A Bluestocking Knits

"Night Light" quilt, designed by Joy Hoffman (the pattern seems to be more-easily found under its original title of "Shimmer").  I used fabrics from Pam Buda's "Forevermore" and Jeanne Horton's "Country Soiree" collections, augmented by a blue and cream print I had in my stash, and Kona Cotton solids in Delft and Cadet blues, and Bone for the solid stars.  It was both a challenge and fun to make, sometimes both together, and after I settled into a rhythm, I quite enjoyed my first experience of hand-quilting (which is a simple outline of the stars and along-the-seams). 

I think if I were to make this again — and I wouldn't write off that possibility — I would be daring enough to try working out how to make that set of star points that uses a pair of half-rectangle triangles with one piece of the patterned fabric, so that there isn't a seam through the middle of it.  I almost wish that the smaller stars were "wonky" too …