Welcome to Week 1! (click here for PDF version) !!
I hope a lot of you are joining in!! I am ready for some stitching!
Week 1: SIX Blue
Stars with a White Background; Each star is 8 ½ inches
There are so MANY ways to make these stars – This week I am
doing them with the Easy Angle and Companion angle.
If you have not used this method before – Bonnie Hunter has
a great Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6f6XIpd0Uk
BLUE:
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Cut 6 : 4 ½ inch squares (Center of the star)
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Cut 24 PAIRS of wings –
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I cut 2 – 2 ½ inch WOF strips and used my easy
angle to cut the pairs
WHITE:
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Cut 24 : 2 ½ inch Squares (for the corners)
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Cut 24 : Geese
I used 2: 2 ½ inch
WOF strips to get the geese – this is also in the same tutorial as above.
Make 6 Sets of 4 Flying Geese Units - 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 stars:
Notes from Me!
I am trying to make this a super easy Quilt a Long - these 6 stars didn't take me that long, but I get 15 minutes of stitching time each morning before I go to work, and I set everything up the night before. That way I sit down and have a solid 15 minutes.
There are MANY ways to Make the Flying geese units - so next step I am going to try a different method and see if I am just as fast.
These are two that I have found:
The PDF for this Step Can be Found here Week 1 PDF
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1 comment:
YEAH!! Stars are one of my favorite blocks to create and your directions are sure to make the perfect stars for this quilt. Thank you , now, time to start on my blocks.
Sunshine and Smiles,
Donna
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