Lucky Stars QAL Month 5!

by poweredbyquilting · May 4, 2021

Month 5 of the Lucky Stars Quilt Along! This quilt along lasts until September and each month's post will be the first Tuesday of the month! I can't wait to see your take on this skill-building pattern! If you don't have a copy of the pattern yet, you can grab a copy from my Etsy shop or Payhip!

This month we are making a total of 6 blocks: 2 of the 18.5" blocks and 4 of the 6.5" blocks using 3 different fabrics and the background.

There are 3 areas of mastery for making these blocks.

Accurate Stitch and Flip Corners
- If this is slightly off, trim your pieces to the size to get more accurate results!
Half Square Triangles and Hourglass blocks
- I use Clearly Perfect Angles on the bed of my sewing machine to avoid drawing diagonals, but if you do not have this, make sure you are drawing your diagonals!
- I use Clearly Slotted Trimmers to trim my HSTs before pressing them open. However, you can use a block-loc ruler or a normal square ruler that is larger than your HST.
Web Piecing
- We've been doing this before on a few other blocks, but we'll be focusing on web piecing for the small 6.5" blocks.

I'll be doing a demo for these blocks and answering any questions THIS SUNDAY in my Facebook group at 9am Mountain with my scrappy fabrics. If you can't watch me live, the video will be saved in my group for those wanting to watch it later. If you don't have a copy of the pattern yet, you can grab a copy from my Etsy shop or Payhip!