HIVE 3 October Stars Tutorial

 Hi all,

I am Annemieke and I’m October’s Queen bee. This is my first year being part of the hive and every month I have enjoyed everyone’s blocks. Everyone’s talent is amazing.

This month I am asking everyone to make a star block of their choice. My favorite color is purple and I’m asking for a 12” finished/12 1/2” unfinished star block using purples with white or white on white backgrounds.

One of my favorite star blocks is the Lemoyne Star.

To make this block you need to cut 8 4 1/8” blocks of both the background and main fabric.

1. Place a background and main fabric right sides together. Mark a diagonal and stitch on each side of the diagonals 1/4”.

2. Cut along the marked diagonal.

3. Press the seam toward the dark fabric.

4. Square each block to 3 1/2”.

Place each hst according to the picture and chain stitch each row.

Press each rows seams alternating left and right so the row seams will nest when you sew them together.

Press each rows seam open and voila, you have a beautiful Lemoyne star block.

Maple Star Quilt Block

Other possible choices for star blocks can be found at the following links

https://www.scrapish.com/easy-star-quilt-blocks.html 

http://www.delawarequilts.com/index.html

You can also design your own block.

I think I might make this block again using only two colors of purple so the inner star stands out.

I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone makes.

Annemieke