Quarter Square Triangles with Easy Instructions!
Learning to create quarter square triangles will enhance your ability to create great quilting blocks! Quilters love easy quarter square blocks because they are so versatile. We’ll break it down for you by various quilting techniques - regular piecing, template piecing, applique piecing, foundation quilting, and paper piecing. There are many possibilities with the star quilting block! We picked two of our favorites; one made using Quarter Square Triangles which we'll show you how to piece with basic quilting techniques. (no special templates or quilting rulers will be needed). The second one will be made with the flying geese quilting technique. We'll teach you how to make another version of the versatile star quilt pattern without any special templates or rulers. Finally, we'll give you ideas for laying out the versatile Star blocks, plus ideas for using various quilting rulers and templates. We'll even make suggestions on how to make your "Star" shine. How many star patterns are there?! The best answer is many...all that have been created and some yet to be created. You will quickly realize, if you do any reading at all about quilting patterns, any given quilting block will have several different names. We thought the ‘Variable Star‘ was the most common.
The 8-pointed star, also known as radiant star or Houston star, to name a few, seems to be one of the most common star quilt blocks. Go ahead, take a look at the pattern we created for you. While this is not a beginner pattern you will soon be able to tackle it. It is not hard once you learn the terms and techniques. The Variable Star can even feature Flying Geese. You can turn the center block into a modified Nine Patch. Sort of like the feed sacks you knew as a kid. Mayabe not you, but I'm old enough to remember this. Study a nine patch block to understand the structure of this block. The one dominate cut in a star quilting block is the quarter square triangle. You can move the colors around to achieve different designs. Feel free to view, and yes, even print any or all of these great tutorials by Connecting Threads. Oh yes, did I mention that Connecting Threads has wonderful fabrics and lots to choose from....believe me it's not unusual for me to spend my allowance with them. Great prices and half price sales on fabric already priced VERY low.... When you are ready click on the BACK ARROW to come back to ‘Quilting-Tidbits' and look around our site for more inspirational and motivational tidbits. We take pride in our dedication to showing you all about quilting...it is easy and we promise you will enjoy the visit. FREE Lesson One: Stars - Intro to Stars
FREE Lesson Two: Stars - QST Variable Stars
FREE Lesson Three: Stars - Flying Geese Variable Stars
FREE Lesson Four: Stars - Inspiration
These steps on how to make a quilt are easy. Feel free to print this page and keep the free quilting instructions for your use. Or better yet, put this in your favorites and come back often. Look around and you will find many, many free quilting instructions on this site! Be sure and visit our Machine Quilting Patterns and Continuous Line Quilting Patterns for quilting ideas on quilting quilts.
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