Quilting for a Good Cause

I helped out to quilt some pretty quilt tops that people have made to donate to good causes.  
  

Quilted with a looping heart design.  

This quilt is made with 8 inch finished blocks, set on point 

Star center is 4 1/2 inches. 

The star legs are triangles which are made with 3 1/2 inches cut diagonally twice 

The geese portion are 4 1/2 inches cut diagonally twice.  When sewn together it will be a flying geese block and should be trimmed to be 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches

The alternating block is a 4 1/2 inch center Square with 2 1/2” x 4 1/2” on two sides and two 8 1/2 x 2 1/2” on the other two sides. The outer border is a 2 1/2 inch yellow and then a 5 inch purple.

Make one block first to test if the measurements are accurate.  The blocks should be 8 1/2" unfinished

Quilted with phoenix feathers design

Possible cutting instructions for this block.  Do a test block to make sure.  These are 12 1/2” inches unfinished blocks

Center black square 3 1/2” 

Color square 4” cut diagonally twice and sew to black center square to make a 4 1/2" unfinished square in a square. 

Cut two more 4” color blocks cut diagonally as they will also be used for the flying geese blocks.  

For the goose, it’s a 4 7/8” square cut diagonally twice.  

The flying geese blocks will be trimmed to be 4 1/2 x 2 1/2".  

Sew a 4 1/2 x 2 1/2" yellow rectangles on each side of the 4 1/2" square in a square block.  

Sew a flying geese block to each of the yellow rectangles you just sewed.  

That column will now be 12 1/2 x 4 1/2"  Sew 12 1/2 x 2 1/2" strips to each side of the column and trim to 8 1/2 x 12 1/2".  

Sew 2 1/2" backgound squares to the sides of the other two flying geese blocks and trim to 2 1/2 x 12 1/2"

Sew to the the column side to make a 12 1/2" block.

The cornerstones are 2 1/2" squares and the sashing is 2 1/2 x 12 1/2"