- Skill level: beginner.
- Block size: 10 1/2 inch square.
- Block type: 16-patch block.
- Quilt size: 48 1/2 inch square.
- Quilting technique: Quilt-as-you-go (QAYG).
- Binding: machine binding with faux piping
How to make this quilt
How to make the Half Square Triangles (HST)
Watch the 2 minute video tutorial on making 8 HSTs at once:
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Some notes on making the blocks
Fabric needs
Each pair of 7 inch squares makes 8 HST.
You will need at least four 7 inch squares for each block or more for blocks in 3 or 4 different fabrics. The left over HSTs will be used in the sashing.
I give you the fabric needs for each block tutorial below.
Trimming half square triangles: Essential. Remember to trim off your HSTs and make sure that they are 3 inch square.
This quilt is fat quarter friendly.
Colour scheme: For better results, use high contrasting fabrics.
HST quilt sampler block tutorials:
Free motion quilting
Once you make the 16 blocks, it’s time to quilt them individually before you put them together with quilt as you go.
Quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) with 2 inch sashing tutorial
Learn to how to quilt as you go with sashing in just over 3 minutes:
Sashing mini hourglass blocks
The long sashing strip for the back has hourglass little blocks in the intersections.
I used the left over HSTs from the blocks to make an hourglass block.
To make the hourglass block, take 2 HSTs.
Place both HST with right sides facing together as shown below:
Draw a diagonal line.
Sew together on each side of the diagonal line, at 1/4 inch from the line, as shown below:
Cut along the line.
Trim the resulting block to 2 1/2 inch square.
Back of the quilt
Fabric requirements
- Four 10 1/2 inch squares in white for the corner squares
- Four 10 1/2 inch squares in reds for the centre squares
- Four 10 3/4 inch squares in white for the star points
- Four 10 3/4 inch squares in red for the star points
Star points
I made the star points using two 10 3/4 inch squares in white and red placed with right sides together and sewn in the diagonal.
Machine binding with faux piping tutorial
Learn to make the machine binding with faux piping in 2 minutes:
Look how pretty the binding is.
On the photo below, the top is the front and the bottom is the back.
Making the binding this way is so fast… I don’t think I can go back to hand sewing the binding after this.
Are you making this quilt? Feel free to post pictures on my 16 HST quilt sampler Flickr group. Or post on Instagram with tag #16hstquiltsampler
Sewn Up 
I have really enjoyed your videos and this quilt will be great, thanks for all your tips they have really opened my eyes to new ways to make squares. Please keep making your tutorials.
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Hi Teresa – I am a big fan, as you may know. Love the back you did for this. I have made a couple of the block patterns, am now thinking of doing the sampler. When I click on each picture below, nothing happens, but I know I can get everything I need individually on YouTube, where I subscribed to your site long ago. My question is: “Fat Qtr. Friendly”. A Fat Qtr. of 5 or 6 colors would make the whole sampler? Using two or three fabrics in each block as a general rule. I have a wonderful fat quarter of materials that I want to use, probably with white solid —- just want to be sure I have enough. I can always add a couple more if necessary, but these particular ones are my favorites!! Just thought I would go to the expert for some good advice. My other thought was to use a layer cake and cut into 7 inch squares with the white. Using the left overs for binding perhaps? What do you think? Thanks again for all your wonderful tutorials Dottie Cate
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:00:29 +0000 To: dottiecate@msn.com
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Hi Cate. I made this quilt without a lot of fabric planning. I would say you’d be ok with 5 fat quarters of the print fabric. You need 2 squares of print fabric per
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You should have enough with your favourite 5 or 6 fat quarters but plan to have a few more. You need 32 x 7 inch squares of print fabric. Plus 32 squares in the background colour. Looking forward to seeing what you make.
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I really love all your patterns. You make them so easy to understand. Thanks so much.
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Thank you!
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Will a layer cake be enough to make this quilt?
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You’ll need 64 squares, 4 squares per block
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How much sashing fabric is required to put the quilt together please? Also I cannot find any instructions on how to insert the little triangle squares where the blocks meet. I see you instructions how to put them together, but not how to then sew them into quilt. Thanks
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Hi Margaret. I don’t know for sure about the yardage but I’d buy 2 yards. The cornerstones are sewn together in a long strip of sashing and added when you join rows of blocks together if you know what I mean, just as you would do with regular sashing.
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