Today I’m sharing my quilt block for the Moda Blockheads 5 Group 2 Block 9, the Ohio Star quilt block! The Ohio Star quilt block is designed by Deb Strain.
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Blockheads 5 Group 2 Block 9
Deb Strain designed a cute Ohio Star quilt block for block 9 of the Blockheads quilt along. I adore the fabrics Deb designs, especially the honey bee prints! My son raised honey bees for a few years and we currently have a hive on our property!
The Ohio Star is a classic block in quilting. It’s super simple to make too! Made up in a 9 patch arrangement, you need 5 squares of fabric and 4 hour glass squares. Color placement can be changed up to make the block have different focal points. For my block I made the triangles closest to the center all the same so that it has a square in a square look. I kept the outer most triangle the same as my background fabric to help the blocks in the final quilt flow together with the same background print.
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 9 Assembly
Hour glass blocks are super simple to make. It helps to make them slightly oversized and then trim down. When in doubt, add 1/4″ to your starting square measurements to make sure they are large enough to trim down. Using the center intersection as a guide, it’s easy to trim them to the exact size.
Ohio Star Quilt Block
I love the simplicity of the Ohio Star block. It is such a traditional block that you will find time and again in quilting designs.
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!
