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The Basics for Beginning Quilters Learning to Quilt Tools & Equipment Pressing Fabric Choices Value 1/4 Inch Seam Rotary Cutters Starting Out Piecing Color Backing Batting Quilting Binding Borders The 4-Patch Grids and Patches Quilt Block Lessons for Beginning Quilters   Squares Rectangles Triangles Snowball  Square in a Square Rail Fence Pinwheel Flying Geese Stars Square in a Star Bearclaw Churn Dash   Challenge Blocks Pages 1 2 3   The Quilt Block Showcase   Fun with Squares Novelty Blocks Showcase Stars Woodsy Blocks Fancy Cut Blocks   All the Blocks on the Site in Alphabetical Order     More Challenges   Paper Piecing Strip Piecing Fabric Braiding Watercolor Quilting         EMAIL     The Pinwheel Star Here is another classically beautiful star that looks hard to make, but is easy with the skills you have learned. Color is important in this star.  The extended Pinwheel units must be the same color.  This block could be made using just Value if the red squares above were a medium color and the blue squares much darker, but it is more striking with two darks. Look at the picture with the grid lines. There are nothing but Half Square Triangles, Rectangles, and Squares in this block.  You could make this unit with just Half Square Triangles and Squares around the outside, but you can get rid of four seams by making  Flying Geese units instead. In the above block I started with the Pinwheel.  I made my units to finish at 2-inches.  I cut Squares of 2 7/8 - inches, to make the Half Square Triangles units.  With this block you can make the Pinwheel first.  (Remember The Windmill Block- it also has a Pinwheel in the center, but you cannot make The Pinwheel first) Next you need to cut the Rectangles from the white fabric.  Cut them at 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches.  If you review the Geese Lesson, you will remember that a Flying Geese is always twice as wide as high.  When you take away the 1/2 -inch seam allowance, the Geese unit finishes at 2x4 inches. Cut Squares from both the blue and red fabric to make the Geese units.  Cut them at 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches. Place a blue Square on the end of each Rectangle and sew, as per the Flying Geese Lesson.  Sew them all at one time (chain piecing). Then, after ironing, attach the red squares, sew and press. Now you just join the pieces.  Press so that your seams nest.  If you press the top row toward the small outer squares, press the middle row toward the center pinwheel. Stitch the horizontal rows, and press them away from the center. This block should finish at 8 1/2 inches raw. You can see that each row has four units of 2-inches each.  Add 1/4 -inch for seam allowances on the ends, and you have 8 1/2 inches. Finished size of block = 8 inches        FIND THE PERFECT CREDIT CARD Whether you are looking for CASH BACK , AIRLINE MILES , a BALANCE TRANSFER or even have BAD CREDIT , you can find the perfect credit card for your family. Click on the links below to search the best cards  in each category.   Airline Credit Cards Balance Transfer Credit Cards Cash Back Credit Cards Credit Cards for Bad Credit Instant Approval Credit Cards Low Interest Credit Cards Prepaid Debit Cards Reward Credit Cards Student Credit Cards                      HOME