Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Union Star Set for Yankee Notions

Denniele Bohannon designed this Union Star set for our Yankee Notions
pieced Block of the Month (starts in two weeks).

61" x 78"

A dozen 12" blocks fit like the white square shown.
Sashing finishes to 5" strips.
A single blue border finishes to 2-1/2".

Sashing Strips
You need 31 sets of pieced sashing finishing to 5".

  • Cut the blue strips 2-1/2" x 12-1/2" (need 2 per set) 
  • Cut the red strips 1-1/2" x 12-1/2" (need 1 per set
Cutting the 5" Stars for the Cornerstones

You need 6 of this color arrangement

Or Rotary Cutting Each Piece from EQ8


You'll see the Union Stars are variable stars in coloring.


You need 20 stars total in three colorways. The large triangle in the star changes from blue to red depending on where it intersects the red strips.
The Border
A single blue border finishing to 2-1/2" wide frames the quilt 
(below outlined in white).

Cutting the Border
For the sides cut 2 strips 3" x 73-1/2"
For the top and bottom cut 2 strips 3" x 61-1/2"

1 comment:

Dorry said...

This looks like it will be a wonderful sashing. Thanks for providing it Barbara and thanks to Denniele for sharing it so generously.