Little Ruby Quiltalong — Part 2

Wel­come to Part 2 of the Little Ruby Quilt Along!    Just in case you missed it I’m sew­ing along with the latest free quilt­ing pat­tern from the Fat Quarter Shop, designed by Cam­ille Roskel­ley.   If you missed Part 1 you can click here to catch up on all of the inform­a­tion about the quilt along and what you will need to get started.

Dur­ing the next two weeks every­one will be mak­ing their Star Blocks.   I gave a little sneak peak of mine last time because I’m using solids with a Little Ruby Jelly roll instead of two jelly rolls.

The star blocks look a little tricky but they really come togeth­er very eas­ily.   Kim­berly has put togeth­er this awe­some video which will guide you, eas­ily,  through each step.

Each star block is made up of six tri­angles cut from the strip sets.   I laid one block out next to my sew­ing machine and pieced one as I watched the video before jump­ing right in and chain piecing the rest.

I have to admit I was a little intim­id­ated by the tri­angle sew­ing but the 60 Degree Double Strip Ruler made things much sim­pler than I thought it would be.   Just make sure you line up the tri­angle blocks as shown in the pho­tos below, pin well and voila! per­fect little star blocks every time.

If you’re like me and nor­mally press your seams allow­ance closed (to one side) you can abso­lutely do so with these blocks without caus­ing any dra­mas and, it will actu­ally provide some extra nest­ing point when you piece the quilt top.    That being said, I can def­in­itely see the advant­age of press­ing the seams open in this quilt and would recom­mend that you do whatever you find easiest.

Be sure to stop by the oth­er blog­gers who are quilt­ing along to see their pro­gress.    (Just quietly I’m in love with Andy from A Bright Corner­’s blocks in grey Cross­weave and Little Ruby — you should def­in­itely check it out!).

Melissa from Happy Quilt­ing
Angie from Gnome Angel
Erin Cox from Why Not Sew
Andy from A Bright Corner
Heidi from But­tons & Butterflies
Pat from Pat Sloan
Peta from She Quilts a Lot (thats me!)
Heath­er from Quilt Story
Megan from Quilt Story
Aman­da from Jedi Craft Girl
Gerri from Planted Seed Designs
Sherri from A Quilt­ing Life
Rebecca from Bry­an House Quilts
Sherri from This & That Patterns
Jemima from Tied with a Ribbon
Alyce from Blos­som Heart Quilts
Stephanie from Mod­ern Sewciety
Brooke from Silly Mama Quilts
Car­rie from Moda’s United Notions

Have a great week!