Oh, Happy Day! Sampler Sew Along Week 6

Ohio Girl Quilt from the Oh, Happy Day! book

I had hubby hold up my quilt this week when I took my photos for today’s blog post.  Of course, his little buddy, Tiggs (the orange kitty) wanted in on the action as well.  These kitties sure do bring laughter into our home…who knew we’d be the proud owners of two such silly stray kitties!  You’ll be seeing more of Tiggs in this post. =)

You can see that our block for today’s Oh, Happy Day! sampler is the Ohio Girl block.  And it’s such a fun one to piece.

I really like the striped “frames” in the Ohio Girl quilt.  Just as I am drawn to a stripe for binding, when I am framing out blocks like this, I often reach for a stripe.  And just in case you want to see what the Ohio Girl quilt might look like in in Buttercup & Slate (the fabrics I used in this block) here you go!

Ohio Girl Quilt in Buttercup & Slate

A couple weeks ago, over on YouTube, someone mentioned that they would like to see Ohio Girl in other fabric options since Apricot & Ash is so hard to find.  So, sprinkled throughout this blog post, I’ll be sharing some other fabric options that I think would be pretty.

Just in case you are new here and unfamiliar with this sew along, you can read more about it here.  Our block today is such a fun one to piece.  Making over-sized quarter square triangles and trimming them down is such a great way to make an Ohio Star block.  As in week’s past, I’ve shared a video tutorial for this block on my YouTube channel.  You can find it here.

You can tell I really embraced the Ohio Star theme this week! =)

Cutting and Piecing Instructions for today’s block:

Turn to page 61 in your Oh, Happy Day! book.  Under the “Materials” section, cut the pieces listed under “orange print”, “brown print”, and “white solid”.

The piecing instructions for today’s block can be found on pages 56-57.  We are making one Block A.  It will measure 12 1/2″ square when you are done piecing it.

Ohio Girl quilt in Cinnamon & Cream fabrics.

The Ohio Star quilt block is one of my favorite blocks to piece.  At the end of today’s video, I’ve shared a couple more Ohio Star quilts.

Tiggs was having too much fun behind that quilt!

Ohio Girl in Christmas Eve fabrics.

And one final digital image of Ohio Girl:

Ohio Girl in Dwell fabrics

I hope you all have fun sewing up your Ohio Girl block!  If you weren’t a fan of the stitch/flip corners from last week, I think you will really enjoy this one.  I think you’ll enjoy this one if you enjoyed last week also! =)  Happy Sewing! 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)