Parade Day Sew Along Part 2- Star Block

Welcome back to the Parade Day Sew Along!

Anybody sewing along????

Today I’m thinking about all things summer and Americana;  apple pie, baseball, red geraniums, picnics, watermelon, and homemade ice cream!

What goes better with our Dear Old Flag than stars?

Let’s make the star block.

You will need:

4 white squares at  2 1/4 x 2  1/4

1 white square at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 cut twice on the diagonal

4 blue squares at 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 cut once on the diagonal

1 red square at 4 x 4.

Sewing

Lay our your star block.

Using a 1/4 inch seam allowance, make the flying geese blocks that make up the star points.

I have taken a picture of the steps  I sew my flying geese in. Press toward the darker fabric:

Trim off the dog ears on the flying geese and you should now have this:

Sew your pieces into rows, press toward the flying geese:

Sew your rows together and admire your cutie tootie star block!!! It should measure 7 1/2 inches square.

This is what we have now, 4 flags and a star:

Don’t sew the blocks together yet.

I hope you will link up so we can all share! =)

See you back here next week for the dresdens.

Melissa

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