Alien Invasion Quilt

When my sons were younger and played sports, we would travel all over the area to various games.  I loved it when they played in the town with the big quilt shop!  One Saturday during basketball season, my youngest son and I stopped in that shop, and he picked out a charm pack called 'Alien Invasion' by Amy Bradley for Moda.  He liked the designs, but we didn't really have a plan for it at that time.  

Later on we decided on a pattern (Charming Stars from www.modabakeshop.com) and that summer we ended up getting three more charm packs so I could make a twin-sized quilt for his bed.  He picked out turquoise for the sashing and stars, which is not what I would have chosen, but I think it looks better than anything I would have used.

I did echo quilting inside the stars and just stitched in the ditch on the rest.  I probably started this quilt sometime in 2011.  My son actually gave me a deadline:  he wanted this done by the time he turned 12!  It was finished one month early, in April of 2012.

I used the leftover charms on the back:  I sewed them in a long row and used that between two lengths of yardage of a dark blue print.

Later on I ended up finding more of this fabric in another shop and made him a pillowcase to match.

This is the biggest quilt I've made so far.