While chatting with a Dear Quilty Friend, the War in Israel came up and we both mentioned we would like to do 'something' to show our support for Israel while utilizing our quilting skills, and naturally the idea of a Tribute Quilt was born - incorporating the 6-pointed Star to represent Israel's 'Star of David'.
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| Star of David quilt block - 6 pointed star |
I decided to do a quick search for 6-pointed Star quilt blocks and stumbled across Jenny of Missouri Star's quilt tutorial on the Rhombus Star, which seemd just right!
Purchasing the Rhombus Star digital quilt pattern, ruler templates and a nice blue fat quarter selection seemed like a good idea ;-)
While waiting for my Missouri Star purchases to arrive, I downloaded my digital quilt pattern and while going over it, I started wondering IF I happened to have an Accuquilt die that could possibly work?
I discovered I had a 60 degree Studio Diamond die that 'seemed to' fit the dimensions of the Rhombus Star templates so, gave it a try.
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| Studio Diamond die #50653 |
After a little trial & error and pulling out a Silver marker to add some additional markings to this die:
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| Studio Diamond die w/outline/boundary markings - including seam allowance for Half-Diamond |
and sifting through my stash for some Royal Blue & white fabrics,
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| Royal Blue/White fabrics - cut into block pieces |
I was off to the races - chain piecing the Star Blade units:
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| Chain piecing the units |
Once Jenny's Rhombus Templates and fabrics arrive, will be creating a 'smaller' version...NO worries!
Feel free to join in and show your support for Israel and her Survivors through your quilt-making by creating your own Tribute Quilt to Israel.
Time to press those Star units...
Later,
~Deb
