It’s time to share the seventh block in the Barn Star Sampler Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop. This quilt along uses the Barn Star Sampler book by Shelley Cavanna. All together there are 20 different blocks making up the final quilt. It’s a fairly large quilt at 80.5″ x 100.5″ and is large enough to fit a queen sized bed.
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- Barn Star Sampler Blocks 1-3
- Barn Star Sampler Block 4
- Barn Star Sampler Block 5
- Barn Star Sampler Block 6
Block 7 is the Friendship Star and finishes at 16″ x 16″. The final quilt needs two of these blocks. I made them with similar color placements but different fabrics. The gray background is different than the previous blocks so far where the white fabric was dominate.
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The Friendship star block is made up of a center square in a square block, surrounded by flying geese. The block also uses sew and flip corners for the outer star points. When you break down the block into its smaller pieces, it’s actually a very simple block using basic methods of sewing.
The Renew and Spring Chicken fabric collections by Sweetwater Fabrics coordinate so well for these blocks. I’m really loving the pink, grey, yellow, and greens in each quilt block. I also have a heart for the little chickens in the prints from Spring Chicken.
These two blocks coordinate so well with each other. Only a couple more months of the larger blocks left and then it shifts to 8″ blocks or smaller. I still have a lot of the prints left from the 2 fat quarter bundles I started with, but not nearly as many large pieces for the larger blocks. I’m looking forward to using the smaller pieces up in some of the smaller blocks.
Photo credits this month go to my daughter Camryn. She wanted to make sure the world knew. Haha
Have you gotten a copy of the Barn Star Sampler book yet? The blocks are beginner friendly and the other projects in addition to the sampler quilt would make a great addition to your quilt collection.
Happy quilting friends!
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