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Finished Jan 5, 2006
Size: approx 69"X69"
"Let every Nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall
pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
~John F. Kennedy
Monday, September 17, 2001.
I woke up this morning with the NEED to stitch something patriotic. I can't explain this need, but many of you are also experiencing it. This is what came to my mind......White ohio stars on blue backgrounds, surrounded by red and white rail blocks.
My ohio stars are 6" finished size. I was concerned about making them any bigger, because then the rail blocks would have to be HUMONGOUS strips, and I didn't want them to over power the quilt. The easiness of the rail blocks makes up for the small pieces in the Ohio Stars, and it really does go quick.
Saturday, Sept 22, 2001:
Tuesday, Oct 30th, 2001:
If you would like to join me, here are the directions for the Ohio Star blocks.
For each star cut:
White:
TWO 3 1/4" squares. Cut these squares diagonally twice
with an X to give you 8 star points.
ONE 2 1/2" square for the star center.
Navy:
TWO 3 1/4" squares. Cut these squares diagonally twice
with an X to give you 8 star background triangles.
FOUR 2 1/2" squares for block corners.
Piece blocks in this manner:
Make four hour-glass squares:
lay these out on your pressing board and press the seam allowances to the DARK. trim points and snip threads between triangles.
Make two piles of 4 triangles each.....and place them with long sides facing eachother. Pair these up with right sides together to stitch them into hour glass squares. Trim threads between squares, and trim excess points.
Lay out all your star pieces to form the block..... Make sure that your white points are forming the star points...and place your 4 blue background squares in the corners, and the white square in the center.
Stitch the block in rows across, as in sewing a 9 patch block.
Rail blocks:
Cut red fabric into 2 1/2" strips. Cut white center fabric into 2 1/2" strips.
Stitch a red on either side of the white....pressing seams towards the dark.
Sub-cut these long strips into 6 1/2" rail blocks.
Assembly:
Stitch blocks into rows, and then sew the rows into the quilt center.
Quilting Detail:
I came from Ohio and live in Kansas.
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt and appreciate all the exact directions for making it. Someday I hope to make an Ohio Star quilt. Thank you so much.
mia
mias88@embarqmail.com
gorgeous quilt ! Thank you for sharing :-)
ReplyDeletegorgeous quilt ! Thank you for sharing :-)
ReplyDeleteLOVE it!!!!
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