How to Sew an Aunt Eliza's Star Quilt
Aunt Eliza's star quilt is a good quilt for beginners to work on. The block contains nine squares and is put together similar to a 9-patch quilt block. Some of these squares use an entire square of fabric, while others make a square using triangles. All the seams of Aunt Eliza's star are all straight. Each block contains two different colors of fabric. Decide whether you want to make the squares all the same or use up some of those scraps you have lying around and make each block different.
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Instructions
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Wash, dry and iron your fabric.
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Use the roller cutter and ruler to cut out 4 inch squares of fabric out of both of your fabrics. Cut out 4 ½ inch squares and then cut them along the diagonal two times to get quarter triangles. You need 4 light colored squares, 1 dark colored square, 8 dark colored quarter triangles and 8 light colored quarter triangles for each block.
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Sew one light and one dark colored triangle together along one of the short sides. Repeat this process seven more times to make eight half square sets.
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Iron the seams at the back of the half squares toward the dark sides.
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Take two of the half block sets and sew them together to make a square. Butt the seams together at the back by making them go in the opposite direction. Iron the new seam flat.
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Arrange your squares before sewing your quilt block together. Arrange the squares in this order: one light colored square, one pieced square and one more light colored square for the first and last row. Place one pieced square, one dark colored square and one more pieced square for the middle row.
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Sew the squares together. Press the seams flat.
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Complete the block by sewing the rows together, again, butt the seams up against each other at the back of the block.
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Make the number of blocks that you need for your quilt. Each square will measure approximately 12 inches so you will need about 12 for a crib size quilt, 48 for a twin, 56 for a full and 72 for a queen.
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Tips & Warnings
Be careful when sewing the triangles together. Since you are sewing them on the bias it is easy to stretch them making them distorted in the finished block.
If you do not want to make so many blocks for larger quilts make half the number of blocks and separate them in the quilt top using 12 inch squares of contrasting or coordinating fabric.
