Morning Star Rising Quilt

Hi, I'm Suzy Webster of Websterquilt

I love to combine blocks in unusual ways and see what happens when different blocks make secondary designs. That's what happened while I was working on this quilt. 

 

 

Morning Star Rising Quilt - 68” Square

First, you'll need to gather the following materials:

• Morning Star Die 55556
• 8” Qube 55776
• Optional - Strip Cutter Dies 
• Background navy - 4 1/2 yards
• Lime - 2/3 yard
• Green - 1/2 yard
• Orange -1 yard
• Dark pink - 1 yard
• Peach - 7/8 yard
• Light turquoise - 1/2 yard
• Medium turquoise - 1/3 yard

 

 

Cutting Instructions

Once you've got your materials, it's time to cut!

 

Color	Strips - Cut and then fanfold to make sub cuts in the next column	Cuts
Lime	3 - 5 3/4” strips	8” Qube Die 4 - cut 64
Green	3 - 4 1/2” strips	Morning Star piece A - cut 48
Light Turquoise	1 - 5” strip 2 - 5 1/2” strips	8” Qube Die 1 - cut 5 8” Qube Die 3 - cut 20
Medium Turquoise	2 - 5” strips	Morning Star piece B - cut 32
Dark Pink	3 - 4 1/2” strips	Morning Star piece A - cut 48
Orange	6 - 4 1/2” strips 1 - 5 1/2” strip	Morning Star piece A - cut 96 8” Qube Die 3 - cut 12
Peach	6 - 4 1/2” strips	Morning Star piece A - cut 96
Navy Background	6 - 4 1/2” strips 1 - 5” strip 2 - 12 1/2” strips 2 - 5” strips 2 - 5 1/2” strips 3 - 5 3/4” strips 8 - 4 1/2” strips (border) 8 - 2 1/2” strips (binding)	Morning Star piece A - cut 96 Morning Star piece B - cut 16 12 1/2” square - cut 4 8” Qube Die 1 - cut 16 8” Qube Die 3 - cut 28 8” Qube Die 4 - cut 64

Piecing Instructions

Now, let's start putting it all together.

 

Block A (Corners) - Make Four

You'll Need:

Navy:

• 4 - 12 1/2” squares

Orange:

• 4 - 4 1/2” half-square triangles 

 

 

Place triangle piece like this (above).

Sew on regular sewing line connecting the two corners as shown in the drawing.  

Then, iron to look like this:

 

 

 

Block B (Center Outsides) -Make Four

You'll Need:

Navy:

• 16 - 4 1/2” squares
• 24 - 4 1/2” quarter-square triangles
• 8 - 4 1/2” half-square triangles

Lime:

• 24 - 4 1/2” quarter-square triangles

Orange:

• 8 - 4 1/2” half-square triangles

 

Sew 12 quarter-square triangle units.

 

 

Sew eight half-square triangle units

 

 

Layout your units and squares. 

Sew four of each row as shown below and then sew into blocks.

 

 

 

Block C (Morning Star) - Make Twelve

You'll Need:

Navy:

• 96 - Morning Star piece A
• 16 - Morning Star piece B

Orange:

• 96 - Morning Star piece A

Dark pink:

• 48 - Morning Star piece A

Peach:

• 96 - Morning Star piece A

Green:

• 48 - Morning Star piece A

Dark turquoise:

• 32 - Morning Star piece B

 

Make four with four medium turquoise corners. Then, eight with two navy and two medium turquoise corners (everything else is identical).

Arrange your A pieces so they match the drawings below. 

You will end up making 48 units - with two peach and a pink on the bottom and a green on the top.  

You will also make 48 units - with two blues and an orange on the bottom and an orange on the top.

Then, sew on the corner pieces accordingly. 

Make four with four medium turquoise corners and eight with two navy and two medium turquoise corners

 

 

Block D (Ohio Star) - Make Five

Sew 20 quarter-square triangle units.

 

 

Sew 20 half-square triangle units.

 

 

Layout your units and center squares.

Sew four of each row as shown below and then sew into blocks.

 

Layout the quilt as shown below.

Sew rows together.

Then, sew rows into the quilt.  

For borders, sew two border strips together. 

Add to the left and right sides. 

Then, add to top and bottom - trimming off the extra length. 

Pro Tip: You can also pre-measure your quilt and cut the borders to length before sewing them.

 

 

Assemble your quilt and quilt it as desired.

Here is my finished version of the quilt. 

 

 

 

Let Your Morning Star Shine

If you make your own version using this tutorial, please share a photo on social media using the hashtag #AccuQuiltBuilt and don't forget to tag @websterquilt and @AccuQuilt so we can see your fun creation!