Oh, Happy Day! Sampler Sew Along Week 10

Stars are on the agenda today for week 10 of the Oh, Happy Day! sampler sew along.  This is the first of 3 weeks of finishing instructions for our sampler quilt.

First up, you are going to need to download and print two PDF’s today.  The first one is the remaining cutting information for the next three weeks.

Cutting Information for the remaining weeks

Download the Cutting Information (as pictured above) here.

As you can see, this master cutting page, has you cutting the remaining yardage into strips.  Then, each week (including today) you will receive an additional PDF that will have you sub-cut some of the strips down in to the pieces that will be needed for that week.  A number of weeks ago, I had shared that you could go ahead and cut the (29) 1 1/2″ strips from 29152-11 so some of you may already have done that and set those aside.   While you can cut all of the pieces from the master list right away in preparation for the upcoming weeks, I do have one alternate piecing option for today so keep reading.

The pieces listed under “patchwork border” should be cut from your leftover fat eighth bundle yardage.  Cut a nice variety of prints.

Star Blocks PDF

The second PDF you will need to print today is for the Star blocks we will be making.

Download the Star Block Information here.

In this PDF, you will find the strips that you need to sub-cut from the master cutting list (in this case, you can see that you are sub-cutting B,C, & D strips from the master cutting list into smaller pieces).  The second page in this PDF covers the piecing/pressing information.

On page 1 of the Star Block PDF, you will notice an additional “note” at the bottom of the page.  If you wish, you can skip piecing the 16 star blocks for this week, and instead cut (16) 4 1/2 squares (of 29158-17) to use in place of the stars.  The stars are beautiful in this setting but I wanted to offer an alternate option for those of you who might be pressed for time or who might not wish to make them for whatever reason.  I mentioned this in the video I shared today but wanted to make sure and mention it again here since we have newer sewists sewing along.  If  you have kept up with the blocks each week, these stars, even though they are 4 1/2″, shouldn’t feel tricky for you.  Some of the blocks we made throughout the sew-along had trickier intersections or piecing techniques than the stars, even with their smaller size.

If you opt to skip the stars and use the squares, you will need 7 less (B) strips than the master list calls for.

YouTube Video available today.

Over on my YouTube channel, I shared a video today and I’ve talked in detail about the cutting information as well as a tutorial for piecing the blocks.  You can find the video here.

If  you are new here and unfamiliar with this sew along, you can read more about it here.

Have fun sewing up your star blocks! Corey

Oh, Happy Day! Sampler Sew Along Schedule

September 24: Block 1, Generations of Love (cutting/piecing instructions on page 32)

October 1: Block 2, Friends Forever (cutting instructions on page 26/piecing instructions on pages 22-23)

October 8: Block 3, Oh, Happy Day (cutting instructions on page 46/piecing instructions on pages 43-44)