Cartamodello quilt Starly di Fran Gulick

The secondary design that appears when the blocks are laid side by side is pure magic—it’s like the quilt changes every time you look at it. Big blocks meant the piecing went faster than I expected, and the instructions were clear enough that I didn’t second-guess a single seam.

The way the star blocks connect to create that secondary design is really clever—it made the whole top come together faster than I expected. I used fat quarters and the big blocks were super forgiving for a confident beginner like me.

The way each star block links to its neighbor to form that secondary design is pure magic — I kept laying out pieces just to watch it come together. Fran's instructions are clear enough that even my first big-block project felt totally manageable.