Okay I finally managed to wrangle the Starry Night quilt top enough to get some photos. I must admit there are a few strangling pieces of paper still attached to the back…
but I promised a reveal today so here goes…
As you know, if you have followed this quilts progress, I did not have a plan of how to put this together. I just went with the flow, putting pieces up on the design wall and jigsawing the blocks into a top (a technical maneuver I do not want to attempt again!).
My design wall was too small for it, so I had pieces hanging off the wall and laying on the floor….
My first step was to arrange the star blocks in a rough layout that made sure that they were as evenly distributed and as balanced as I could get them.
I carefully placed the bigger stars around the quilt making sure that the fractured stars were separated as well as the ringed stars. I wanted the eye to move around the top exploring and I felt this was the best way to do it.
I then I placed the smaller stars in the gaps!
Finally I just filled all the spaces with scrappy blue blocks… and voila… you have a finished quilt top. A scrappy, random, crazy quilt top.
WOMBAT QUILTS 
Breath taking!!!! What amazing work.
Thanks Yanic. I must admit I am a little tired of seeing it so it is nice to have fresh eyes remind me that it was worth the hard work.
Stunning!
WOW! You are so creative. The stars are stunning. Thanks for inspiration.
Beautiful!!
Woot woot all the way from Sweden! Love this! The sparkly deep blues, all the different stars, and the whole thing! I’ve been looking forward to seeing it down 😀
Wow! And wow! Again how beautiful this is gorgeous I absolutely love it an amazing work of art, you should feel very proud of yourself quilty hugs
Love it, looks amazing!
I love this so much! I think you really accomplished your goal of getting the eye to naturally roam around the quilt top taking in the beauty of the stars with your layout.
It is stunning! An amazing piece of work. It is complicated and simple all at the same time — can’t stop looking.
Beautiful!!! You did an amazing job!
It’s wonderful!
Hey Cath, it’s an amazing and inspiring top. Everyone can now “I spy my favorite star” 🙂 Love Mell
There are no words for how much I adore this.
This really is amazing! I’m in awe. Lovely work, well worth the effort!!
Wow. Just . . . wow.
It’s just stunning! What fabulous work.
I love the crazy pieced background. Very striking and much more interesting to look at than a plain, single-fabric background.
I have watched this quilt develop, loving each new block along the way. I never could have imagined a quilt so beautiful. I hope you are considering entering this in some national quilt shows, as I believe it’s most definitely able to be a contender for a winning quilt. You have put so much time and effort into it, and I’m so excited you have such a wonderful finish. CDahlgren at live dot com
It’s absolutely stunning! My gavotte star is the little one that looks a bit like a sun. Are you planning to keep this for yourself?
This quilt is definitely staying with me…until I get sick of it!
Oh my. You are a true artist. I am in awe.
Breathtaking, I love it!
Wonderful, love the scrappy look. 🙂
what a gorgeous quilt – love the crazy background – makes those stars really sparkle !
Amazing! Wow!!!
A scrappy, marvellous, random, fabulous, serendipitous and totally beautiful quilt… Mr Wombat is right, this one should stay home. I’m totally impressed and lost in admiration for your creativity and patience with this epic!
Who knew I had it in me to be so patient! Actually I was really just being stubborn about the whole thing.
Just gorgeous love your colour choices so dramatic
Oh it is just gorgeous! I love the movement of all the blocks and fabrics. My eyes were definitely moving around the quilt, there are so many little details to explore!
It turned out fabulous–really pretty and unique!
The background may have been a pain to do, but it sure looks good! And yes, my eye roams over the quilt. Seems a Quiltcon type quilt.
My next step is to try and convince Rachel at 2nd Avenue Studios to quilt it for me. Then it will be show ready.
Make that a GORGEOUSLY scrappy, random, crazy quilt top!
Oh, how I wish I could see this quilt in person. The pics online are fabulous, so I can only imagine how much more lovely it is when you can see it up close. Awesome job here.
I will be bringing it to the next PMQG meeting if you are in town!
Woohoo! I’ve been waiting for this top’s day in the sun! (Or moon as the case may be!) It looks stunning, and is a show stopper for sure. Good things come to those who wait!
Too funny. I am glad it is done…now over to a long armer to finish.
Love that blue and am so glad to see this top finished. I’m thinking through a similar one for my son. Can’t wait to see what it looks like once it’s quilted!
It’s beautiful, even better than I imagined.
Wow! What a stunning top! Those stars are all so cool, and the scrappy background sets them off perfectly.
Simply glorious! Love how you created negative blue space to give the stars room to show off!
That is fantastic!! What an achievement
Oh WOW, it’s so beautiful!!! I really adore this! Did you use up your entire navy/royal blue stash? 😀
Not all my blues are gone…and some fabulous Guild friends have given me some wonderful scraps to replenish my stocks.
This is beautiful!
Beautiful – lovely to see it finally finished – well done 🙂
Fabulous, stunning, astonishing, spectacular… I can’t think of enough adjectives to describe how awesome this quilt is! It is my new favorite quilt to look at. Beautiful!!
Your Starry Night quilt is gorgeous!! I love how the bright stars pop out of the dark scrappy background. It really is beautiful. :o)
I have watched the progress of your stars from the beginning and I am totally impressed by your quilt. I have three stars done from last year and none from this year. You have inspired me to get back to work. Congratulations on your beautiful layout.
Love it! What is the finished size? It looks quite large.
Wow, that is gorgeous! I love that all the stars are floating in such scrappy goodness!
This is jaw dropping gorgeous. You are not allowed to get sick of it or rehome it. Period.
This one is just scrappy crazy amazingness! Great job, I am in awe of your work. You should enter it into a contest it’s that great!
Wow! A fabulous quilt. It all sparkles! Crazy blues are so alive! Brilliant!
Well it was a long time coming but definitely worth the wait . . . this is beautiful!! Looks great with the light shining through it too. I think you should enter this in a show with a description of your process. I believe it’s ribbon worthy!
I absolutely adore this quilt top! So breathtaking. I just want to keep looking at it.