Quilt Block Tutorial – Block #3 from Meet the Makers

It’s time for the Block #3 tutorial from Riley Blake’s Meet the Makers series. (You can see my previous blocks + find the tutorials for Block #1 here and Block #2 here.)

Once again, I’m using a mix of fabrics from my Gingham Girls and Sunnyside Avenue collections.

Here is the video tutorial for this fun star within a star, Block #3. The Fabric Requirements per block are (as used in the solids version in the video):

Riley White:

4 – 3″ x 5 1/2″ rectangles for large flying geese
4 – 3″ x 3″ squares
4 – 3″ x 1 3/4″ rectangles for small flying geese
4 – 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ squares

Cayenne:

1 – 3″ x 3″square

Lipstick:

4 – 3″ x 3″squares

Petunia:

4 – 3″x 3″ squares

Sugar Pink:

8 – 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ squares

If you prefer to make your flying-geese using the no-waste four-at-a-time flying geese method I’ve got a tutorial here as well as a cutting chart.

*Important note: if you use the no-waste method above, you will cut your fabrics differently than the cutting list above.

For the four outside flying geese blocks you will need one large white 6 1/4″ x 6 1/4″ squares and four colored 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ squares.

For the four smaller inside flying geese blocks you will need one large white (or I used a print) 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ square and four colored 2 1/4″ x 2 1/4″ square.

Here’s my variety of stars for this week’s block. This time I decided to mix up the colors a little more so that I can play with more of the different fabrics and combinations. Because scrappy makes me happy.

But here’s an example of a quilt made with a similar quilt block in only 2 colors and I love it too!