How to Piece Star Puzzle – Mini Block Monday #10
This Star Puzzle mini quilt block is a great example of what you can do with only one tiny patchwork unit! Learn how to piece a mess of half square triangles to create this beautiful quilt block:
Do you know what helps me the most? Sharing the video! Please share this video with your quilting friends, or even consider including the photos in your guild newsletter. I would LOVE that!
Looking for a pattern for the Star Puzzle quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with these Mini Block Monday videos and including all the information in the video itself. Just hit “pause” when you need to and write down the pieces to cut.
Is that just not your thing? Here’s a snapshot of the patchwork pieces to get you started:
You’re going to make a lot of Half Square Triangles for this Star Puzzle quilt block. Click Here to find a more detailed tutorial on piecing half square triangles.
You’ll want to trim your units down to measure 1 1/4-inches square before piecing your Star Puzzle quilt block.
And here’s what it looks like when you finish piecing this mini quilt block!
Make two of these cute blocks and turn them into a Mini Easter Basket! Click Here to find this new pattern.
Learn more about the sewing machine I’m using – the Eversewn Sparrow 20.
Click Here to find a tutorial with my 5 key tips to piecing precisely.
Now if you really want to geek out on quilt piecing, check out my book How to Piece Perfect Quilts to learn the WHAT, WHY and HOW behind everything I do.
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
Watch More Mini Block Monday Videos!
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How to Piece a Hourglass Quilt Block
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Love these vintage style blocks and what a terrific way to use up scraps. Still not comfortable fmq yet but really enjoy the practice I’m getting just cutting and sewing the blocks. I have made myself a scrap book to hold my collection of success (and failures) and I can see the progress that I have made in my first short year of sewing. It’s harder than it looks just sewing a straight line. Maybe one day I go back and finish the Building Blocks quilt that I started.
That’s wonderful to hear Sonia! Machine quilting takes a lot more practice so just try to quilt a little bit every day. That will help build your skills and keep your quilting ability at the same level as your piecing ability.
Thank-you for the advice. I try and sew a little every day but had not thought to quilt. It makes sense. I guess I should go make myself a bunch of sandwiches and practice different quilting styles, probably starting with your walking foot book and get comfortable before becoming more adventurous fmq. I enjoy listening to your podcasts, we have nothing like this here in Quebec. Have a good day.
Thank you for sharing Sonia!
Hey Leah! I decided to try one of your mini blocks and picked this one because I wanted to use only 2 fabrics to start with. Holy Moly….that’s tiny! It didn’t turn out too bad. I think my points are better than they look because they are sort of in the fold (used thicker fabrics and they didn’t lay flat. These will be good practice and fun to try new block patterns!
Wonderful Nancy! Mini blocks are definitely a great skill builder!