GO! Born to Shine Quilt and Free Pattern!!!

I am so excited to share a new finish today!!! I have loved this quilt from the moment I finished designing it and I love the actual quilt all the more!!!   I just love combining AccuQuilt BOB Dies and when the new new GO! Enigma Star Die, was released, I knew it would pair perfectly with the GO! Tangled Star Die ;)   I mean, who doesn't love all the stars!!!   And then putting the blocks on point, so great!!    So this is Born To Shine and there is a  free PDF Pattern for it, that you can download right here :) 

I used some beautiful Sparkler Basics by Riley Blake  in  Bear Lake, Navy, and White.  I was going for an "all boy look" for this baby quilt (oh, and an all girl one is in the works ;)    I just love the navy setting triangles, they really make the rest of the design pop and gives it a lot of movement ;)   And you know that I love the little bit of metallic in all of the Sparkler Basics, because ya gotta love shiny!!!  

  The Born to Shine Quilt finishes at 42" x 42" so it is a great baby size quilt.   It uses 2 blocks set on point, and of course, cutting them with the AccuQuilt BOB Dies makes it super fast.   Then it was just super happy piecing from that point.   And the layout of the blocks adds such a cool secondary design in the center of the quilt, it almost looks like curved piecing ;)  

  Below is a list of the dies I used, see which ones you already have in your die library and maybe add a few more ;)           

PIECING DIES

GO! Enigma Star10" Finished BOB Die (56427)

GO! Tangled Star 10" Finished BOB Die (55543)   

 GO! Setting Triangles 10" Finished BOB Die (55553)

   GO! Strip Cutter-2-1/2” (2” Finished) (55017) - Binding

And when it came time to quilt it, I wanted to do something with lots of curves and flow to accent all of the points in the piecing.   So I opted for a large swirls.  It's always a favorite and adds such yummy texture and movement.  Just so pretty!!!  

And that is my Born to Shine Quilt!  I hope you love it as much as I do ;)   Isn't this picture AccuQuilt took of it just so great!!!  I love seeing it styled in a home setting.    And if you want to make your own, you can download the free PDF Born to Shine Quilt Pattern Here.   And when you are done I would love to see it!!!    You can share a picture on social media with #happyquiltingwithmc and tag me at @happyquiltingmc or you can always email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.  I can't wait to see your Born to Shine Quilts!

Oh, and two fun little side notes . . . if you want to see this shared on YouTube, you can visit the Die Launch video.  It is shared towards the end of the show at 52:00 minutes in :)  And the second side note that I am so very excited about . . . Guess what design is on the packaging of the GO! Enigma Star Die. . . .Yup, GO! Born to Shine :)   Eeekkk, so very exciting :)  

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!