Fundamentals sew along - week 6

Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone had a great week with lots of time to sew.  I still haven't had time to start my stonehenge blocks, but I am sure you will agree that the blocks for the store look great.  Maybe this week I will be able to carve out a little time to do this.

This week's block was a lot of fun.  It is a very easy way of constructing star blocks.  The process is the same as last week.  Putting a small square in the corner of a larger square and sewing diagonally across creating a triangle.  Don't worry Magnolia, you are not  geometrically challenged.

Mark sewing line diagonally across square from corner to corner

The diagram above should help.  If you want another short cut, you could press your squares diagonally turning them into triangles.  Then open them up and use your crease as your sewing line.  Once you have pieced your triangles onto your rectangle you have a choice.  You can either cut away the seam allowance,  or leave it in and just press in place.  It will be a little bit bulkier if you leave it in but if you are not hand quilting through it I wouldn't worry. I find there is less distortion this way.

Seam allowance cut away

The back of the block with seam allowance left in.

What not to do

Can you see the mistake that I made? Oh well, it happens to all of us.

Dandy Star Block

This is what the finished blocks look like. I look forward to your comments on the blocks so far.  

Bye for now.  

Jeannie