Today I’m sharing my quilt block for the Moda Blockheads 5 Group 2 Block 7, the Star Bloom quilt block! The Star Bloom quilt block is designed by the very talented Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique. I have made several quilts with Vanessa’s beautiful fabric lines. I’m especially looking forward to her upcoming Magic Dot fabric collection.
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Blockheads 5 Group 2 Block 7
Vanessa Goertzen designed this simple yet remarkable Star Bloom quilt block. It is a nine patch quilt block with a center square surrounded by 8 square in a square blocks. By playing with color placement, I was able to use the red fabrics to create the appearance of a sawtooth star in the center of the block.
The quilt block patterns for the Moda Blockheads 5 quilt along are completely free and Moda offers the patterns in 2 different block sizes: 12 inch and 6 inch. For this quilt along I am using Songbook fabrics by Fancy That Design House and am making the 12 inch quilt blocks.
Moda Blockheads 5.2 Block 7 Assembly
The square in a square blocks are easy to make, but can be a little tricky to keep them perfectly square. It’s important to make sure that you sew the sew and flip corners on precisely lined up on the edges of the center square. Also pressing open will help maintain flat seams since there can be a lot of bulk in these blocks. Also checking to make sure that you have 1/4 inch of fabric past the points of the center star and using an accurate 1/4 inch seam will help when assembling the nine patch block.
Star Bloom Quilt Block
The Star Bloom Block really shines with the secondary patterns that can be created with various color placements. As with all of the star blocks we’ve had so far with Blockheads 5, color placement on this block can be used to create a completely different look.
Moda Blockheads 5 Progress Recap
I am so happy with how my blocks look in the Songbook collection by Fancy That Design House. I have kept all of my group 1 blocks to combine with my group 2 for a larger project.
If you haven’t had a chance to sew the free quilt blocks from the Moda Blockheads 5 quilt along, jump right in with the second group of blocks! New blocks are released on the Moda blog on Wednesdays.
Happy quilting friends!
