SAHRR Round Five Wonky-Star Border

Wendy at Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life chose the block for Round Five in the Stay-At-Home Round Robin and it’s a Wonky-Star. Seven of us quilting bloggers are participating in this quilt-along hosted by Quilting Gail. It’s not too late to jump in if you’d like to play along. Earlier this year we’ve selected our center block, added some Piano Keys, Plus Signed up a border, added a gaggle of Flying Geese, and finally, a checkerboard border. Are you ready to get your wonk on?

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Wonky-Star Beginning

When Wendy selected the Wonky-Star block, my first thought was oh, boy. I’m not good at anything wonky and I have no idea how to make this block for a border. Naturally, I immediately went to Pinterest to see what others have shared in the Wonky-Star genre. Luckily, I found this tutorial shared by Sarah at Berry Barn Designs. Her size block was different from what we wanted but the math was easy to figure out (even for me!). Plus, in my mind, this became a different spin on a 9-patch block.

We started with a whole bunch of 1.5″ squares in both the background and feature fabrics. Chain sewing is definitely your friend for this block as I layered two pieces and randomly sewed an angle on the first side.

After trimming the seam and pressing the first-star-point, you line up the second point fabric with the background piece. You can see the oversized red fabric that will be trimmed off shortly.

Our second-star-point has been added and pressed. Trimming everything to a 1.5″ square creates just a few scraps. We had to quickly sew these star points into a test wonky-star block and here’s our layout.

You will easily see that I have a bit of an issue creating wonky-star points. Apparently, I sew the points a bit too uniform . . . I need to try a little harder to get my wonk on!

Wonky-Star Love

Here are our first four Wonky-Star blocks – aren’t they just the cutest?!

Aren’t these cute?!

Now the decision shifted to how many do we need to make, and how many sides are we going to add them to? Top or side; top and side; both sides; or top and bottom . . .

In the end, top and bottom won out and here we go:

Just two Rounds to go . . .

SAHRR Blogger Friends & Linky Party

Linky party at Wendy’s: Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

This week Wendy will have the linky party open all week to share your update! Add your picture and check out what others have shared. Next week, Susan will share all the details for Round Six.

Our Previous SAHRR Links So Far

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21 Responses

  1. Sharon says:

    I do like your SAHRR, and those tiny wonky stars! So colorful!

  2. I love the way your quilt is coming together. This is going to be fabulous.

  3. Your wonky star borders turned out beautifully! I don’t do wonky well at all, I’m too ordered. You’ve got such a fun and bright version of the SAHRR. It’s been a lot of fun seeing how everyone interrupts the prompts. Hard to believe that all came from the same set of instructions.

  4. Oh my goodness, Roseanne. These little wonky stars are too stinking cute. They will add oodles of joy and brightness to your round robin quilt. Hope you are staying safe and warm.

  5. thedarlingdogwood says:

    I love these stars! I have trouble making things wonky even when I try, too! I love this and love your colors so much!

  6. Susan says:

    I had the same problem getting my wonk on too. I found it hard to add star point variety.

  7. quiltinggail says:

    Your wonky stars are great!!! Love the colours! 🙂

  8. Barbara Esposito says:

    This quilt just makes me smile! The wonky stars are a perfect addition. And I agree – top and bottom.

  9. Brenda @ Songbird Designs says:

    Your wonky stars look great, Roseanne!! It’s coming right along!

  10. ROCHELLE SUMMERS says:

    Wonky stars are hard for me to make, too. Type AAAA personality and all – LOL! I love the cheerful colors of your quilt and think it will be just lovely.

  11. Dawn says:

    Roseanne, ❤️ Your colorful wonky stars with each point a different color! Your quilt is so cheerful!

  12. Laura says:

    Lovin’ how this fun project is turning out! 🙂

  13. These are great and yes it is harder to get wonky for some of us. I love the way yours look. Now, off to look at possibilities for the mariner’s compass.

  14. So cute! I need to make these blocks in the near future.

  15. chrisknits says:

    LOVE THEM!! Even though I can’t do wonky, they are so adorable in your piece.

  16. Vicki in MN says:

    I really like the addition of the stars. I have never made them.

  17. I love your wonky stars, Roseanne! They’re so bright and fun. I’m looking forward to making some, too!

  18. Your wonky stars are so fun, and I like how they blend so well with your quilt! Aren’t they fun to make?

  19. Hi Roseanne. Your wonky stars are twinkling brightly on your quilt. This is just getting to be so much fun. It is so bright, cheery and happy.

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