Block 5: A Star is Born Block
(Throw Version, 24.5” block)
Supplies:
If using the HST ruler, cut 8 6.5” background triangles and 8 6.5” star point fabric triangles.
If making your own HSTs, cut 4 7.5” squares out of background fabrics and 4 7.5” squares out of the star point fabric.
Cut 4 6.5” squares of background fabric.
Cut a 12.5” center. (Note: If you had leftover bits from previous blocks, you can improv piece your own center and then trim if down to a 12.5” square. Alternately, you can make is 4 square patch center by sewing together 4 6.5” squares or substitute in a 12.5” block of your choosing.)
Assembly:
You need to make 8 star points. Using either the 2 at a time HST methods (marking the diagonal and sewing ¼” seam on either side of the line, then cutting, pressing, and trimming down to 6.5” squares or by sewing a background triangle to a star point triangle, assemble the 8 HST blocks.
Sew two pairs of HST star points together and attach to each side of the center.
Sew the remaining blocks into 4 square rows (background square, star point, star point, background square.)
Attach top and bottom rows to the center section. Press.
(Mini Version)
Supplies:
If using HST ruler, cut 8 background 3.5” triangles and 8 3.5” star point fabric triangles.
If making your own HSTs, cut 4 4.5” squares out of background fabrics and 4 4.5” squares out of star point fabric.
Cut 4 3.5” squares of background fabric.
Cut a 6.5” center. (NOTE: you can use this as an opportunity to improv piece your own center out a favorite scraps and then trim down to a 6.5” square. Alternately, you can make it a 4 square patch center by sewing together 4 3.5” squares.)
Assembly:
You need to make 8 star points. Using either the 2 at a time HST methods (marking the diagonal and sewing ¼” seam on either side of line, then cutting, pressing, and trimming down to 3.5” squares) or by sewing a background triangle to a star triangle, assemble the 8 HST blocks.
Sew two pairs of HST star points together and attach to each side of the center.
Sew the remaining blocks into 4 square rows (background square, star point, star point, background square).
Attach top and bottom rows to the center section. Press.