Month 1 - July 2011 - Star

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General description of block:  This is a nine patch block with trisected corners. It resembles an Ohio Star with a Square in a Square center. It uses all five fabrics selected.

Cutting directions: (29 pieces)

FQG - dark and light are referring to your "kit" fabric. 

• Navy Pin Dot (dark)- cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.

• Kona Butter (light) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.

FQG - from your stash select some Red, White, and Blue scraps

• White (background fabric) -
• Cut 1, 5 1/4 square. Sub-cut this diagonally twice into 4 small triangles.
• Cut 2, 5 1/4 squares. Sub-cut these diagonally once into 2 large triangles each for a total of 4 large triangles.

• Blue (1st contrasting) -
• Cut 1, 4 ½ inch square.
• Cut 2, 5 1/4 inch squares. Sub-cut these diagonally twice into 4 small triangles each for a total of 8 small triangles.

• Red (2nd contrasting) -
• Cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this diagonally twice into 4 small triangles.

Piecing directions:

• Corners -
•  This part will make or break the secondary pattern.  Be very careful to follow these instructions completely.   Sew one dark and one light small triangle together to make a large triangle in which the dark side is to the right when the triangle is viewed with it's longest side down. Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open. Make 4. Be careful to sew each set in the same order. The finished large triangles should be identical.
• Sew these large triangles to the large white (background) triangles to make 4 squares. Iron seams open. Trim to 4 ½ inches square.

• Sides -
• Sew 4 small blue (1st contrasting) triangles to small white (background) triangles making 8 large triangles. Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams toward the white (background) fabric. The finished large triangles should be identical.
• Sew 4 small blue (1st contrasting) triangles to small red (2nd contrasting) triangles. Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams toward the red (2nd contrasting) fabric. The finished large triangles should be identical.
• Snuggle seam allowances together (they should be going in opposite directions) and pin at seam. Sew large triangles, in pairs, to create 4, 4 ½ inch squares. These squares should have an “hour glasses” of blue (1st contrasting) fabric. The other two sides of the squares should not match each other. Being careful not to warp the triangles, pop center stitch and iron seams in a spiral. All 4 squares should be identical.
• Trim squares to 4 ½ inches.

• Block -

•  Row 1 & 3 - Corner square, with white (background) fabric to the right; side square, with red (2nd contrasting) triangle pointing up; corner square, with white (background) fabric to the left.
• Row 2 - side square, with red (2nd contrasting) triangle pointing to the left; blue (1st contrasting) fabric square; side square, with red (2nd contrasting) triangle pointing to the right.

Assemble rows to make one 12 ½ inch block (actual size, including future seam allowances.)

A quilt like this could be yours... 

Bring your completed block to the July 26th general meeting and enter the drawing.  You could win all of the blocks entered, left over kit fabric, and written finishing suggestions.  Imagine how awesome it will look in our Red, White, and Blue colorway.