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Triple Play: New Wonky Star Projects with Jenny, Natalie & Misty of Missouri Star (Video Tutorial) - YouTube
Channel: Missouri Star Quilt Company
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Jenny: Hi everybody, itās Jenny from the
Missouri Star Quilt Company. And I am here
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today with Natalie and Misty and welcome to
our new series called Triple Play. The third
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week of the month three ladies are going to
give you three new ideas thatās based on
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one quilt project weāve already done. This
is the Tiny Wonky Stars quilt. We all love
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tiny wonky stars.
Natalie: Theyāre so cute.
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Jenny: So cute. And so we came up with three
different projects. And weāre going to start
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off with mine. Mine I took the tiny wonky
stars and I sandwiched them in between two
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rows of houses. So we are going to teach you
how to make the basic star block. And then
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weāre going to show you three ways to change
it up.
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Misty: What we did.
Jenny: So letās start with that star block.
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Now mine is all based on 2 Ā½ inch squares
which means that we are going to have, we
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are going to have nine little squares like
this. Now for my project Iāve used the fabric
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Seasons by Jason Yenter for New Beginnings.
And itās a really fun line. Iām kind of
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a traditionalist in the way that I wanted
all my stars to be one color and blue. Theyāre
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all scrappy. I used all the different blues
but still theyāre, you know, I had to have
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blue stars because stars are up in the sky
and theyāre blue, right?
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Misty: Yeah.
Jenny: Alright.
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Natalie: My stars are yellow. Or orange or
white.
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Jenny: Right, right. Alright so now what weāre
going to do is weāre going to cut a couple
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of these charm packs in half like this and
weāre going to make some 2 Ā½ inch blocks
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because mine is all based on 2 Ā½ inch squares.
And remember that the fun about this block
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is that it is based on a square. And youāll
see from these guysā projects that any size
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square works. So what Iām going to do is
Iām going to cut these into 2 Ā½ inch squares
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and weāre going to make the star and Iām
going to show you how to make the star legs.
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So basically Iām going to take a 2 Ā½ inch
square and Iām going to lay my fabric, my
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printed fabric, over my white fabric. The
white now becomes the pattern and the background.
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And Iām going to lay it so that it crosses
over that middle line right here and sew a
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quarter of an inch right down the side. Alright,
so it goes across the center. And she uses
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the fabric as her guide for her quarter inch
and so your presser foot goes right along
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the edge of your printed fabric and she sews
right down the sides. Misty, do you want to
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iron that?
Misty: Yes.
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Jenny: And itās great to have three sewers,
Iām telling you. This is the best.
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Misty: Team work
Jenny: Team work. Alright, press that.
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Jenny: So now what weāre going to do is
weāre going to trim this leg off right here,
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I mean the rest of the square off. We use
our white square as our pattern. It becomes,
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it becomes the base for our star block. Weāre
going to cut off the side and the top and
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keep this little piece because itās what
makes the leg on the other side.So you kind
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of choose here. You want it to make sure itās
crossing over that fabric and coming down
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however far you want it. It could be, it could
be a little short leg. It could be a long
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leg. Because Iām a rote sewer mine tend
to end up in the same place. Do your guys?
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Misty: Oh yeah.
Natalie: Mine do too.
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Jenny: So our stars kind of look like a pattern,
even though thereās no pattern and itās
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wonky. Now the ones behind us, Carol our sewer
made these, and sheās got long ones and
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short ones and it really looks wonky and it
makes it really fun.
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Natalie: The fabric just has to cover the
squares. So it doesnāt matter which direction
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you go as long as it makes the leg that covers
the white background square.
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Jenny: Right, right. So again weāre going
to use this as the pattern and weāre going
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to trim all that extra off. And I donāt
trim the backs of my fabric off. Do you guys?
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Misty: No I donāt.
Jenny: No I donāt either. Thereās you
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know, those needles can go through pretty
much anything, right?
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Misty: Yep, absolutely.
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Jenny: Alright so youāre going to do this
four times. Youāre going to have four sets
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of legs. And they go together like a nine
patch. So hereās my middle square right
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here. And so weāre going to put two of our
legs this way, two of our legs this way. And
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our corner squares are just the plain white
on mine. So that goes together just like this.
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And one more square here. And youāre going
to then sew this together in three rows of
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three. And itās going to make this cute
little 2 Ā½ inch wonky star.
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Jenny: So also on my quilt is a house block.
So let me show you how to do that real quick.
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Let me just scoot this stuff over here. I
love the tiny houses. Iām just kind of addicted
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to them and every time I make one, itās
a whole new adventure.
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Misty: Theyāre so fun.
Jenny: Well itās like the stars. You know
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you get a little star done and especially
when you do them scrappy like this. Everyone
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is like, oh, itās so cute.
Misty: A little surprise.
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Jenny: Alright so Iām going to cut a half
an inch off of this five inch square for my
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house. And thatās just because we need it
to be a 4 Ā½ inch square, I mean 4 Ā½ inches
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wide. And then what Iām going to do is Iām
going to cut my top piece. Now let me show
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you my house for a second here. Where did
it go? Now if you ever wonder how we sew.
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This is how I sew. Iām always in piles.
Theyāre a little more organized.
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Natalie: Sometimes.
Misty: It depends.
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Jenny: I guess it depends. Anyway this is
our little house. Weāre talking about the
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roofline right here. So Iāve cut my five
inch square to 4 Ā½ on one side only. And
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then Iām going to cut off a 1 Ā½ by 4 Ā½
inch rectangle for the top of my roof. So
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hereās that. Weāll put that over here.
Misty: And thatās this little strip right
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here, right?
Jenny: Yep and then our side walls are going
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to be three inches by two inches. So let me
see how long this is. This is 3 Ā½. So Iām
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going to cut off another little half inch
piece. And then I can do two inches. Weāve
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got two, here we go. Let me turn this around,
it will be easier for me. Two by three. And
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thatās a side wall. And two by three and
thatās another side wall. These are a little
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bit short. I think we can make it work. Alright.
So hereās two by three and two by three.
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Then we need our door. The door, you want
it to be contrasting. So look for something
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fun. I think these wheels are fun. Your door
is 1 Ā½ by three. So weāre going to cut
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this right out here, 1 Ā½ by three. And thatās
going to be our doorway. And I like to put
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interesting things in the doorway. Now the
roof is going to be a whole different color.
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Actually your entire house can match. Mine
I kind of did them all different. So your
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roof is going to be 4 Ā½ by 2 Ā½. So Iām
going to line this up here, 4 Ā½ by 2 Ā½.
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And Natalie, to make this roof weāre going
to need, weāre going to snowball the two
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top corners. So Iām going to let you go
ahead and do that.
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Natalie: Should I go ahead and sew together
the roof or?
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Jenny: No sew together the roof first.
Natalie: Ok.
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Jenny: That way because then when you build
your house the roof is on and everything is
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done. So Iāve finger pressed that. Let me
find another one of these little blocks.
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Misty: There they are.
Jenny: I love these 2 Ā½ inch squares.
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Misty: Theyāre so handy.
Jenny: See these you can get, theyāre 2
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Ā½ inch squares already cut. Oh my gosh it
saves so much time. Itās perfect for me.
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Misty: Yep.
Jenny: Alright and then weāve got one more,
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oh let me trim that off. Let me just trim
that off. Alright if you want to check your
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corners you can just press it back and make
sure it still lines up in the corner. Natalie
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is pretty good at this.
Natalie: Itās ok.
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Jenny: Thatās pretty good.
Natalie: Itās not great but it will work.
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Jenny: Weāre going to finger press that
back and then weāre going to add the other
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white corner on the other side. And thatās
going to give us our roof peak. Weāre all
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staring at her.
Misty: I know.
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Jenny: She, nobody sews a perfect seam like
Natalie.
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Misty: So much pressure.
Natalie: So much pressure
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Jenny: Alright, now I am going to trim this
off and Misty Iām going to have you iron
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it.
Misty: Ok.
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Jenny: And then Natalie,
Natalie: You want me to do these?
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Jenny: Yes. Sew these sides, the sides to
each door. Youāre going to do that part
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first. Thatās alright.. Thatās alright.
It will all come out in the wash. Or hopefully
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not. Hopefully none of this will come out
in the wash. Iām just squaring that up a
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little bit. So sheās adding her walls to
both sides of the door. Now on a lot of my
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doors, Iāve made several quilts with these
tiny houses. And a lot of times in the door
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I will put a little, like a novelty print.
Like I have little puppy in one.
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Misty: Itās so cute.
Jenny: Or a little skeleton in one and a little
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eskimo in one.
Misty: All these little faces
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Jenny: All these little faces peeking out
the doors.
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Misty: So cute.
Jenny: And I love to do that. I just think
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thatās really fun.
Natalie: Press it first or do you want me
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to put the
Jenny: You can do it either way. We have Misty
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right here. So weāll just. Press on, Misty,
press on.
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Misty: Alright, I will. Make sure we donāt
have any creases.
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Jenny: There we go. And sheās going to put
this top piece right across the top.
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Natalie: This top piece?
Jenny: Yep. So because your houses, they need
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to be like the same height which is pretty
much the same. You could square them a little
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if you want to. Natalieās seams might be
a little, my quarter inch seam is kind of
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fat. So her seams may be a little more accurate
than mine are. Then put the roof on it.
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Misty: Everybodyās is a little different.
Jenny: Ya because youāre sewing them, oh
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whereās my thing here. Because youāre
sewing them together side by side, itās
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ok if thereās just a little bit different.
You know what, I think Iām going to hang
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this up behind you right here. Or Misty, maybe
you can
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Misty: Sure
Jenny: Help me there, or hang that.
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Natalie: Trim these sides off if you want.
Jenny: Yes, so thatās what Iām going to
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do. So weāve got the top of our roof on,
our roof and our header board. And this is
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our little house right here. And Iām just
going to trim up these sides. So just shave
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them up so theyāre the same. I mean ideally
with those measurements they should match
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but if your quarter of an inch is a little
different or a little off it wonāt be exact.
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But this is your little house block and they
just come out so cute. And so youāre going
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to have nine of these on each side. So you
make 18 of those total, six star blocks and
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then I didnāt even border it. I just put
a little binding on it. And it just, itās
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just so cute, how it ends up.
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Jenny: Alright now, Misty, what did you do
to yours?
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Misty: So for mine, when I saw this fabric,
which I thought was so cute, I made a whole
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quilt. First of all
Jenny: Iām cleaning up my mess. There we
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go.
Misty: So I donāt know if we want to hold
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this up or
Jenny: Yes, yes.
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Misty: Or what.
Jenny: Letās hold it up. Iām going to
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put these down here.
Natalie: We could probably just stick it.
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Misty: Maybe. So Iām calling this one Luminary.
And when I saw this fabric which is called
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Gingham Farm by My Mindās Eye for Riley
Blake, it just reminded me of an old farmhouse.
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And I wanted it to feel really scrappy and
just, you know, warm and homey. And so I just
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decided to put four patches in the middle.
So I took my five inch squares and I cut them
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down and I made a little four patch for the
center. And then because I made four patches,
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it means that my background squares were no
longer five inches. Theyāre 4 Ā½ and so
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let me see here.
Jenny: And you have a trick for making those?
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Misty: I do. Do you want me to show?
Jenny: Yes show.
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Misty: Ok, let me make sure Iāve got
Jenny: Because itās got, so thereās lots
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of ways to make four patches.
Misty: Yes
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Jenny: But this is a really quick way to do
it and itās, they go together fun and easy.
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It just feels like no stress to me. But everybodyās
different. The way we learn is different.
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The way we sew is different and so.
Misty: So youāre just going to want to take
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two contrasting five inch squares. So Iāve
got two here and Iām going to put those
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right sides together. And Nat, do you want
to sew? And weāre just going to do a quarter
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inch seam on opposite sides.
Natalie: Ok
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Jenny: Ya on both sides.
Misty: Yep.
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Jenny: There we go.
Misty: Alright. So once you have that sewn
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on opposite sides youāre going to take,
I have my 2 Ā½ inch ruler here. And since
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this is a five inch square we can just lay
it right on the edge. Weāre going to cut
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this in half and then weāre going to press
those open.
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Jenny: I get to do it.
Misty: Yay.
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Jenny: Press to the dark side.
Misty: And then because I wanted it scrappy,
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youāre going to get two of those obviously.
I did this with a bunch of different ones.
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And Iām just going to put them, Iām just
going to kind of mix it up. And then I put
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those right sides together. And then you sew
with your seam in the middle, youāre going
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to sew on opposite sides again.
Jenny: Again.
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Misty: And youāre going to have a piece
Jenny: And cut those in half.
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Misty: Youāre going to cut those in half
again and youāre going to get two sets of
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four patches. Just like that. And so then
you never have to deal with the little squares.
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And it makes it really fun. So like I said,
those end up being 4 Ā½ inches. And so then
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we cut our background fabric to 4 Ā½ inches
as well. And then we just laid this out just
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like before with our star legs.
Jenny: So what size square did you use for
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your star leg? Did you cut those down?
Misty: Five because, I just stuck with my
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five inch square.
Jenny: Ok, perfect.
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Misty: Yep exactly.
Jenny: That actually gives you a little more
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wiggle room.
Misty: Yep plenty of room. So then I just
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put this together. And Iāve got a few more
rows that Iāve already sewn here. So weāll
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just drop those in like so.
Jenny: So itās the same just with a bigger
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square?
Misty: Yeah. Exactly and a block in the middle.
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Jenny: Ya a block in the middle.
Misty: And then I just decided to sash it
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just to help it set apart. And I put little
2 Ā½ inch cornerstones. This is 2 Ā½ inch
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sashing.
Jenny: Those cornerstones save me because
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I cannot line up rows to save my life. And
I love a cornerstone.
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Misty: I do too and I thought it worked really
well with this. And so
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Jenny: Itās really cute.
Natalie: Very cute.
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Misty: Thank you.
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Jenny: Alright Miss Natalie, show us yours.
Natalie: Ok, so mine, I had a layer cake to
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work with.
Misty: Let me swap you.
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Natalie: I used Violet Twilight by Canvas
Studios for Benartex Fabrics.
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Jenny: Here Misty and I will hang this up
for you.
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Natalie: So the cool thing about my project
is the layout. So everything that you see
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here is five inch square backgrounds and middles
included. Youāll need five five inch squares.
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So I used a layer cake that had multiples
of the same color.
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Jenny: Oh yeah
Natalie: You could scrap it up if you wanted
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to, if you didnāt have that same type
Jenny: Just cut them in fourths.
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Natalie: Ya, but ya. So I have matching colors.
Jenny: I think this has beautiful lines. I
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love the purples. Itās beautiful.
Natalie: Ya and but so these legs intersect
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with their neighborās legs. So you have
to kind of lay this whole quilt out before
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you start sewing it together.
Misty: So youāre not making a block.
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Natalie: Nope.
Misty: Ok.
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Natalie: This is, I think it would be called
a row quilt.
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Misty: Yeah.
Natalie: Maybe
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Misty: Absolutely.
Natalie: So weāll start. The easiest way
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to start laying this out is just to start
from one star kind of in the middle, wherever
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you want your beginning star to start.
Jenny: And really youāre going to want to
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do this on a design wall or your design floor.
Natalie: Ya a big space
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Misty: Youāre going to need some space.
Jenny: Because you really do have to lay it
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out. I couldnāt, I canāt see it until
itās all together.
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Natalie: Ya itās just kind of something
you start building. So you just start with
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your first star.
Jenny: Now I would have put solid squares
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here, another leg goes there.
Natalie: Thatās right. They intersect. So
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then youāre just going to start laying those
pieces together.
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Misty: I love it.
Natalie: Adding your center. Are we
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Jenny: Ya weāre good.
Natalie: Still good. Are we able to see everything?
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Misty and Jenny: Oh yeah
Natalie: And then weāll put another one
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over here. It can go sideways or it can go
up and down.
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Jenny: Let me move these out of the way.
Natalie: Laying it out can be a little bit
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tricky so follow the diagram or be creative
and do whatever you want. You just want to
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make sure you have complete stars. And they
can intersect and look great. If you want
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to you can take them all the way out to the
edge and have like half stars.
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Misty: Sure.
Natalie: I wanted a nice clean white border
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so I added a bunch of
Jenny: So in here, these are just straight
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five inch white squares? To fill it in, to
make it square.
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Natalie: Yep.
Jenny: Perfect. It looks awesome.
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Misty: Itās so cute.
Jenny: Oh and look at. Look what she put on
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the back.
Misty: Yay
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Natalie: Cuddle on the backing.
Misty: We love a cuddle back.
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Natalie: Itās going to be for a baby. Itās
so soft
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Jenny: And I love that you can see pattern,
the stitch pattern. Itās so cool.
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Natalie: Yep
Misty: Beautiful.
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Jenny: Beautiful.
Misty: So fun.
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Jenny: So lots of ideas and lots of things.
We loved making these wonky stars. Theyāre
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one of our favorites. And every month now
youāre going to see, on the third week,
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from three ladies, three special new projects
that are all made off of another quilt weāve
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tutorialed. So if you want to search for this,
the Tiny Wonky Stars thatās under here,
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thatās the original tutorial thatās right
there. And then we have these three new projects
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for you. So we hope you enjoyed our Triple
Play. It was fun, wasnāt it girls?
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Misty: It was so fun.
Natalie: I also did a tiny one.
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Jenny: You did.
Misty: I love it so much.
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Jenny: What size are those?
Natalie: 1 Ā½ inch squares.
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Jenny: 1 Ā½ inches.
Natalie: The tiny
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Jenny: And because itās based on a square
any square works.
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Misty: Any square.
Jenny: That is so cute. Alright, so we hope
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you enjoyed this Triple Play from the Missouri
Star Quilt Company.
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