Ombré Starling Quilt Pattern Variation

Ombré Starling Quilt pattern variation tutorial - use fat quarters! suzyquilts.com

The Starling quilt pattern is now available! It is a joyful explosion of color and texture, a great excuse to use all sorts of gorgeous fabrics together randomly scattered throughout the quilt. Hello! My name is Lilo and I am the creator of Trace Creek Quilting.

When working through the test phase of this pattern, my good friend Sarah and I started to wonder what it might look like if we organized the colors rather than randomly scattering them throughout the quilt. I did a tad bit of math, she made some mock-ups, and BAM! We came up with an ombré Starling layout that can be changed using any colors you like!

At first glance, you might think it is a different quilt pattern altogether, but with just a few adjustments to the fabric quantities, and some color organization, Starling comes together without a hitch using the same instructions from the pattern. The math and instructions are to make an ombré throw size Starling quilt. Join me!

How to Make an Ombré Starling Quilt

The first thing Sarah and I did was view the throw quilt as a collection of 9 columns. The columns are broken down in the diagram below. The columns repeat across the quilt moving from left to right. All of the odd numbered columns use the same combination of blocks, and the even numbered columns use the same combination of blocks.

Starling Ombré Fabric

For the most visually stunning ombré Starling quilt, select 9 colors that fade from one to the next as well as a contrasting background fabric. Kits for the warm and cool quilts pictured in this post are available from Sarah Made.

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Beautiful blue and red ombre modern quilts

I quilted both of these quilts using edge-to-edge pantographs. The cool quilt uses the Bubble Clams panto by Sew Shabby Quilting. The warm quilt uses the Abundance panto is from Urban Elementz.

The blue ombre Starling quilt pattern is fat quarter and layer cake friendly. It's a modern take on a classically traditional star quilt. suzyquilts.com
Ombré Starling Quilt pattern variation - use fat quarters! suzyquilts.com

The pantograph in this cool ombré Starling quilt is called Bubble Clams.

Cool Ombré Starling

  1. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Zambia Stone
  2. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Swimming Pool
  3. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Ocean Waves
  4. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Warm Wave
  5. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Cozumel Blue
  6. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Tender Green
  7. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Ocean
  8. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Fresh Sage
  9. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Patina Green
  10. 2 1/4 yd (Background) - PURE Solids in Creme de la Creme

Warm Ombré Starling

  1. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Georgia Peach
  2. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Terracotta Tile
  3. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Sienna Brick
  4. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Tiger Lily
  5. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Aurora Red
  6. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Miami Sunset
  7. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Grapefruit
  8. 1 FQ - PURE Solids in Bewitched
  9. 1/3 yd - PURE Solids in Mauvelous
  10. 2 1/4 yd (Background) - PURE Solids in Creme de la Creme
Red to lavender ombre Starling quilt. suzyquilts.com
The red ombre Starling quilt pattern is fat quarter and layer cake friendly. It's a modern take on a classically traditional star quilt. suzyquilts.com

The pantograph in this warm ombré Starling quilt is called Abundance.

Red to lavender ombre Starling quilt. suzyquilts.com

Once you have your fabrics selected, place them in order from 1-9 and label them. You will need 1/3 yard for all the odd numbered colors, and a Fat Quarter or 10 1/4" x WOF cut for all the even numbered colors. Your Background quantity will remain the same as is listed in the pattern.

From all of the odd numbered fabrics, cut (2) b pieces to construct the appropriate number of flying geese, and (4) a pieces for the square-in-square units. From all of the even numbered colors, cut (1) b piece for your flying geese and (8) c pieces.

Cut your Background fabric as instructed in the Starling pattern. Use the pattern instructions to construct the flying geese and square-in-square units.  

Once you have all of your blocks constructed, and using our examples as a guide, lay the blocks out in a space where you can see it all together as a quilt top. Make sure all your flying geese are turned the right way!

Once you reach this point in the process you can piece your blocks together as the pattern instructs, or, as I preferred, you can try Suzy’s chain piecing method. Quilt and bind your gorgeous ombré Starling quilt as desired. We have had a great time creating these variations and we can’t wait to see what you create! 

Post photos of your quilt and tag us using #StarlingQuilt and #SuzyQuiltsPatterns on social media so we can see your version! 

Ombré Starling Quilt pattern variation - use fat quarters! suzyquilts.com

7 thoughts on “Ombré Starling Quilt Pattern Variation

  1. Kerrlita Westrick says:

    Are there yardage numbers for the ombre quilt for the queen size available? or do you just add two more colors and use the yardage on the chart?

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