Create 16 Small Spinning Blocks
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Cut 8 2.25" x 3.75" rectangles from each of your four colors. Tip: this is most easily done by cutting two strips from your remaining 1/4 yard color fabric: cut 2 3.75" strips. Then, cut the 3.75" strips into 2.25" wide pieces. See photo below.
Set out your 32 2.25" x 3.75" rectangles from background fabric.
Cut each rectangle diagonally from the lower left hand corner to the upper right hand corner. Do this for both the background fabric rectangles and the color rectangles.
For each placemat, you will have 4 color triangles in each color and 16 background triangles.
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Stitch a background triangle to each color triangle.
Use quilter's square to even up the rectangles.
These rectangles should be squared to 1.5" x 2.5". |
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Set out your 64 2.5" x 1.5" rectangles from background fabric (labeled SMALL SPINNING STARS).
Stitch a background fabric rectangle to the left of each color/background rectangle (see photo on right).
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Assemble spinning stars as shown. NOTE: images do not show the 1/4" seam allowances.
Each finished spinning star block should measure 4.5" x 4.5".
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Stitch a 4.5" square of background fabric (labeled GENERAL BACKGROUND) between 2 spinning stars as shown. NOTE: I rotated my spinning stars - see photo on right.
Stitch a spinning start strip to each side of the large star block.
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