From Janet Wickell,
Your Guide to Quilting.
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This star quilt is assembled using a combination of half-square triangle units, squares and pieced sashing. It's an easy quilt, perfect for beginners.

Before you begin, be sure you're familiar with:

• Pressing Basics

• Sewing a Quarter Inch Seam Allowance

• Rotary Cutting Fabric Strips

Quilt Size: 40-1/2" x 40-1/2"

Large Star Blocks: 8" x 8"

Small Star Blocks: 4" x 4"

Fabrics

• Large star tips, 9 dark fabrics, at least 3" x 9" each

• Small star tips, 16 dark fabrics, at least 2" x 6" each

• Light background, 1-1/8 yard

• Dark sashing, 3/8 yard

• Red sashing, 1/2 yard

Other Materials

• Backing: 2-2/3 yards

• Batting: 48" x 48" piece

• Binding: 175" length

Cutting Chart

Nine 8" Stars

Star Tips:

• Cut twenty-seven 2-7/8" squares, three from each dark star tip fabric

Light Background Fabric:

Cut five 2-1/2" x 44" crosswisse grain strips. From the strips, cut:

• Fifty-four 2-1/2" squares

• Eighteen 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles

Cut two 2-7/8" x 44" crosswise grain strips. From the strips, cut:

• Twenty-seven 2-7/8" squares

Sixteen 4" Stars

Star Tips:

• Cut forty-eight 1-7/8" squares, three from each dark star tip fabric

Light Background Fabric:

Cut six 1-1/2" x 44" crosswisse grain strips. From the strips, cut:

• Ninety-six 1-1/2" squares

• Thirty-two 1-1/2" x 2-1/2" rectangles

Cut three 1-7/8" x 44" crosswise grain strips. From the strips, cut:

• Forty-eight 2-7/8" squares

Sashing

• Cut five dark 2-1/2" x 44" crosswise grain strips

• Cut ten red 1-1/2" x 44" crosswise grain strips