Friendship star quilt

The Friendship Star Quilt block is a great place to start when learning to quilt. It's really only a simple nine patch block with a few half square.

Learn how to make this simple and versatile star quilt block. Tutorial from NewQuilters.com. #friendshipstarquiltblock, #quiltblocks, #piecingquiltblocks

I posted about this quilt for the first time on my blog back in February 2012. It was started way before that, back in 2009. It has taken me a long time to make, but I am so thrilled with the end result and happier still to be sharing it with you!! I found this pattern in Quilt Sampler from fall/winter 2008 and I fell in love with it. I had a big bundle of fat quarters I had gotten from my mom when she was my secret sister a few years before. They were perfect for this quilt. I simply added…

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! It's tutorial week in my Classic Quilt Blocks series, and I'm really excited about this one. I've been pondering all week on the lack of antique Friendship Star quilts and I'm even more determined to encourage you to sew your own. Today's tutorial is quite simple and the only thing I wanted to mention was the…

Friendship star quilt block tutorial is the final tutorial for the medallion quilt, directions included for a variety of quilt block sizes.

Hi Friends! I'm popping in to share a free block pattern with you today! It's such a simple, yet classic quilt block. This block is called the Friendship Star and probably took me about 15 minutes to cut and assemble the pieces. This block would be great for a swap or to make a quilt for a friend who needs a little bit of cheering up! Maybe in their favorite colors!?! You could even make some little friendship stars to use in the cornerstones of your sashing (which is what Jessica Dayon and…

Happy Birthday FQG! General description of block: This is a classic friendship star block made with Quilty Friends basic corners. It uses nine patch construction. Cutting directions: (21 pieces) FQG - this months kit is purposefully subtle. Our pinwheels will not pop as much as they usually do...this will allow our stars to shine. Frisco Quilt Guild is, after all, the friendliest little guild in Texas! Add dark coordinating colors from your stash to make the stars and white or off white for…

Make use of small scraps with this friendship star quilt block tutorial, directions given for a variety of sizes of star blocks.

Click here to open a PDF file with brief instructions. My quilt in progress. Please note that my drawing shows all my stars the same color because it’s faster to draw them the same but each star is…

See how to make a large quilt block using several overlapping Friendship Star quilt blocks.