Pinwheel Sawtooth Star Quilt Block for Beginners

The Pinwheel Sawtooth Star quilt block is an easy block pattern for a beginning quilter!  This is the sixth block in the Scrappy Stars Quilt Pattern series.  

In about an hour you can make this simple 8 ½” x 8 ½” block!!!   

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Cutting Fabric for the Pinwheel Sawtooth Quilt Block

Refer to the Scrappy Stars Quilt Pattern for total fabric requirements. 

Center:  Red fabric cut 2 – 3 ⅜” x 3 ⅜” squares.  White fabric cut 2 – 3 ⅜” x 3 ⅜” squares.  

Outer Corners:  Cut 4 – 2 ½” x 2 ½” white squares

Flying Geese:  Cut 1 – 5 ¼” x 5 ¼” white square and 4 – 2 ⅞” x 2 ⅞” red squares.

Sew the Pinwheel Sawtooth Quilt Block

Refer to the Easy No Waste Flying Geese Block post on how to sew the four flying geese needed for this block.

Sew the 4 ½” x 4 ¼” Center Block

Use a fine pencil to draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the white squares.

Place a white square and a red square right sides together and sew ¼” on both sides of the diagonal line.  Cut apart on the drawn line to create two half square triangle blocks.

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Repeat for the other red and white squares to create a total of four half square triangle blocks.

Press each half square triangle toward the dark side.

Trim the half square triangle blocks to measure 2 ½” x 2 ½” square!

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Layout the half square triangle blocks to form the pinwheel design. 

Sew the top two blocks together.  Press seam to the right.  Sew the bottom two blocks together.  Press seam to the left.

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Place the two rows right sides together.  Line up the center seams, pin in place, and sew the two rows together.  Press seams open.

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Trim to 4 ½” x 4 ½” square, if needed.

Finish the Block

Arrange the flying geese blocks around the center of the 4 ½” x 4 ½” center square.  Place the 2 ½” x 2 ½” white squares in each corner.

Sew both white corners onto the top flying geese block and both white corners on the bottom flying geese block.  Press the seams outward toward the corners.

Sew each of the flying geese blocks to the sides of the 4 ½” x 4 ½” center square.  Press the seams inward toward the center.

Now there are three rows to sew together!

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Sew the top row onto the top of the center row.  Then sew the bottom row onto the bottom of the center row.

Press seams open.

Trim the block, if necessary, to measure 8 ½” x 8 ½” square.  I like to use the 12 ½” square Omnigrip Plastic Ruler to accomplish this task!

This spinning little block is so fun to make!

Watch for the next block in this series to continue making the Scrappy Stars Quilt Pattern.

Happy quilting!!!

~Bonnie

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