The Star in a Star Sawtooth Star quilt block is a fairly easy block for a beginning quilter! It’s just a bit more putzy than some others. This is the fifth block in the Scrappy Stars Quilt Pattern series.
In about an hour or two you can make this 8 ½” x 8 ½” block!!!
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Cutting Fabric for the Star in a Star Sawtooth Quilt Block
Refer to the Scrappy Stars Quilt Pattern for total fabric requirements.
Center: Red fabric cut 8 – 1 ½” x 1 ½” squares and 1 – 2 ½ ” x 2 ½ ” square. White fabric cut 4 – 1 ½” x 1 ½” squares and 4 – 1 ½” x 2 ½ ” strips
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 Star in a Star 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
We’re going to learn another way to make 4 little flying geese blocks for this center.
Little Bitty Flying Geese
Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each of the 1 ½” red squares.
Place a 1 ½” red square on the left side of a white strip, right sides together and diagonal line pointing down to the left corner. Beginning in the middle of the white strip (rather than on the corner) sew on the line down to the corner to connect these two pieces.
Trim the outer half of the unit ¼” from this seam. Repeat for all 4 strips.
Press seams open toward the outside.
Place a 1 ½” red square on the right side of one of the white strips, right sides together and diagonal line pointing down to the right corner. Beginning in the middle of the white strip (rather than on the corner) sew on the line down to the corner to connect these two pieces.
Trim the outer half of the unit ¼” from this seam. Repeat for all 4 strips.
Press seams open toward the outside.
Finish the Little Star
Lay out the four flying geese around the 2 ½” red square with the points of the flying geese point outward. Place a 1 ½” white square in each corner.
Sew the corner squares to each side of the top and the bottom flying geese blocks. Sew a flying geese block to each side of the 2 ½” red square center. Now you have 3 rows. Sew the rows together for form the 4 ½” x 4 ½” center.
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!
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 starry little block is so pretty!
Watch for the next block in this series to continue making the Scrappy Stars Quilt Pattern.
Happy quilting!!!
~Bonnie
