Moda Blockheads Round 5: Super Scrappy Star Block

It’s my turn to share my block pattern for this round of Moda Blockheads.  Let me tell you friends, if you like to stop by for the antics (maybe that should be “antiggs”) of our funny cat, Tiggs, you are in for a real treat.  He really likes the quilt block this week and let it be known with vigor!

My sister, Nicole, took all of these photos for me so I hadn’t seen them (or realized Tiggs was extra silly that day) until I started to go through them to edit them for this blog post.

For those of you just wanting to stop by and grab the block pattern, you can download the Super Scrappy Star block pattern here.  If you are here for some Tiggs content and some block tips, be sure to keep reading. =)

For Tiggs and the Super Scrappy Star block pattern, it was really love at first sight:

He waddled his way over to the block pattern and couldn’t even wait for the block to be placed beside the pattern before letting us know that he was a fan.  He had to sprawl across it on his side, followed by a sprawl across it on his back for good measure:

And once the block was placed beside the pattern, he couldn’t wait to snuggle up beside his new favorite quilt block.

“I’m just going to have to take a little bit of a nap here”.

“Why are you waking me from my deep slumber???!?” (It’s important to note that even though these pictures were literally taken over the course of only a few minutes, Tiggs has somehow managed to look like he’s been awoken from a very deep sleep complete with smashed in sleeping fur on the one side of his face, and the squintiest “Hey, you woke me up!” eyes ever).

Tiggs also needed to oversee the pressing information on this block:

I opted to piece my block in horizontal rows so that I could nest my seams nicely.  Here’s what the pressing on the back looks like a little bit closer:

The other thing I opted to do was to use the 1 rectangle/2 squares method for the flying geese so that I wouldn’t have any duplicate fabrics in my block.  I hand wrote the measurements on the pattern picture below so you can see what you’d need if you wanted to use the same method:

You would use my handwritten notes for (B) & (C) for those units.

Tiggs gives this block is paw of approval!

And here are all of my blocks together so far:

As I’ve mentioned previously, but if you’re new here and missed it, I am using a mix of my Peachy Keen fabrics (which are shipping to quilt shops right now) and Anne Sutton’s, Blueberry Delight fabrics (which ship this month).

It’s been so much fun to play with these two lines of fabric together.

If you, like me, have been in a scrappy quilt block frame of mind recently, the patterns I designed for my Peachy Keen line of fabric are great scrap busters.  Jelly Roll Patchwork can be made using a Jelly Roll or scraps from your scrap bin:

You can purchase the pattern here.

Scrap Basket Stars is another great scrap buster.  Alternatively, you can use a fat eighth bundle on this one:

You can purchase the pattern here.

Hourglass Scraps would also be a great scrap busting quilt:

You can purchase the pattern here.

If you’d like to see the quilts in more detail as well as the other two quilts designed for the Peachy Keen collection of fabric, be sure to stop by the YouTube trunk show video for the Peachy Keen quilts.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!…I hope you love today’s Moda Blockheads block as much as Tiggs does. =)  Corey