonboxquiltstudio says:
    July 10, 2020 at 7:09 am

    Great use of color!

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  10. Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty says:
    July 10, 2020 at 7:13 am

    It must have been fun working with such brilliant colors — perfect for vacation sewing!

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  11. Chantal L. says:
    July 10, 2020 at 8:23 am

    Prefer this version. Very vibrant and happy. Congrats. ;^)

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  12. Kate says:
    July 10, 2020 at 8:55 am

    A very bright and fun finish. It’s always so cool to see how changing the layout and colors makes a pattern look so different.

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  13. Andrée G Faubert says:
    July 10, 2020 at 5:38 pm

    Hi! What a difference fabric can make. I absolutely love the colours. Crayon box is a perfect name. I hope you had a fun holiday making it. Take care.

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  14. The Joyful Quilter says:
    July 10, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    What a difference fabric choices and color placement can make!!

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  15. Snowcatcher says:
    July 10, 2020 at 7:37 pm

    This turned out so great! Love the colors and improvisation you chose. Terrific finish!

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  16. Marly says:
    July 12, 2020 at 9:52 am

    Lovely: super saturated colour!

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  17. Frédérique says:
    July 12, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    Bright and beautiful!
    Thank you for sharing and linking up!

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  18. Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter says:
    July 15, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Sometimes life gives us lemons and man did you make lemonade! Such a pretty quilt. Although you didn’t have enough of that black, you really made it work! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.

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