Jenny: Hi everybody, it’s Jenny from the Missouri Star Quilt Company. And I am here
today with Natalie and Misty and welcome to our new series called Triple Play. The third
week of the month three ladies are going to give you three new ideas that’s based on
one quilt project we’ve already done. This is the Tiny Wonky Stars quilt. We all love
tiny wonky stars. Natalie: They’re so cute.
Jenny: So cute. And so we came up with three different projects. And we’re going to start
off with mine. Mine I took the tiny wonky stars and I sandwiched them in between two
rows of houses. So we are going to teach you how to make the basic star block. And then
we’re going to show you three ways to change it up.
Misty: What we did. Jenny: So let’s start with that star block.
Now mine is all based on 2 ½ inch squares which means that we are going to have, we
are going to have nine little squares like this. Now for my project I’ve used the fabric
Seasons by Jason Yenter for New Beginnings. And it’s a really fun line. I’m kind of
a traditionalist in the way that I wanted all my stars to be one color and blue. They’re
all scrappy. I used all the different blues but still they’re, you know, I had to have
blue stars because stars are up in the sky and they’re blue, right?
Misty: Yeah. Jenny: Alright.
Natalie: My stars are yellow. Or orange or white.
Jenny: Right, right. Alright so now what we’re going to do is we’re going to cut a couple
of these charm packs in half like this and we’re going to make some 2 ½ inch blocks
because mine is all based on 2 ½ inch squares. And remember that the fun about this block
is that it is based on a square. And you’ll see from these guys’ projects that any size
square works. So what I’m going to do is I’m going to cut these into 2 ½ inch squares
and we’re going to make the star and I’m going to show you how to make the star legs.
So basically I’m going to take a 2 ½ inch square and I’m going to lay my fabric, my
printed fabric, over my white fabric. The white now becomes the pattern and the background.
And I’m going to lay it so that it crosses over that middle line right here and sew a
quarter of an inch right down the side. Alright, so it goes across the center. And she uses
the fabric as her guide for her quarter inch and so your presser foot goes right along
the edge of your printed fabric and she sews right down the sides. Misty, do you want to
iron that? Misty: Yes.
Jenny: And it’s great to have three sewers, I’m telling you. This is the best.
Misty: Team work Jenny: Team work. Alright, press that.
Jenny: So now what we’re going to do is we’re going to trim this leg off right here,
I mean the rest of the square off. We use our white square as our pattern. It becomes,
it becomes the base for our star block. We’re going to cut off the side and the top and
keep this little piece because it’s what makes the leg on the other side.So you kind
of choose here. You want it to make sure it’s crossing over that fabric and coming down
however far you want it. It could be, it could be a little short leg. It could be a long
leg. Because I’m a rote sewer mine tend to end up in the same place. Do your guys?
Misty: Oh yeah. Natalie: Mine do too.
Jenny: So our stars kind of look like a pattern, even though there’s no pattern and it’s
wonky. Now the ones behind us, Carol our sewer made these, and she’s got long ones and
short ones and it really looks wonky and it makes it really fun.
Natalie: The fabric just has to cover the squares. So it doesn’t matter which direction
you go as long as it makes the leg that covers the white background square.
Jenny: Right, right. So again we’re going to use this as the pattern and we’re going
to trim all that extra off. And I don’t trim the backs of my fabric off. Do you guys?
Misty: No I don’t. Jenny: No I don’t either. There’s you
know, those needles can go through pretty much anything, right?
Misty: Yep, absolutely.
Jenny: Alright so you’re going to do this four times. You’re going to have four sets
of legs. And they go together like a nine patch. So here’s my middle square right
here. And so we’re going to put two of our legs this way, two of our legs this way. And
our corner squares are just the plain white on mine. So that goes together just like this.
And one more square here. And you’re going to then sew this together in three rows of
three. And it’s going to make this cute little 2 ½ inch wonky star.
Jenny: So also on my quilt is a house block. So let me show you how to do that real quick.
Let me just scoot this stuff over here. I love the tiny houses. I’m just kind of addicted
to them and every time I make one, it’s a whole new adventure.
Misty: They’re so fun. Jenny: Well it’s like the stars. You know
you get a little star done and especially when you do them scrappy like this. Everyone
is like, oh, it’s so cute. Misty: A little surprise.
Jenny: Alright so I”m going to cut a half an inch off of this five inch square for my
house. And that’s just because we need it to be a 4 ½ inch square, I mean 4 ½ inches
wide. And then what I’m going to do is I’m going to cut my top piece. Now let me show
you my house for a second here. Where did it go? Now if you ever wonder how we sew.
This is how I sew. I’m always in piles. They’re a little more organized.
Natalie: Sometimes. Misty: It depends.
Jenny: I guess it depends. Anyway this is our little house. We’re talking about the
roofline right here. So I’ve cut my five inch square to 4 ½ on one side only. And
then I”m going to cut off a 1 ½ by 4 ½ inch rectangle for the top of my roof. So
here’s that. We’ll put that over here. Misty: And that’s this little strip right
here, right? Jenny: Yep and then our side walls are going
to be three inches by two inches. So let me see how long this is. This is 3 ½. So I”m
going to cut off another little half inch piece. And then I can do two inches. We’ve
got two, here we go. Let me turn this around, it will be easier for me. Two by three. And
that’s a side wall. And two by three and that’s another side wall. These are a little
bit short. I think we can make it work. Alright. So here’s two by three and two by three.
Then we need our door. The door, you want it to be contrasting. So look for something
fun. I think these wheels are fun. Your door is 1 ½ by three. So we’re going to cut
this right out here, 1 ½ by three. And that’s going to be our doorway. And I like to put
interesting things in the doorway. Now the roof is going to be a whole different color.
Actually your entire house can match. Mine I kind of did them all different. So your
roof is going to be 4 ½ by 2 ½. So I’m going to line this up here, 4 ½ by 2 ½.
And Natalie, to make this roof we’re going to need, we’re going to snowball the two
top corners. So I’m going to let you go ahead and do that.
Natalie: Should I go ahead and sew together the roof or?
Jenny: No sew together the roof first. Natalie: Ok.
Jenny: That way because then when you build your house the roof is on and everything is
done. So I’ve finger pressed that. Let me find another one of these little blocks.
Misty: There they are. Jenny: I love these 2 ½ inch squares.
Misty: They’re so handy. Jenny: See these you can get, they’re 2
½ inch squares already cut. Oh my gosh it saves so much time. It’s perfect for me.
Misty: Yep. Jenny: Alright and then we’ve got one more,
oh let me trim that off. Let me just trim that off. Alright if you want to check your
corners you can just press it back and make sure it still lines up in the corner. Natalie
is pretty good at this. Natalie: It’s ok.
Jenny: That’s pretty good. Natalie: It’s not great but it will work.
Jenny: We’re going to finger press that back and then we’re going to add the other
white corner on the other side. And that’s going to give us our roof peak. We’re all
staring at her. Misty: I know.
Jenny: She, nobody sews a perfect seam like Natalie.
Misty: So much pressure. Natalie: So much pressure
Jenny: Alright, now I am going to trim this off and Misty I’m going to have you iron
it. Misty: Ok.
Jenny: And then Natalie, Natalie: You want me to do these?
Jenny: Yes. Sew these sides, the sides to each door. You’re going to do that part
first. That’s alright.. That’s alright. It will all come out in the wash. Or hopefully
not. Hopefully none of this will come out in the wash. I’m just squaring that up a
little bit. So she’s adding her walls to both sides of the door. Now on a lot of my
doors, I’ve made several quilts with these tiny houses. And a lot of times in the door
I will put a little, like a novelty print. Like I have little puppy in one.
Misty: It’s so cute. Jenny: Or a little skeleton in one and a little
eskimo in one. Misty: All these little faces
Jenny: All these little faces peeking out the doors.
Misty: So cute. Jenny: And I love to do that. I just think
that’s really fun. Natalie: Press it first or do you want me
to put the Jenny: You can do it either way. We have Misty
right here. So we’ll just. Press on, Misty, press on.
Misty: Alright, I will. Make sure we don’t have any creases.
Jenny: There we go. And she’s going to put this top piece right across the top.
Natalie: This top piece? Jenny: Yep. So because your houses, they need
to be like the same height which is pretty much the same. You could square them a little
if you want to. Natalie’s seams might be a little, my quarter inch seam is kind of
fat. So her seams may be a little more accurate than mine are. Then put the roof on it.
Misty: Everybody’s is a little different. Jenny: Ya because you’re sewing them, oh
where’s my thing here. Because you’re sewing them together side by side, it’s
ok if there’s just a little bit different. You know what, I think I’m going to hang
this up behind you right here. Or Misty, maybe you can
Misty: Sure Jenny: Help me there, or hang that.
Natalie: Trim these sides off if you want. Jenny: Yes, so that’s what I’m going to
do. So we’ve got the top of our roof on, our roof and our header board. And this is
our little house right here. And I”m just going to trim up these sides. So just shave
them up so they’re the same. I mean ideally with those measurements they should match
but if your quarter of an inch is a little different or a little off it won’t be exact.
But this is your little house block and they just come out so cute. And so you’re going
to have nine of these on each side. So you make 18 of those total, six star blocks and
then I didn’t even border it. I just put a little binding on it. And it just, it’s
just so cute, how it ends up.
Jenny: Alright now, Misty, what did you do to yours?
Misty: So for mine, when I saw this fabric, which I thought was so cute, I made a whole
quilt. First of all Jenny: I”m cleaning up my mess. There we
go. Misty: So I don’t know if we want to hold
this up or Jenny: Yes, yes.
Misty: Or what. Jenny: Let’s hold it up. I’m going to
put these down here. Natalie: We could probably just stick it.
Misty: Maybe. So I”m calling this one Luminary. And when I saw this fabric which is called
Gingham Farm by My Mind’s Eye for Riley Blake, it just reminded me of an old farmhouse.
And I wanted it to feel really scrappy and just, you know, warm and homey. And so I just
decided to put four patches in the middle. So I took my five inch squares and I cut them
down and I made a little four patch for the center. And then because I made four patches,
it means that my background squares were no longer five inches. They’re 4 ½ and so
let me see here. Jenny: And you have a trick for making those?
Misty: I do. Do you want me to show? Jenny: Yes show.
Misty: Ok, let me make sure I’ve got Jenny: Because it’s got, so there’s lots
of ways to make four patches. Misty: Yes
Jenny: But this is a really quick way to do it and it’s, they go together fun and easy.
It just feels like no stress to me. But everybody’s different. The way we learn is different.
The way we sew is different and so. Misty: So you’re just going to want to take
two contrasting five inch squares. So I’ve got two here and I’m going to put those
right sides together. And Nat, do you want to sew? And we’re just going to do a quarter
inch seam on opposite sides. Natalie: Ok
Jenny: Ya on both sides. Misty: Yep.
Jenny: There we go. Misty: Alright. So once you have that sewn
on opposite sides you’re going to take, I have my 2 ½ inch ruler here. And since
this is a five inch square we can just lay it right on the edge. We’re going to cut
this in half and then we’re going to press those open.
Jenny: I get to do it. Misty: Yay.
Jenny: Press to the dark side. Misty: And then because I wanted it scrappy,
you’re going to get two of those obviously. I did this with a bunch of different ones.
And I’m just going to put them, I’m just going to kind of mix it up. And then I put
those right sides together. And then you sew with your seam in the middle, you’re going
to sew on opposite sides again. Jenny: Again.
Misty: And you’re going to have a piece Jenny: And cut those in half.
Misty: You’re going to cut those in half again and you’re going to get two sets of
four patches. Just like that. And so then you never have to deal with the little squares.
And it makes it really fun. So like I said, those end up being 4 ½ inches. And so then
we cut our background fabric to 4 ½ inches as well. And then we just laid this out just
like before with our star legs. Jenny: So what size square did you use for
your star leg? Did you cut those down? Misty: Five because, I just stuck with my
five inch square. Jenny: Ok, perfect.
Misty: Yep exactly. Jenny: That actually gives you a little more
wiggle room. Misty: Yep plenty of room. So then I just
put this together. And I’ve got a few more rows that I’ve already sewn here. So we’ll
just drop those in like so. Jenny: So it’s the same just with a bigger
square? Misty: Yeah. Exactly and a block in the middle.
Jenny: Ya a block in the middle. Misty: And then I just decided to sash it
just to help it set apart. And I put little 2 ½ inch cornerstones. This is 2 ½ inch
sashing. Jenny: Those cornerstones save me because
I cannot line up rows to save my life. And I love a cornerstone.
Misty: I do too and I thought it worked really well with this. And so
Jenny: It’s really cute. Natalie: Very cute.
Misty: Thank you.
Jenny: Alright Miss Natalie, show us yours. Natalie: Ok, so mine, I had a layer cake to
work with. Misty: Let me swap you.
Natalie: I used Violet Twilight by Canvas Studios for Benartex Fabrics.
Jenny: Here Misty and I will hang this up for you.
Natalie: So the cool thing about my project is the layout. So everything that you see
here is five inch square backgrounds and middles included. You’ll need five five inch squares.
So I used a layer cake that had multiples of the same color.
Jenny: Oh yeah Natalie: You could scrap it up if you wanted
to, if you didn’t have that same type Jenny: Just cut them in fourths.
Natalie: Ya, but ya. So I have matching colors. Jenny: I think this has beautiful lines. I
love the purples. It’s beautiful. Natalie: Ya and but so these legs intersect
with their neighbor’s legs. So you have to kind of lay this whole quilt out before
you start sewing it together. Misty: So you’re not making a block.
Natalie: Nope. Misty: Ok.
Natalie: This is, I think it would be called a row quilt.
Misty: Yeah. Natalie: Maybe
Misty: Absolutely. Natalie: So we’ll start. The easiest way
to start laying this out is just to start from one star kind of in the middle, wherever
you want your beginning star to start. Jenny: And really you’re going to want to
do this on a design wall or your design floor. Natalie: Ya a big space
Misty: You’re going to need some space. Jenny: Because you really do have to lay it
out. I couldn’t, I can’t see it until it’s all together.
Natalie: Ya it’s just kind of something you start building. So you just start with
your first star. Jenny: Now I would have put solid squares
here, another leg goes there. Natalie: That’s right. They intersect. So
then you’re just going to start laying those pieces together.
Misty: I love it. Natalie: Adding your center. Are we
Jenny: Ya we’re good. Natalie: Still good. Are we able to see everything?
Misty and Jenny: Oh yeah Natalie: And then we’ll put another one
over here. It can go sideways or it can go up and down.
Jenny: Let me move these out of the way. Natalie: Laying it out can be a little bit
tricky so follow the diagram or be creative and do whatever you want. You just want to
make sure you have complete stars. And they can intersect and look great. If you want
to you can take them all the way out to the edge and have like half stars.
Misty: Sure. Natalie: I wanted a nice clean white border
so I added a bunch of Jenny: So in here, these are just straight
five inch white squares? To fill it in, to make it square.
Natalie: Yep. Jenny: Perfect. It looks awesome.
Misty: It’s so cute. Jenny: Oh and look at. Look what she put on
the back. Misty: Yay
Natalie: Cuddle on the backing. Misty: We love a cuddle back.
Natalie: It’s going to be for a baby. It’s so soft
Jenny: And I love that you can see pattern, the stitch pattern. It’s so cool.
Natalie: Yep Misty: Beautiful.
Jenny: Beautiful. Misty: So fun.
Jenny: So lots of ideas and lots of things. We loved making these wonky stars. They’re
one of our favorites. And every month now you’re going to see, on the third week,
from three ladies, three special new projects that are all made off of another quilt we’ve
tutorialed. So if you want to search for this, the Tiny Wonky Stars that’s under here,
that’s the original tutorial that’s right there. And then we have these three new projects
for you. So we hope you enjoyed our Triple Play. It was fun, wasn’t it girls?
Misty: It was so fun. Natalie: I also did a tiny one.
Jenny: You did. Misty: I love it so much.
Jenny: What size are those? Natalie: 1 ½ inch squares.
Jenny: 1 ½ inches. Natalie: The tiny
Jenny: And because it’s based on a square any square works.
Misty: Any square. Jenny: That is so cute. Alright, so we hope
you enjoyed this Triple Play from the Missouri Star Quilt Company.