When You Wish Upon a Star

Whether you know it as a sawtooth star, variable star, square and points, unnamed star, or any of the names in the two pages of its variations in Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns . . . this star block is a classic. Terri made these 8 inch blocks for the October Lotto.




This block has infinite possibilities. It scales easily and that big center square can be replaced by 4-patch, pinwheel, square in a square or just changed to a coordinating fabric. For more variation think half-square triangles in the corners.

Marcia Hohn has a page of 12 inch blocks on the Quilter's Cache site which are all variations on the sawtooth star. Christine is using it as the basis for a Christmas Block Swap on the Quilting Forum on about.com. I am making three sets of blocks.



Even though I thought I was done swapping for the year, I couldn't resist.

Quilt Pink Weekend

This was Quilt Pink Weekend. I celebrated by photographing all the blocks received so far from Quilting forum members on about.com.

These blocks were made by Ardyth, Brenda, Cathy, Chris, Colene, Debbie, Desiree, Grace, Jen, Julie, Kathi, Lee Ann, Michelle, Sandy, Suzy, Sylvia, Terri, Tracy, Vanessa and me.

They're obviously taken at different times, hence the variation in white backgrounds, but aren't they pretty?



I'll post more of the pink and orange lotto blocks soon.

Quilt Pink

This month, in addition to making blocks for the monthly Beginner Block Lotto, we're also making bonus blocks–in pink only–to be used in a quilt for Quilt Pink that Amy is organizing for us. Thanks, Amy. Here are a few of the Quilt Pink blocks I've received so far.

Orange & Pink?

The choice for the Beginner Block Lotto in September is a 12-inch (finished size) Ohio Star block, made in orange or pink with a white-on-white background.

Here are some blocks, already received from Colene, Kathi, Lee Ann, Terri, along with mine.








All the Ohio Star blocks can be found in my Flickr set Ohio Stars.