Since time immemorial, people have seemed to the sky and the celebs as a strategy to make sense of life right here on earth. Whether or not it’s used to navigate the path to journey, uncover hidden secrets and techniques ourselves and the universe, or just to dazzle the eyes a transparent, starry evening, the sky, and the evening sky specifically, continues to instruct, encourage, and combine us into the broader universe. Even after millennia, their attract remains to be as robust and mysterious as ever.

As quilters, we’re consistently drawing inspiration from every little thing round us; stars and suns particularly have a large and different illustration in quilting designs—and on this challenge, we’re celebrating that affect. With summer time simply across the nook, we’re planning to be outdoors to take pleasure in it and collect inspiration for our subsequent quilt undertaking. Sunny days full of gentle, pleasure, and potentialities, and starry nights filled with surprise, promise, and calm magnificence.

Take Me to the River by Kari Mathews

To get into the spirit of lengthy summer time days, come together with Take Me to The River by Kari Mathews, an homage to lengthy, calm hours spent by the water together with your fishing gear.

Chromasun by Susan Deshensky

Bask within the glow of Chromasun by Susan Deshensky, a stunning basis pieced pillow cowl, which might simply be changed into a bigger undertaking because of our handy alternate dimension chart.

Starburst by Carol Moellers

As for quilts impressed by stars and the cosmos, they’re glowing and twinkling all through these pages! Our cowl quilt, Starburst by Carol Moellers, dazzles the senses with its dynamic mixture of shade, form, and print.

Spinning Sky by Joanie Holton.

Spinning Sky by Joanie Holton creates motion and curiosity with 3 distinctive patchwork blocks.

Glowing Daybreak by Megan Finest

Glowing Daybreak by Megan Finest is a modern-style throw with type to spare, in a reasonably purple gradient.

Nova by Gail Sheppard

Nova by Gail Sheppard is an easy-to-sew, scrap-friendly undertaking that has a pleasant, dramatic look.

Starry Sampler by Scott Flanagan

Make a plan to remain in a starry way of thinking for an prolonged time with our new collection quilt, Starry Sampler from Scott Flanagan, a shocking, stellar design filled with attention-grabbing star blocks in a number of sizes. The three-part collection quilt will wrap up in our September/October 2023 challenge. I’ll be working by myself model of this spectacular quilt and we’ll be sharing a couple of enjoyable method movies for it right here on QuiltingDaily.com.

And ensure to scan the QR code on the final web page of the difficulty to entry the obtain for the Galaxy sample by Konda Luckau, which is obtainable to our readers totally free for a restricted time.

So, let’s sew ourselves a home made heaven, filled with suns, stars, and celestial gentle! Glad quilting!

Gigi Levsen
Editor, McCall’s Quilting