Friendship Star:

Mary Bellew

Six 6" Friendship Star Blocks

Cutting Instructions:

From dark fabric, cut 1, 2 7/8" strip. Cut this strip into 12, 2 7/8" squares.

Cut 2, 2 ½" strips. Cut this strip into 24, 2 ½" squares.

From light fabric, cut 1, 2 7/8" strip. Cut this strips into 12, 2 7/8" squares. From a 2 ½" strip, cut 6, 2 ½" squares.

Piecing Instructions:

Using a straight edge and a water soluble pen or a pen that does not show through the other side of the fabric, draw a diagonal line on all the light 2 7/8" squares.

Place the marked 2 7/8" squares over the dark 2 7/8" squares. Sew ¼" from the drawn line on both sides. Cut on the drawn line. Press to the dark. Each set of these create two ½ square triangles. They should measure 2 ½" square. Sew these together with the solid 2 ½" squares as shown, pressing the top and bottom rows outward, the inside one inside.

Be sure all seams are ¼". Do not press the completed block until we are ready to assemble the quilt.