Star Sampler Block #3

Welcome back for star #3 in our sampler series featuring Ro Gregg's Marblehead Venetian Glass fabrics! This block comes from the Fabri-Quilt blog team, based on a block in Maggie Malone's 5500 Quilt Block Designs book. (Great block reference book if you don't have it!) 

Here's the block:

 Using quick corners and half-square triangles, this block sews up easily; just make sure you pay attention to placement of the points of you'll accidentally have another wonky star! :) This block can easily be made from fat quarters. 

You'll need:

Two 4" green print squares

Two 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" red print pieces

Two 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" marble print pieces

Two 4" white squares

Six 3-1/2" white squares

Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of all the white squares.

Lay a 4" marked white square on a 4" green square, right sides facing. Stitch 1/4" on either side of the drawn line and cut apart on the line. 

Press open to make a half-square triangle. Trim to measure 3-1/2" square. Make 4.

Lay a 3-1/2" marked white square on a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" marble piece. Pay attention to which way the marked line is going; make sure it's oriented the same way on each piece as in the photo below. Stitch ON the line (different from making the half-square triangles). Stitch white squares to 2 marble pieces and 2 red print pieces.

Trim 1/4" past the seam and press open. Make 2 marbled and 2 red.

Lay out the half-square triangle units, the red and marbled units, and the 3-1/2" white squares to make a block as shown in the photo. Make sure all pieces are oriented correctly.

Following the picture below, sew a half-square triangle unit to a 3-1/2" white square. Sew to the edge of a marbled or red unit. Make 2 with the marbled units and 2 with the red units. These are your quarter blocks.

Sew the quarter blocks together to make halves, and join the two halves to complete your block. 

For a chance to win one of 3 fat quarter bundles of Marblehead Venetian Glass, sign up to follow Inspired by Fabric (using the "follow" button or the "follow by email" button in the right hand side bar) and leave an email letting us know you did, as well as telling us if you've ever made a sampler quilt before. You can leave a comment to enter once for each post during the Star Sampler hop (9 entries total). The giveaway will be open through Monday, March 17th at 11:59 EST, and we'll randomly pick 3 winners on Wednesday of that week. 

Make sure you catch the tutorials for all the blocks in the sampler!

     Star #1: Connie of Free Motion by the River

     Star #2: Joanne

     Star #4: Dawn from Spring Water Designs

     Star #5: Heidi from The Whimsical Workshop

     Star #6: Fabri-Quilt blog team

     Star #7: Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts

     Star #8: Tammy from Tamarinis
     Star #9: Monica from Diary of a Quilt Maven