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    Make Star Quilts: 11 Stellar Projects to Sew
    Make Star Quilts: 11 Stellar Projects to Sew
    Make Star Quilts: 11 Stellar Projects to Sew
    Ebook141 pages35 minutes

    Make Star Quilts: 11 Stellar Projects to Sew

    By Alex Anderson, Natalia Bonner, Barbara H. Cline and

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    Star blocks are perennial favorites among quilters, and now you can have the very best at your fingertips. Presenting timeless designs ranging from classic to modern, including scrap-friendly designs to bust your stash. With 11 star projects in a value-packed booklet, you’ll be ready to make some classics of your own!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC&T Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateApr 1, 2016
    ISBN9781617452543
    Make Star Quilts: 11 Stellar Projects to Sew

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      Make Star Quilts - Alex Anderson

      Night Skies

      Beth Ferrier

      FINISHED QUILT: 64˝ × 84˝

      Large, simple blocks—put together using some of the best sneaky piecing tricks around—make this quilt an easy weekend project. Make it for one of the superstars in your life.

      Designed, pieced, and quilted by Beth Ferrier

      BETH FERRIER is an accomplished quilter who describes her style as rebellious traditional. She is forever in search of easy and simply elegant solutions to quilting challenges. Everything she designs is geared toward teaching skill-expanding tips and techniques. Beth lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

      WEBSITE: applewoodfarmquilts.com

      This project originally appeared in Sneaky Piecing by Beth Ferrier, available from C&T Publishing.

      Materials

      Yardage is based on 40˝-wide fabric unless otherwise noted. Yardage amounts have been rounded up to include a little wiggle room.

      BACKGROUND FABRIC: 4 yards* for pieced blocks

      DARK RED FABRIC: 1 yard for pieced blocks and binding

      BRIGHT BLUE FABRIC: ⅓ yard for pieced blocks

      LEMON YELLOW FABRIC: ⅓ yard for pieced blocks

      YELLOW FABRIC: ⅞ yard for pieced blocks

      DARK YELLOW FABRIC: ⅓ yard for pieced blocks

      ORANGE FABRIC: ⅞ yard for pieced blocks

      BACKING FABRIC AND BATTING: Sized for quilt

      ZIP-TOP BAGS: 7 gallon size, labeled 1–7

      ROTARY CUTTER, MAT, AND RULER (a 12½˝ square ruler is handy)

      TEMPLATE PLASTIC: 3⅜˝ square (Place in Bag 3.)

      * Requires 41˝ usable fabric width.

      Cutting

      WOF = width of fabric

      As you cut, you’ll organize your cut pieces into bags as indicated.

      BACKGROUND FABRIC

      Cut 3 strips 9¼˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      12 squares 9¼˝ × 9¼˝. Place in Bag 1.

      Cut 13 strips 4½˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      4 segments 4½˝ × 40½˝. Place in Bag 7.

      From each of 2 remaining strips, subcut:

      1 segment 4½˝ × 36½˝. Place in Bag 7.

      1 square 4½˝ × 4½˝. Place in Bag 5.

      From each of 2 remaining strips, subcut:

      1 segment 4½˝ × 24½˝. Place in Bag 7.

      3 squares 4½˝ × 4½˝. Place in Bag 5.

      From the 5 remaining strips, subcut:

      40 squares 4½˝ × 4½˝. Place in Bag 5.

      Cut 5 strips 6½˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      34 rectangles 6½˝ × 4½˝. Place 24 in Bag 6 and 10 in Bag 7.

      Cut 6 strips 2⅞˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      70 squares 2⅞˝ × 2⅞˝. Place 46 in Bag 3 and 24 in Bag 2.

      DARK RED FABRIC

      Cut 1 strip 4½˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      6 squares 4½˝ × 4½˝. Place in Bag 4.

      4 squares 2⅞˝ × 2⅞˝. Mark the diagonal on the wrong side. Place in Bag 2.

      Cut 1 strip 3⅜˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      6 squares 3⅜˝ × 3⅜˝. Place in Bag 3.

      Cut 2 strips 2⅞˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      20 squares 2⅞˝ × 2⅞˝. Mark the diagonal on the wrong side. Place in Bag 2.

      Cut 8 strips 2˝ × WOF for the binding. Place in Bag 7.

      LEMON YELLOW FABRIC

      Cut 1 strip 4½˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      3 squares 4½˝ × 4½˝. Place in Bag 7.

      10 squares 2½˝ × 2½˝. Mark the diagonal on the wrong side. Place in Bag 6.

      Cut 1 strip 2½˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      14 squares 2½˝ × 2½˝. Mark the diagonal on the wrong side. Place in Bag 6.

      BRIGHT BLUE FABRIC

      Cut 2 strips 3⅜˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      17 squares 3⅜˝ × 3⅜˝. Place in Bag 3.

      YELLOW FABRIC

      Cut 3 strips 4⅞˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      24 squares 4⅞˝ × 4⅞˝. Mark the diagonal on the wrong side. Place in Bag 1.

      Cut 1 strip 5¼˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      6 squares 5¼˝ × 5¼˝. Place in Bag 2.

      Cut 2 strips 2½˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      24 squares 2½˝ × 2½˝. Place in Bag 4.

      DARK YELLOW FABRIC

      Cut 1 strip 4½˝ × WOF. Subcut:

      3 squares 4½˝ × 4½˝. Place in Bag

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