Everyone loves star quilt blocks.
This tutorial shows you 3 blocks you can use in one single quilt or to add to your sampler.
Quick and easy, give them a go even if you’ve just started quilting.
Learn to make 3 star quilt blocks
Cutting instructions
Eccentric star
- 1 square, 2 ½” x 2 ½“ for the centre
- 1 square each in 4 prints, 3″ x 3” for the half square triangles
- 4 squares, 3″ x 3″ for the half square triangles
Sawtooth star
- 4 squares, 4″ x 4″ for the half square triangles
- 4 squares, 4″ x 4″ for the half square triangles
- 4 squares, 3 ½” x 3 ½” for the corners
- 4 squares, 3 ½” x 3 ½” for the centre
Friednship star
- 2 squares, 3″ x 3″ for the half square triangles
- 2 squares, 3″ x 3″ in for the half square triangles
- 4 squares, 2 ½” x 2 ½” for the corner squares
- 1 square, 2 ½” x 2 ½” for the centre square
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Wish I was as good as you are. I am a fairly new quilt. Hope to get better
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Thank you Tommy’s, You’ll got better with time and experience 😊
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Hi Teresa, I Was wanting to know for the star tooth block, what would the sizes be if I used a 5″ square. Thanks Cindy
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Hi Cindy, I don’t know the math off the top of my head sorry.
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Love your technique you explain so well ….. I am want to know if I were going to a full quilt how many blocks do I need and is there a way to cut these bocks from strips to make it a faster way do you have a full video
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Hi Teresa, you’re asking me to write a quilt pattern 😊 If you like stars and you like my videos you may like my quilt pattern My lucky stars https://mypatchwork.wordpress.com/?s=Lucky+stars
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Good video and good written measurements and quick to the point!I hope to include these three stars into my wedding present sampler quilt working on 12n half inch blocks….. Carol
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Great 👍
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