Twinkle Mini from Vintage Quilt Revival

Here's a quick, fun little project from Vintage Quilt Revival—my Twinkle Mini Quilt.

If you've been following my blog for a while, you know "wonky" quilts don't come naturally to me. I've done a few of them recently anyway, and while I'm starting to get better at it, I don't think it will ever be my first choice in block-piecing styles. But when Faith, Katie and I sat down to design the quilts for Vintage Quilt Revival, we felt like we would be remiss if we didn't include at least one wonky take on traditional quilt blocks. The Gee's Bend quilts have been so influential in the modern quilting community, and I'm a huge admirer of those quilts, so it seemed like no "modern spin on traditional" book would be complete without it.

So I broke out of my comfort zone to make this little mini, using the traditional Dove at the Window block. Because star blocks just beg to be made wonky, don't they? Wonkiness seems to give them extra twinkle. If you're like me and are uncomfortable with wonkiness, I've got some tips in the "Design Notes" section of this chapter for dealing with your fear.

I finished it off with some concentric circle quilting that spiraled outward from the center. Love the look, but this was the quilt that made me vow never to do this kind of quilting on anything larger than this. LOL.