Ohio Star Quilt Pattern

By Janet Wickell

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Sew Ohio Star Blocks to Assemble this Easy Quilt

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Ohio Star Quilt Pattern - © Janet Wickell

Ohio Star Quilt. Photo Credit: © Janet Wickell

Updated August 03, 2015.

About the Ohio Star Quilt Pattern

The Ohio Star quilt is made from 13 quilt blocks. Nine Ohio Stars sit around the perimeter of the quilt and four blocks with an "X" configuration are sewn between them. All quilt blocks are set on point and sewn into diagonal rows. Setting triangles fill in the gaps at row ends.

Ohio Star Quilt Blocks

The Ohio Star blocks look a little different than the norm for a couple of reasons.

Placing the quilt blocks on-point changes their appearance, and sewing a dark fabric in the corners makes the corners pop out instead of the star tips -- an area that's often the focus.

Star tips are made from quick-pieced quarter square triangle units and the center square is sewn from a black print swirled with white.

Alternate Quilt Blocks

Alternate blocks have black dotted squares at their centers, surrounded by squares cut from a multicolor print. At a first glance at the layout, it's difficult to see that the alternate blocks have half square triangle units at their corners, assembled from the same gray used in Ohio Stars and combined with the dotted black.

Make additional quilt blocks and alter borders as necessary to create a larger quilt.

Finished Block Size: 9" x 9"

Finished Quilt: About 48" x 48"

Quilting Fabrics and Other Materials

Red, Ohio Star corner squares, 5/8 yards

Gold, Ohio Star tips, 3/8 yard

Multi-color print, setting triangles and squares in alternate blocks, 1-1/4

Gray tone on tone for light backgrounds, 5/8 yard

Black with white swirls, for Ohio Star centers, 1/8 yard

Black with white dots, for borders, alternate half square triangle units and centers, 1-1/8 yards

Backing: 3-1/4 yards (you'll have leftovers, probably enough to make binding (Quilt Backing Instruction)

Batting: About 58" x 58" low loft batting

Binding: About 220 running inches of doublefold binding in your choice of width (1/2" wide backing shown) (Quilt Binding Strip Instructions)

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Make Alternate Quilt Blocks for the Ohio Star Quilt

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Alternate blocks are used in the interior of the Ohio Star Wallhanging. Photo Credit: © Janet Wickell

Cutting Instructions

Cutting instructions assume you will use a specific quick piecing method to construct half square triangle units. Alter cutting to use a different assembly technique.

Multicolor print:

Cut (1) 3-1/2" x selvage width strip and (1) 3-1/2" x 13" strip; cut (16) 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" squares from the strips

Black with white dots:

Cut (1) 3-1/2" x 13" strip; cut (4) 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" squares from the strips

Cut a 3-7/8" x 33" strip, cut (8) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from the strip

Gray:

Cut a 3-7/8" x 33" strip, cut (8) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from the strip

Sew the Quilt Blocks

Pair a 3-7/8" black dot square with a gray square of the same size. Use the easy sandwich method to sew half square triangle units from the squares. When completed, each of the two units should measure 3-1/2" x 3-1/2".
Repeat to make a total of (16) identical half square triangle units.
Arrange four half square triangle units, four multicolor print squares, and one black dot square into four rows as illustrated.
Sew the components of each row together. Press seam allowances towards the multicolor squares.
Join the rows, butting seams for a perfect match. Press. The quilt block should measure 9-1/2" x 9-1/2".
Repeat, making a total of four identical quilt blocks.

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Make the Ohio Star Quilt Blocks

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Ohio Star Quilt Blocks - © Janet Wickell

Cutting Instructions for Ohio Star Quilt Blocks

Dark red:

cut (3) 3-1/2" x selvage width strips; cut (36) 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" squares from the strips

Black with white swirls:

cut (1) 3-1/2" x 33" strip; cut (9) 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" squares from the strip

Gold:

cut (2) 4-1/4" x selvage width strips; cut (18) 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" squares from the strips

Grey:

cut (2) 4-1/4" x selvage width strips; cut (18) 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" squares from the strips

Sew the Ohio Star Quilt Blocks

Use the easy sandwich method again, but this time combine a 4-1/4" black dot square with a gray square of the same size. The result should be two half square triangle units that measure 3-7/8" x 3-7/8"
Repeat to make a total of 36 identical units.
Use two half square triangle units as parents to create two quarter square triangle units. The method is very similar to the method use to create the half squares: Make Quarter Square Triangle Units. Completed quarter square units should measure 3-1/2" x 3-1/2".
Make a total of (36) quarter square triangle units.
Arrange four red squares, four quarter square triangle units and one black dot square as shown to create three rows.
Sew the components of each row together. Press seam allowances towards the squares.
Sew rows together, butting seams for a perfect match. Press. The quilt block should measure 9-1/2" x 9-1/2".
Make a total of nine Ohio Star quilt blocks.