Clue 4
Sew carefully with an accurate 1/4" seam allowance.
Color Placement on Image
White - Background
Black - Main
Gray - Accent
Friendship Star Block - 6 1/2”
Background:
From 6" strip: Cut 2 - 6" squares
From 2 1/2" Strip: Cut 16 - 2 1/2" squares
Accent:
From the 4 1/2" strip: DO NOT trim entire strip to 2 1/2", but cut 4 - 2 1/2” squares
Main:
From 6" strip: Cut 2 - 6" squares
Half Square Triangle (HST) 8 at Once Method: See Figures Below.
Place two 6" squares (one background and one main) RST.
Draw an X from corner to corner on the wrong side of one square.
Pin squares together.
Sew 1/4” away from the drawn lines on both sides. Figure 1.
Cut the square in half vertically and horizontally, then cut on the drawn lines. Figure 2. Press seams open.
Square HSTs to 2 1/2".
Repeat with the other set of 6" squares.
Each set will yield 8 HSTs.
Using the block image, layout HSTs and solid squares and sew them together in rows.
Press the seams in rows 1 and 3 out toward the star points and row 2 in toward the accent square.
Pin the seams together. Sew the rows together into friendship star blocks.
Make 4 Friendship star blocks.
Blocks should measure 6 1/2”.