How many variations on an Ohio Star can there be? Here is just one more, because I can't pass up a quilt block with a lovely chain through the center in terms of secondary patterns
I am focused on dark fabrics this month, but I keep finding black prints and then pulling out punchy accent colors.
Layer your two large square right sides together and draw a line along the diagonal.
Go ahead and layer your two strip sets at the same time so that you can sew it all up in one trip to the sewing machine.
Sew on either side of the drawn line in of the square and sew your two strip sets together.
Cut your HST units along the diagonal and press with the seams going toward the dark fabric.
Sub cut your strip sets into segments with the same width a your initial strip.
Sew your twosies into four patches
Sew your twosies into four patches
Sew again on either side of your drawn line
Press your QST and four patch units. Trim dog ears.
The layout is just an Ohio Star with a colored center and then four patches in each corner. If you were making an entire quilt, you could use contrasting colors along the two diagonals and then replace the solid center square with a four patch combining both fabrics. I didn't do that here, because it doesn't make as much sense in a single block.
This one is pretty sharp in darker colors. Classics remain popular for a reason.
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