Entangled Stars

The stars will shine bright in this fabulous Entangled Star quilt. This fun and unique throw quilt is easy to make with the new GO! Tangled Star Block on board die. Set on point with the GO! Setting Triangles – 10” Finished die, you will finish the project in no time.

Materials:

1. AccuQuilt GO! Big, GO!, GO! Baby or GO! Me Fabric Cutter
2. AQ55543 GO! Tangled Star – 10” Finished
3. AQ55553 GO! Setting Triangles – 10” Finished
4. AQ55024 GO! Strip Cutter – 1 ½” (1” Finished)
5. AQ55054 GO! Strip Cutter – 4½” (4” Finished)
6. AQ55017 GO! Strip Cutter– 2 ½” (2” Finished)
7. 1.5m Aqua fabric
8. 1.9m Black fabric
9. 80cm White fabric
10. 2.7m grey fabric
11. 1.5m x 1.5m of wadding
12. 1.5m x 1.5m of backing
13. Sewing Machine
14. Matching Sewing Thread
15. General Sewing Tools

*Some fabric can be conserved by using the cut and shuffle method. Pattern is writing for the most fabric used.

Cutting Instructions:

1. From Aqua fabric:
   • Cut (5) 7½” strips
     • Using AQ55543, cut (36) shapes B, G, F.
   • Cut (1) 8 ¼” strips
     • Using AQ55553, cut (4) corner triangles
   • Cut (1) 10” strip
     • Using AQ55024, cut (6) strips for border 1.
2. From Black fabric:
   • Cut (5) 6” strips
     • Using AQ55543, cut (36) shapes C, D, H
   • Cut (2) 8 ¼” strips
     • Using AQ55553, cut (8) corner triangles.
   • Cut (1) 24” strip
     • Using AQ55017, cut (8) strips for binding
3. From White fabric:
   • Cut (2) 6” strips
     • Using AQ55543, cut (16) shape ER, (36) shape AR
   • Cut (3) 2 ¼” strips
     • Using AQ55543, cut (16) shape E
   • Cut (1) 8 ¼” strips
     • Using AQ55553, cut (4) corner triangles
4. From Grey fabric:
   • Cut (4) 3 ¾” strips
     • Using AQ55543, cut (20) shape E, (36) shape A
   • Cut (2) 6” strips
     • Using AQ55543, cut (20) shape ER
   • Cut (1) 8 ¼” strips
     • Using AQ55553, cut (4) corner triangles
   • Cut (2) 15” strips
     • Using AQ55553, cut (8) side triangles
   • Cut (2) 19” strips
     • Using AQ55054, cut (8) strips for second border.

Sewing Instructions:

Finished size:All seams are ¼” unless otherwise specified.

Block 1– Make 4. Please take note of colourway.

1. Sew piece E and F together as shown. Make 4 E/F units. NOTE: Make 3 grey units and 1 white unit.

2. Sew piece B and A together as shown. Make 4 B/A units.

3. Sew piece D to B/A unit as shown. Make 4 D/B/A units.

4. Sew E/F unit to D/B/A unit as shown. Make 4 E/F/D/B/A units

5. Sew Piece C and AR together as shown. Make 4 C/AR units. Sew Piece ER and H together as shown. Make 4 ER/H units. NOTE: Make 3 grey ER/H units and 1 white ER/H unit

6. Sew Piece G to ER/H unit as shown. Make for GERH Units.

7. Sew C/AR unit to G/ER/H/ unit as shown. Make 4 C/AR/G/ER/H units.

8. Sew units from previous steps together as shown. Make 4 of these quarter units.

9. Sew quarter units together to complete block.

10. 1Repeat steps 1 – 10 to make four Block 1 in total. Please refer to block colourway at top of instructions.

Block 2

11. Repeat steps 1 – 10 to make four Block 2 in total.

Block 3 – Make 1. Please take note of colourway

12. Repeats steps 1 – 10 to make one Block 3.

Block 4 Make 4

13. Sew one black quarter square triangle (QST) and one white QST together as shown.

14. Sew one black QST and one aqua QST as shown.
15. Sew two units together to make a square.
16. Repeat step 14 – 16 to make four Block 4.
17. Lay out blocks in 5 diagonal rows as shown in quilt diagram. Sew blocks together into diagonal row. Press seams to one side.
18. Sew rows together. Press seams in opposite directions. Sew corner triangles onto remaining corners.
19. Cut two aqua border strips to a length of 42 ½” long. Sew to top and bottom of quilt. Press.
20. Sew two aqua border strips together at the short ends. Repeat for second strip. Cross cut to length of 44 ½”, centring the seam. Sew to the sides of quilt. Press.

21. Sew two grey border strips together at the short ends. Repeat for second strip. Cross cut to length of 44 ½”, centring the seam. Sew to the sides of quilt. Press.
22. Sew two grey border strips together at the short ends. Repeat for second strip. Cross cut to length of 52 ½”, centring the seam. Sew to the sides of quilt. Press.

Quilting and Finishing

1. Layer batting between quilt top and backing.
2. Pin or baste layers together
3. Quilt as desired
4. Add binding, mitering corners.

Congratulations on finishing your project!