Lucky Star Quilt
Item #
052511022P39
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- 3 1/2yds navy blue or dark color cotton fabric for quilt blocks, sashing & border
- 1yd white or beige cotton fabric for quilt blocks & narrow boarder
- 1/2yd royal blue or medium dark color for quilt blocks
- 1 1/4yd of turquoise or medium color for quilt blocks & binding
- 5/8yd of light blue or light color for quilt blocks
- 3 3/4yds coordinating print for backing
- Twin size cotton batting
- Lead pencil & white pencil
- Straight quilter's pins
- Stitch ripper
- Rotary cutter
- 18"x 24" cutting mat
- 6"x 24" plastic ruler for rotary cutting, other sizes optional
- Iron & pressing surface
- Sewing machine
- MEASUREMENTS: Approximate size of finished quilt, 56"x 70"
DIRECTIONS:
- Crystal Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Diamond Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Kansas Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Martha Washington Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Missouri Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Mother’s Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Pinwheel Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Ribbon Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Rising Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Starburst Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Tulip Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
- Walking Star Quilt Block: CLICK HERE
JOANN HACKS:
- Cut carefully, checking and re-checking to cut the correct size and amount of pieces. Keep whatever is left over from strips after sub-cutting in case any pieces are missed or lost.
- When sewing rows and long sashing strips, carefully pin so the vertical sashing strips line up with each other. Also aim for having star centers line up when possible.
- If sewing a sashing strip to a slightly longer block pin with sashing strip on top, place a pin on the bottom corner to hold corners in place. Pin along the side to help ease the longer fabric to match the top layer.
- If the sashing strip is longer, pin the same way, but have the sashing strip under the block. Shown in Diagram 2.
- Sew Blocks & Cut Sashing Strips Together:
- Arrange blocks in order as shown, or personal preference.
- Blocks should be arranged in four rows of three blocks with two sashing strips in between as shown in Diagram 2.
- Pin and sew blocks and sashing strips together using a 1/4" seam allowance.
- Press seam allowances toward the sashing strip.
Cutting Fabric Pieces for all 12 blocks:
- Cut fabric into width of fabric strips (width of fabric), and sub-cut squares and/or rectangles listed.
- Sort pieces according to color and size.
- Complete each of the 12 blocks, using the link above for individual star instructions.
- Cutting Fabric Strips for Sashing and Borders:
- Cut fabric into width of fabric strips (width of fabric) as shown on chart.
- Measuring Blocks for Sashing Strip Size: _x000B_Use three 2 1/2" Fabric A strips.
- Measure each of the quilt blocks to determine the average size. _x000B_(Note: Size of blocks size can vary in measurement.)
- Write down the size of each block to determine the average size.
- When figuring out the average size, if in doubt, go towards a smaller size because blocks can usually be stretched a little to fit the sashing strip.
- Once an average block size has been determined, sub-cut eight 2 1/2"x average block size sashing strips.
Sew Rows & Long Sashing Strips Together:
- Use three 2 1/2" Fabric A strips.
- Measure from left to right on each of the four rows of blocks/sashing strips sewn to determine average length for long sashing strips to be cut. _x000B_Trim 2 1/2" strips to the average row measurement.
- Pin and sew rows and sashing strips together using a 1/4" seam allowance._x000B_Follow the HACK for pinning and easing (longer piece should always be underneath and pin to ease).
- Press seam allowance toward sashing.
Sew First Border to Rows:
- Use five 2 1/2" Fabric A strips.
- Sew the five strips together end to end.
- Press seam allowances open.
- Measure the length of the quilt from top to bottom and down the center. _x000B_Trim two strips from the continuous strip to the average length measurement of the quilt.
- Pin and sew trimmed strips to the left and right sides of the quilt as shown in Diagram.
- Press seam allowances toward border strips.
- Repeat measuring and sewing.
- Measure the width of the quilt from left to right across the top, center and bottom. _x000B_Trim two strips from the continuous strip to the average width measurement of the quilt.
- Pin and sew trimmed strips to the top and bottom sides of the quilt as shown in Diagram 4.
- Press seam allowances toward border strips.
Sew Remaining Border Strips to Quilt:
- Use seven 1 1/2" Fabric B strips and seven 5 1/2" Fabric A strips.
- Sew all Fabric B strips together end to end.
- Press seam allowances open.
- Put aside.
- Use seven 5 1/2" Fabric B strips and seven 5 1/2" Fabric A strips.
- Sew all Fabric B strips together end to end.
- Press seam allowances open.
- Put aside.
- Follow the same technique to measure, trim strip to average size, sew and press toward borders in order shown in Diagram 5.
Quilt:
- Cut backing fabric in half.
- Trim away selvages on one side of each half.
- Sew half sides together selvage edge to edge to yield a piece large enough for backing.
- Press seam allowance toward one side.
- Sandwich backing, batting and quilt top. The backing and batting should extend out slightly beyond the edges of the quilt top.
- Baste by pinning using quilter's safety pins or spray baste.
- Quilt as desired with a stitch length set at 3.
- Use a walking foot on machine if possible.
Bind the Quilt:
- Use the seven 2 1/2" Fabric D strips.
- Sew strips end to end by laying them in an L shape with right sides together and stitching a diagonal line from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the overlapping section.
- Press seams open.
- Fold binding strip in half lengthwise wrong sides together and press.
- To attach binding to quilt, line up the raw edges of the edge of the quilt with the raw edges of the binding.
- Leave about a 5" tail before beginning to sew.
- After stitching around the perimeter of the quilt, excess binding can be tucked into the 5" opening and stitched over to finish.
- Fold the binding around to the back and hand sew an invisible stitch around the quilt.
- If machine finishing is preferred, start out be machine stitching binding to the back of the quilt instead of the front.
- Fold binding to the front of the quilt and machine stitch with a slightly larger stitch length of 3, or a zig-zag stitch.
Rated 5 out of
5
by
anita from
Someone mentioned yardage is not given, just wanted to mention that yardage for each fabric is given under How to Make It tab.
Date published: 2024-05-31
Rated 2 out of
5
by
enterpriser2 from
Yardage is missing from the directions!
The directions seem easy to follow, but has left out the yardage of each color needed to make this beautiful quilt.
Date published: 2024-04-27
Rated 2 out of
5
by
Rosebee from
Just a Teaser
I have looked at the Lucky Star quilt directions for a cotton project, but the download leads no where. Please complete the download Joann’s!
Date published: 2024-03-27