Hello! Hello! Welcome to the final Quilt Block Mania of 2024!
It's bee a while since I created a block, but I had such a fun idea for this month, that I had to participate. The theme this month is sparkle, which seems like an easy choice for the wintery holiday season. When I thought of places in the US that had "sparkle" I immediately thought of the Aurora Borealis. While it is most visible in Alaska, it has made its way to North Carolina a couple of times this year.
When thinking about how to construct the block, I knew I wanted something that had waves of light across a solid background. I had a lot of orphan half square triangles in my stash. The jewel tones of the fabrics were perfect for this block, although I do think a darker background would be beautiful. After playing around with the units, I came up with the fun wavy block and Aurora was born.
The pattern uses two colors of fabric and shows how to make 16-at-a-time half square triangles. You can certainly use scrappier fabrics like I did in my test block, but the two color version can be really cool and comes together very quickly with the 16-at-a-time method.
Even better, look how cool the quilt is if you make several blocks!
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Don't forget to check out the other beautiful sparkle blocks by these amazing designers!
Sparkle Heart by Carolina Moore
Sparkly Star by Patchwork Breeze
Diamond Ring by Crafty Staci
Stellar by Inquiring Quilter
Sparkle Star by Scrapdash
Snowflake by QuiltFabrication
Starburst by Patti's Patchwork
Tree by Tourmaline & Thyme Quilts
Sparkle with San Diego Sewn
Aurora by Emerald Falls Quilts
Twinkle Twinkle by Epida Studio
Sparkly Ohio Star by Oh Kaye Quilting
Crown by Appliques Quilts and More
Sparkly Christmas Bell by Around the Bobbin
Prismatic Points
