Monday, January 2, 2012

1904 Star quilt block

The 1904 Star block is made with squares, half square triangles, quarter square triangles and peaky and spike blocks. It uses 6 fabrics and in this example I used 3 color groups.

For a 12 inch block, finished pieces sizes are...
Center square = 3 inches
Half square triangles in corners from 3 inch square
Quarter square triangles from 3 by 1½ inch rectangle
Peaky and spike unit is 4¼ inches square



Below are some other examples of the 1904 Star quilt block from other quilters...

Jinny Beyer

Google Books - Alex Andersen
Google Books - Joen Wolfrom

Here is a simple quilt layout using the 1904 Star block and a 3 inch border with black binding and piping.

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