Double aster quilt block pattern

Here's a fun quilt that you can keep yourself busy with for the weekend by Carol Thelen on YouTube. If you're looking for a bit of a challenge, then you'll surely love this quilt block

Another block too add to my QAL that never made it to completion. I loved surfing the net and finding other star patterns to add to ones featured in the QAL. Wonderful pattern tutorial (and more) posted here: www.quilterscache.com/D/DoubleAsterBlock.html Thanks Marcia! BLOCK FOR UFO NUMBER 5...FOR MY "p & B Star Sampler"???

Here are the From Marti Michell template conversions for the Peony block: The Double Aster Block Double Aster is a classic design credited to Nancy Cabot. In Jinny Beyer's book The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Blocks, Nancy Cabot is said to have presented this block, which she called Double Windmill, in her Chicago Tribune column of October 26, 1936, and attributed it to an old Pennsylvania Dutch pattern pieced in Philadelphia as early as 1800. Nancy Cabot was on a roll -- 2 weeks later, she…

Photos above © pinksuedeshoeThis quilt pattern is available as a free download... Download Pattern: Double Aster

Make a lovely pieced flower, the Double Aster, on this week ‘s “Black and White Delight”

Eloise’s Double Aster Quilt – Pieced Together

Why does this block have two names? Well, over the years many blocks have been named and renamed although I am not sure why. The reason that I am using two names is because I have found it under bo…

It’s Great for Many Types of Quilt Projects! We love the cheerful colors used to make this charming block and also appreciate how wonderful it is in other color themes. It’s an interesting block that can be used in many types of quilt projects and one that’s often used in sampler quilts. While it looks …