The Ribbon Star block is made with half square triangle units and squares. There are a variety of ways to make a half square triangle unit - from squares, strips or using templates and more. To make the strip cutting widths all the same, I'm going to use the strip method and cutting using a side right triangle ruler. You can make other projects using the
fabric instruction calculator at my website.
Fabrics: You'll need 3 fabrics for the Ribbon Star block, background and accent plus another complimentary fabric.
- Cut a 2½ inch strip from each of the 3 fabrics.
- Cut 1 square from the accent fabric for center.
- Match a background fabric right sides together with each of the other 2 fabrics and cut 4 half square triangle pairs for each fabric pair.
- Sew ¼ inch seam on long side of triangle pairs; press toward darker fabric.
- Layout units as shown and chain piece first rows, then columns with ¼ inch seam.
- Press seams to one side.
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The block should measure 6½ inches including seam allowance as all the blocks in the Sampler 2011 quilt.
The Ribbon Star block in this size also works great with
Jelly Roll fabric strips![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_taX0yhiuVEisCukYWB9s5gbBEmxpst58POTneH6BW5CI6KoNpaGqJHVZJ2Jv2WHdSW5a3szuGWBMMD3MYgnU8mv6VtGlCX40btNOxdw6IgHk5K1MowHrIwYLouXFTOh3EeIf28GtObH44yckGFm_uu5WWWgASwNp9fMa2Y=s0-d)
with which you could make approximately 63 blocks (7 by 9) to make a throw sized quilt 42" by 54" plus borders.
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