Wonky star quilt

Scrappy star tutorial for a dramatic design using remnants from your stash based around a star pattern. Another idea shown to use them in a quilt.

Wonky Stars Quilt Block | The Wonky Star Quilt Block is a 9-patch made around a central square. The "wonky" star points are made using triangles sewn on a background square at

Here's a simply tutorial on how to make a 12.5" wonky star block for the Bushfire Quilt Project, which I blogged about in the previous post. (My apologies for the variations in the lighting of these photos, the clouds kept rolling in and out during this shoot. UPDATED NOTE: I wrote this tutorial, in an attempt to make the process as straight forward and simple to follow as I possibly could. However, please know that if you use triangle shapes cut a bit larger, ( by an inch or two) you will…

The wonky star block has a sort of organic twinkle. The irregular points flash with personality. It’s my favorite block for using up triangle scraps, as each block uses 8 triangles - one for each star point! This tutorial is flexible for making block of diverse sizes.

This month with do. Good Stitches our charity bee quilt block is the wonky star. That’s always fun! I have a whole scrap bin full of triangle scraps. Wonky stars are the ideal quilt block for using up triangle scraps. Each of the eight star points will use a triangle scrap.

Like I mentioned on Monday, I’m LOVING the stars right now! And I’m loving them with a little ‘wonkiness’ added in! The straight up and down ones are cool too, but I’m…

First let me tell you I did not design, make up or have rights to this block! This is just the way I make Wonky Stars! Here we go...

Wonky Star quilt made with Napa's Block Party Club blocks - this one is off to Fairbanks with niece Ariana!

This will be our second paper-pieced block :-) I think it is a fairly simple piecing and as you are all experienced now you should have no worries, right?! Let's dig in...Note that this block's format is a little different from our previous blocks, not all units are the same size. Here's your outline if you want…

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