Sawtooth Star Cutting Chart + Tutorial

Today I have a little gift for you!

It's simple but hopefully, you'll enjoy it!

The Sawtooth Star block is one of the most basic,

yet classic quilt blocks around and today

I have a cutting chart for finished block sizes 3" - 20"!

Sawtooth Star Cutting Chart

FINISHED BLOCK SIZE	BACKGROUND FABRIC CUTTING	STAR FABRIC CUTTING
3”	(4) 1 ¼” squares (4) 1 ¼” x 2” rectangles	(8) 1 ¼” squares (1) 2” square
4”	(4) 1 ½” squares (4) 1 ½” x 2 ½” rectangles	(8) 1 ½” squares (1) 2 ½” square
5”	(4) 1 ¾” squares (4) 1 ¾” x 3” rectangles	(8) 1 ¾” squares (1) 3” square
6”	(4) 2” squares (4) 2” x 3 ½” rectangles	(8) 2” squares (1) 3 ½” square
7”	(4) 2 ¼” squares (4) 2 ¼” x 4” rectangles	(8) 2 ¼” squares (1) 4” square
8”	(4) 2 ½” squares (4) 2 ½” x 4 ½” rectangles	(8) 2 ½” squares (1) 4 ½” square
9”	(4) 2 ¾” squares (4) 2 ¾” x 5” rectangles	(8) 2 ¾” squares (1) 5” square
10”	(4) 3” squares (4) 3” x 5 ½” rectangles	(8) 3” squares (1) 5 ½” square
11”	(4) 3 ¼” squares (4) 3 ¼” x 6” rectangles	(8) 3 ¼” squares (1) 6” square
12”	(4) 3 ½” squares (4) 3 ½” x 6 ½” rectangles	(8) 3 ½” squares (1) 6 ½” square
13”	(4) 3 ¾” squares (4) 3 ¾” x 7” rectangles	(8) 3 ¾” squares (1) 7” square
14”	(4) 4” squares (4) 4” x 7 ½” rectangles	(8) 4” squares (1) 7 ½” square
15”	(4) 4 ¼” squares (4) 4 ¼” x 8” rectangles	(8) 4 ¼” squares (1) 8” square
16”	(4) 4 ½” squares (4) 4 ½” x 8 ½” rectangles	(8) 4 ½” squares (1) 8 ½” square
17”	(4) 4 ¾” squares (4) 4 ¾” x 9” rectangles	(8) 4 ¾” squares (1) 9” square
18”	(4) 5” squares (4) 5” x 9 ½” rectangles	(8) 5” squares (1) 9 ½” square
19”	(4) 5 ¼” squares (4) 5 ¼” x 10” rectangles	(8) 5 ¼” squares (1) 10” square
20”	(4) 5 ½” squares (4) 5 ½” x 10 ½” rectangles	(8) 5 ½” squares (1) 10 ½” square

Click HERE for a printable version of this chart.

(Please do not redistribute this chart; it is for your personal use only.

But please do tell your quilting friends about this post so they can

check it out for themselves!)

Here's a quick tutorial on how to make a Sawtooth Star block:

(Please note: the seam allowance is 1/4".)

1. Cut out the required pieces for your chosen block size.

2. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of your smaller

squares from the Star fabric.  (You can skip this step if you have Diagonal

Seam Tape from Cluck Cluck Sew.  See product information for details).

3. Place a marked square on one end of a background fabric rectangle

with right sides together.  Stitch on the marked line.  Trim 1/4" from the line.  

Press the seam allowance toward the dark fabric.

4.  Repeat step 3 on the opposite end of the rectangle.  Make 4 Flying Geese units. 

5. Layout the 4 Flying Geese units, 4 background fabric squares,

and 1 large square from your Star fabric as shown.  Sew the pieces

together in rows.  Press the seam allowances toward the squares.

6. Sew the rows together and press the seam allowances toward

the block center.

And there you have it!  A very classic Sawtooth Star block!

Note: I am making 12" Stars for my project.  The cutoffs from making

my Flying Geese units are a decent size so I plan to

make those into Half-Square Triangles for a bonus project!

Also, if you are not using sashing between the blocks,

I would recommend pressing your seam allowances open.

I am using sashing between my blocks.

[6" Stars from my Two Stars a Day quilt]

I hope you find this cutting chart and tutorial

very useful, for many years to come!

Tag me on Instagram if you use them!

I'd love to see what you're working on!

Happy quilting!

Bloom True Fabric Tour + a New Quilt Pattern!

When Poppie Cotton emailed me to see if I would like to be a part of a fabric tour 

for their new line, Bloom True, I just had to say, "YES!"  I love this fabric line! 

The line was designed by Terri Conrad and

all of the fabrics have a beautiful vintage feel!

Pretty florals, damasks, and geometric prints in 

different shades of pink, mint, and golden yellows, 

with little accents of green, black, and white.

So pretty!

I designed a fun flower block to go with the line.

I'm calling this pattern, Flower Farm!

The flower blocks feature sweet pinwheels and the sashing

creates a fun secondary pattern!  I'd say this is

a beginner-friendly pattern!

It comes with instructions for 5 different sizes:

baby, throw, twin, queen, and king.

The quilting on my quilt is called Garden Trellis by Karlee Porter Designs.

Jen Ostler quilted it for me and I think it turned out so pretty!

I bound it in one of my favorite prints from the line.

It's called Flora Black and it's a small floral print

that has all of the colors from the line!

Flower Farm is fat eighth/fat quarter friendly!

The PDF pattern is available in my Etsy shop HERE.

The Paper pattern is available in my Etsy shop HERE.

A big thanks to Poppie Cotton for inviting me to be a part of the

Bloom True fabric tour!  I seriously love this line

and can see many more Bloom True projects in my future!

Garden of Quilts

 Hey friends!

I've been meaning to tell you that I will be teaching and presenting

at the Garden of Quilts this year!  I'm so excited!

If you haven't heard of the Garden of Quilts, it's a 4-day event for quilters at the

beautiful Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT.

It's a stunning venue!  

I've been to the Garden of Quilts once; 

there are quilts hung all around the 50 acres, plus tons of classes, vendors, and lectures!

Dates: September 14th - 17th, 2022.

I will be teaching 2 classes:

PINEAPPLE BLOCK

FOUNDATION PAPER PIECING 

Friday 2-5 p.m.

Sign up HERE.

STASH HASH

Saturday 9 a.m. - Noon

Sign up HERE.

Click on the link above each photo for details and prices for each class.

I also get to present all the quilts from my new book, Quilt the Rainbow!

(All lectures, trunk shows, and demos are included 

in the Garden of Quilts admission price.)

I'll be talking about how to create beautiful quilts 

with these 10 scrap/stash-friendly projects!  I can't wait to tell you 

all about the book and for you to see the quilts in person!

There are so many other awesome fabric and quilt designers that will

be presenting and teaching too.  It's sure to be an unforgettable few days so grab your 

friends or family and treat yourselves to a wonderful quilty weekend!

I can't wait to meet you!

Click HERE for all the details.

Another Boxy Quilt

 I started this quilt on March 9th, 2022 and just finished

it yesterday, June 1st, 2022.  I somehow even talked my husband into going 

into the hills by our house yesterday to help me get some photos.

This is my second Boxy quilt.  It's such a quick, easy pattern to make!

The first one I made was in really bright fabrics so I wanted

to see what a softer version would look like.  

Click HERE to see the original version.

Plus I had these two Dover charm packs (by Brenda Riddle Designs for Moda)

in my stash that I thought would be perfect for this pattern!

The pattern calls for charm packs  + solids but instead of using

solids this time, I pulled a bunch of coordinating print fabrics from

my stash to make it extra scrappy!

The blocks are fun to make and very beginner-friendly.

Someone even suggested using a fussy cut fabric in the center

of the blocks and I think that would be a wonderful touch!

This pattern would be perfect in any colorway!

It comes with instructions for twin, queen, and king-size quilts.

The edge-to-edge quilting panto is called Moulin Rouge

and my friend Jen Ostler (@drycreekquilter on Instagram) quilted 

it for me.  I actually let her surprise me with the design

because I couldn't decide between that and another more

geometric design.  I think this turned out beautiful!

I had all of the fabric in my stash except for the binding fabric

(which is the aqua floral from the Dover line).

The background fabric is a cream linen fabric and the

backing is a cream and black plaid woven fabric that

I had in my stash for years!!  Glad I finally found a use for it!

If you want to snag a copy of Boxy, visit my Etsy shop

HERE.  I have paper and PDF patterns available.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Quilt the Rainbow Book

 Good morning friends!

My new book, Quilt the Rainbow is hitting stores TODAY

so I wanted to take a few minutes, here on the blog, to tell you all about it!

THE INSPIRATION

One day, back in October of 2020, I was looking at my pretty little stacks of fabric 

organized in rainbow order and thought to myself, wouldn't it be nice if there were patterns 

to help me whittle down each color of my stash?  (If you've been following along with me 

for a while you know that I LOVE using my stash and I love scrap quilts.  

I honestly don't like having a huge stash; I'm constantly trying to use up what I have!)  

I thought I should create those patterns and knew they all needed to be together in one place

so the idea for my second book was born.

I reached out to my publishing company, Martingale, to see what they

thought about the concept and surprisingly they said they hadn't really done

one like that before!  I'm so glad they were game for the idea and even liked

my idea for the title, Quilt the Rainbow.

THE CONTENTS

In the book, I included 10 stash-friendly patterns; one in red, pink, orange,

yellow, green, aqua, blue, purple, black, and one multi-color quilt!  Of couse every

quilt would be cute in any color way!  Most of them would be very easy to adapt

to a smaller or larger size, too!

I also share alot of fun tidbits including the meaning/symbolism of each color, 

how to cut and store fabric for scrap quilts, how to choose fabrics for beautiful, cohesive 

scrap quilts, how to make scrappy quilt backs, how to make scrappy bindings, 

how to spiderweb piece, all the quilt-making basics you need to know, 

and some of my favorite time-saving notions.  It's chock-full of 

useful information and inspiring photography!

I couldn't be happier with how it turned out!

THE PROJECTS

Sew Delightful (red)

Scrapology (pink)

Blossoms & Buds (orange)

Crowning Glory (yellow)

Box Elder Trail (green)

Seaside (aqua)

Patchwork Plaid (blue)

Glimmer of Light (purple)

Tile Revival (black)

Star Studded (multi-color)

I hope you are envisioning some of those patterns in

your own favorite color ways!  

[All images above are courtesy of Martingale Publishing.]

FUN TIMES ARE COMING

I have a Quilt the Rainbow book tour starting

July 1st, 2022. I've invited 10 friends to make their own versions

of the projets in the book so I hope you'll follow along on Instagram

in July and August.  I'll do a final roundup post at the end

(here on the blog, in case you're not on Instagram).

Click HERE to check out the book tour.

I will also be hosting a quilt-along for the aqua quilt (Seaside)

in September.  I have my fabrics all picked out (I'm really into these earthy colors 

right now!)  Stay tuned for more details!

Click HERE to check out the Seaside QAL details.

I'm so anxious to remake a lot of the quilts in different colorways.

So if you are interested in whittling down your fabric stash and quilting 

the rainbow with me, grab your own copy of the book, and let's get started!

WHERE TO BUY

You can purchase Quilt the Rainbow at the:

Fat Quarter Shop

my Etsy shop

Quilter's Lodge

The Quilt A Way

Quilts Etc.

Or I would LOVE for you to ask your local quilt shop to carry it!

If you are a quilt shop and would like to order

Quilt the Rainbow at wholesale prices, visit Martingale.com HERE or 

Checker Distributors HERE.  Please shoot me an email with your website listing link 

and I will add you to the list!

I hope you will love Quilt the Rainbow as much as I do!

It really was a project from the heart.