Stellar Block of the Month #3

Stellar is a Block Of The Month sampler quilt that has been exclusively designed to use with the Accuquilt GO! QUBE Mix & Match block sets.

The great thing about the GO! QUBE Mix & Match sets is that while I’m using the 8” Block set and 8” Angles Companion set for my pattern sample, you could just as easily use any size QUBE that you have as the shape numbers are all the same! You will just need to adjust the size of your fabric cuts accordingly.

I am a big fan of star quilt blocks, but this time, I decided to step outside the comfort zone and make a space-inspired quilt design that doesn’t just include stars. The quilt finishes at 32” x 42” using the 8” QUBE (26” x 34” with the 6” QUBE; 35” x 46” with the 9” QUBE; 44” x 58” with the 12” QUBE).

I’m using a range of scraps within a specific colour palette of pink, aqua and yellow, with blues for the background, which is helping to just slightly empty my scrap bins! I have written the pattern for three colours, with a recommendation for 4 fat quarters (or equivalent) for each colour so that you can get a mix of prints in each block.

Quilt finishes at 32” x 42”; individual blocks should measure 8.5” x 8.5”.

Materials:

  1. AccuQuilt GO! Big, GO! Cutter or GO! Baby Cutter Fabric Starter Set
  2. AQ55776 GO! QUBE Mix & Match – 8” Block set
  3. AQ55789 GO! QUBE Mix & Match – 8” Companion set – Angles
  4. AQ55137 GO! Cutting Mat 6″ x 6″
  5. 12 fat quarters (4 per colour)
  6. 1.25m background fabric
  7. 35cm binding fabric
  8. 1.4m backing fabric
  9. 100cm x 120cm batting
  10. Rotary mat, cutter and ruler
  11. General sewing equipment

Block 3 Materials:

  1. Shape 14 Triangle In Square (Sides) – 4” Finished
  2. Shape 15 Kite – 4” Finished
  3. 4 fat quarters
  4. 5” x WOF background fabric

Cutting Instructions:

  1. From each print fat quarter:
    • Cut one 5” x 5” square
      • Using Shape 13, cut one Kite
  2. From background fabric:
    • Cut one 5” x 13” rectangle
      • Using Shape 14, cut eight Triangle In Squares (Sides)
        * If you are using a solid, you can fan fold for this shape. If you are using a fabric that has a definite right side and wrong side, you will need to cut four 3 ¼” x 5” rectangles to cut the eight Sides correctly.

NOTE: Keep all remaining fabric/shapes as you may be able to use it later in the quilt.

Sewing Instructions

NOTE: All seams are ¼“, (6mm), unless otherwise specified

  1. Sew one background Side (Shape 14) to a print Kite (Shape 15). Sew another to the remaining edge to create a Kite unit. Press seams towards the Side. Make four.
  2. Sew the Kite units into pairs, and press seams open.
  3. Sew the pairs together, and press seam open.
Stellar BOM 3 sewing

Congratulations on finishing Block 3 of Stellar!

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