star quilt along, week 11

Thanks for all the birthday wishes! You guys are the best. We had a safe and fun filled weekend. I hope you did, too. For those of you who asked, my sister and I are not twins, she is 2 years older than me.

I am going to do a retrospective giveaway (I love the idea, so I am totally copying Jodie). I picked a random commenter from my birthday post and the winner is Tina. I'll be sending her a stacked flower pincushion (as shown in this post-scroll down).
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Welcome to week 11 of the quilt along. Today I am going to give you instructions for making our star of the week and the measurements for the sashing and borders. We are almost done-can you believe it?

For the star:

cut 4 rectangles 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" from the background fabric
cut 1 square 4 1/2" from the background fabric

cut 8 squares 2 7/8" from the background fabric

cut only 4 of the squares in half on the diagonal once to make 8 half square triangles

for the remaining 4 squares, draw a diagonal line in pencil from one corner to the opposite corner

cut one square 5 1/4" from a dark fabric

cut in half on the diagonal twice to make 4 quarter square triangles

cut 8 squares 2 1/2" from a dark fabric

cut 4 squares 2 7/8" from a dark fabric

take 4 background and 4 dark squares that measure 2 7/8", layer together and pin

sew a line a 1/4" on both sides of the pencil line, cut apart and press

to make a total of 8 squares

layout as shown

(please excuse the huge chunks missing from my cutting mat)



Sew together and square up to 12.5".

Isn't it so pretty? I just love it.

For the sashing:

Cut 36 squares 2 1/2" from a print fabric-use the same fabric as the setting blocks.

Cut 60 rectangles 2 1/2" x 12 1/2" from the background fabric.

The border strips are cut 6 1/2" wide.


Any questions, I'll attempt to answer them in the comments.