Star Power: Shooting Star Quilt Block & Shooting Star Variation Quilt Block
Shooting Star Quilt Block
Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance):
- Light Blue: Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/2″ squares. (These will be the FOUR (4) corner’s of this quilt block.)
- Light Blue: Cut TWO (2) 3 7/8″ squares. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Navy Blue 3 7/8″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Blue: Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/2″ x 6 7/8″ strips. (These are paired with the Navy Blue 3 1/2″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) strips with Snowball Corner’s, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Navy Blue: Cut TWO (2) 3 7/8″ squares. (These are paired with the Light Blue 3 7/8″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Navy Blue: Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/2″ squares. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Blue 3 1/2″ x 6 7/8″ strips, which will create FOUR (4) strips with Snowball Corner’s, as needed for this quilt block.)
Shooting Star Quilt Block Diagram
Shooting Star Quilt Block
If you make TWELVE (12) “Shooting Star Quilt Blocks,†you will end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished, 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.
Shooting Star Variation Quilt Block
Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance):
- Lilac: Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/2″ x 6 7/8″ strips. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Dark Purple 3 1/2″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) strips with Snowball Corner’s, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Light Purple: Cut TWO (2) 3 7/8″ squares. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Purple 3 7/8″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Purple: Cut TWO (2) 3 7/8″ squares. (These are paired with the Light Purple 3 7/8″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Purple: Cut TWO (2) 3 7/8″ squares. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Dark Purple 3 7/8″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Dark Purple: Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/2″ squares. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Lilac 3 1/2″ x 6 7/8″ strips, which will create FOUR (4) strips with Snowball Corner’s, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Dark Purple: Cut TWO (2) 3 7/8″ squares. (These are paired with the Purple 3 7/8″ squares, which will create FOUR (4) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
Shooting Star Variation Quilt Block
Shooting Star Variation Quilt
If you make TWELVE (12) “Shooting Star Variation Quilt Blocks,†you will end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished, 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.
On Cloud Nine: Tin Man Quilt Block
Tin Man Quilt Block
Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance):
- Gold: Cut TWO (2) 4 1/2″ squares. (These will flank the Gray 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strips. Consider this to be the “Straw that he’s Stuffed with.”)
- Gold: Cut TWO (2) 4 1/2″ x 7 1/4″ strips. (These will flank the Gray 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strips. Consider this to be the “Straw that he’s Stuffed with.”)
- Gray: Cut THREE (3) 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strips. (These will flank the Gold 4 1/2″ squares & the Gold 4 1/2″ x 7 1/4″ strips. Consider these to be the “Tin Man’s Arm’s.”)
- Gray: Cut TWO (2) 2″ x 4 1/2″ strips. (These are paired with the White 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strips as needed for this quilt block. Consider these to be the “Tin Man’s Legs.”)
- Gray: Cut ONE (1) 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strip. (This will be flanked on one side by the Gray 1 1/2″ x
4 1/2″ strips & White 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strip. And on the other side by the White 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ strips & the Gray 2 1/2″ square. Consider this to be the “Tin Man’s Abdomen.”) - Gray: Cut ONE (2) 2 1/2″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. You only need ONE (1) of these triangles for this quilt block. (This will be flanked on both sides by the White 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ strips. Consider this to be the “Tin Man’s Head.”)
- Gray: Cut ONE (1) 4 1/2″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will be flanked by the results of the White 2 7/8″ squares. Consider this to be the “Tin Man’s Hat.”)
- White: Cut ONE (1) 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strip. (This will be flanked on both sides by the Gray 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strips. Consider this to be center between the “Tin Man’s Legs.”)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ strips. (These will flank the Gray 2 1/2″ square. Consider this to be the space between the “Tin Man’s Head” & the Gold “Straw that he’s Stuffed with.”)
- White: Cut ONE (1) 2 7/8″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (This will flank the results of the Gray 4 1/2″ square. Consider this to be the space between the “Tin Man’s Head” & the “Straw that he’s Stuffed with.”)
Tin Man Quilt Block Diagram
Tin Man Quilt
If you make TWELVE (12) “Tin Man Quilt Blocks,†you will end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished, 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.
Quilted Kitchen: Pineapple Variation Quilt Block & Cheesecake with Pineapple Recipe
Pineapple Variation Quilt Block
Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance):
- Bright Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 3 1/2″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the White 2 3/8″ squares, which will make TWO (2) Snowball Corner’s. It will also create the first Snowball Corner & be the center of this quilt block.)
- Bright Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 3 7/8″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will flank the results of the Yellow 4 1/4″ square, which will create the second Snowball Corner, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Bright Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 6 7/8″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will flank the results of the Yellow 3 7/8″ squares, which will create the third Snowball Corner, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 4 1/4″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will flank the results of the Bright Yellow 3 1/2″ square & the White 2 3/8″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
- Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 7 1/4″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will flank the results of the Bright Yellow
3 7/8″ square & the White 3 7/8″ square, which will create the second Snowball Corner, as needed for this quilt block.) - White: Cut TWO (2) 2 1/2″ squares. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Bright Yellow 3 1/2″ square, which will create TWO (2) Snowball Corner’s & the first Square in a Square. It will also be the center of this quilt block.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 3 3/8″ squares. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will flank the results of the Yellow 7 1/4″ square, which will create the second Snowball Corner, as needed for this quilt block.)
- White: Cut ONE (1) 6 7/8″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will flank the results of the Yellow 3 7/8″ squares, which will create the third Snowball Corner, as needed for this quilt block.)
Pineapple Variation Quilt Block Diagram
Pineapple Variation Quilt
If you make TWELVE (12) “Pineapple Variation Quilt Blocks,†you will end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished, 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.
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