Hive 5 January Tutorial - Pink and Yellow Star Blocks for Stephanie

Hi, I'm Stephanie from Des Moines, Iowa, this is my second year with Stash Bee. I kept changing my mind on what block I wanted to make, but my colors were consistent, pink, yellow, and a low volume. Instead of picking one block, I decided to go with the idea of you selecting your favorite star block using pink, yellow, and a low volume for the background. 

I'd prefer the blocks to be 12" x 12" finished, but if there's a block you love that fits the requirements of Stash Bee, being a max of 16" x 16" finished, and larger than 9" x 9" feel free to use it. 

Here's what I pulled from my stash that I had in mind of colors.

Dark Pink:

Light Pink:

Yellow:

Low Volume:

I prefer prints and blenders, but use solid if you need to. Please no batiks, 1930s, civil war, holiday. I love text prints if you have them feel free to use them! Make sure the fabrics read mostly as pink or yellow. Low volumes can have color in them; if you're using scraps, feel free to use multiple low volume fabrics in your block. 

I've made two star blocks so far for my quilt:

Moonlight Star Block

Double Star Block

There are no issues using these same patterns, I will just make sure they are not placed next to each other in the quilt. For those who need a simple star pattern and don't have time to explore, I'll place a tutorial for the Double Star block at the bottom of this post.

I've made a Pinterest board with a bunch of different star blocks, not all are 12" x 12", if you see one you love, please make it, and I'll make it work. Here's my Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/srbracelin/star-blocks/

If you have any issues with any of the tutorials I provided within my Pinterest board feel free to reach out and I'll try to help!

Thanks,

Stephanie

Double Star Block Tutorial: https://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/04/the-bee-hive-double-star/

Feel free to move the colors around so that all blocks aren't the same (with low volume staying the same), but here's what I cut for my block:

Low Volume:

• 4 squares: 2 7/8" x 2 7/8"
• 1 square: 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"

Light Pink:

• 8 squares: 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Yellow: 

• 4 squares: 2 7/8" x 2 7/8"
• 1 square: 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"

Dark Pink: 

• 8 squares: 2 7/8" x 2 7/8"
• 1 square: 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Following the tutorial in the link, you'll make 2 sets of Flying Geese for my block, I used the large low volume square with 4 yellow 2 7/8" squares, and the large yellow square with 4 dark pink 2 7/8" squares.

In making the Half Square Triangles, I used 4 low volume 2 7/8" squares and 4 dark pink 2 7/8" squares.

Laying out the block:

And that's all. Feel free to use this block if you don't have a favorite star block or want to try another star block, just make sure to change up the color placement. Thanks!