You do see the light at the end of the tunnel right? A few have already finished and I love them!!
Lets Dive in:
Week 4 of The Winter 2026 Quilts of
Valor Quilt a Long
By Quiltygirl©
Quilt Size: 60 x 76
inches
This week we are making SIX White Stars with a BLUE
Background and SIX White Stars with a RED Background; Each star is 8 ½ inches
There are so MANY ways to make these stars – I had fun
trying both ways, but this week I am doing them with the Easy Angle and
Companion angle. Strips are my friends
If you have not used this method before – Bonnie Hunter has
a great Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6f6XIpd0Uk
WHITE:
·
Cut12 : 4 ½ inch squares (Center of the star)
·
Cut 48 PAIRS of wings –
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I cut 4 – 2 ½ inch WOF strips and used my easy
angle to cut the pairs
PRETEND THE FABRIC IS WHITE!! I didn’t take Photos
BLUE: PRETEND THE PHOTO IS OF BLUE
·
Cut 24 : 2 ½ inch Squares (for the corners)
·
Cut 24 : Geese
I used 2: 2 ½ inch
WOF strips to get the geese – this is also in the same tutorial as above.
RED: PRETEND THE PHOTO IS OF RED
·
Cut 24 : 2 ½ inch Squares (for the corners)
·
Cut 24 : Geese
:
If your doing it this way – here are all your pieces:
Make 6 Sets for 4 Flying Geese Units: FOR EACH
COLOR!!!
Each Flying Goose will
measure 2 ½ x 4 ½ inches. I did trim mine – I had very little to trim, but I
like to check just to make sure.
Then lay them out like so:
and stitch together:
I stitch them like a 9
patch – into three units, then press and nestle the seams. I try really hard to
press to the dark, but What I really want is a Flat unit. So that being said –
have fun! Haha
You will be making 6 of these units In BLUE and 6 in RED –
for a total of 12 Stars
You can also make them the 4 at a time flying geese way –
Here are a few other tutorials:
Try making them the Four at a Time Method using Amy SmartsTutorial
Or Quilting JetGirls: Four at a time tutorial
You are wanting to make the star in an 8 ½ inch unfinished,
or 8 in finished size
And you will end up with 6 White Stars with the Blue
background and 6 White stars with the RED background
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