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THE QUILT SHOWN IS A DIGITAL REPRESENTATION. ACTUAL FABRIC REPEATS WILL VARY FROM DESIGN SHOWN.

Uses Benartex’s Oh My Stars! collection

by Dover Hill StudioFinished Size: 66” x 66”

Classic quilt blocks - A beautiful way to show your pride in America!

OhMyStarsByDianeNagleforBenartexFabricA 965-10 Red 13/8yards Blocks,bordersFabricB 967-52 Bluestars 1¼yards Blocks,innerborderFabricC 969-10 Redstripe ¾yard Largestarpoints,border2FabricD 965-55 Bluetonal 3/8yard Blocks,outerborderFabricE 969-55 Bluestripe 5/8yard BindingFabricF 757-75 Cream 13/8yards Blocks,backgroundFabricG 966-75 Creammultistars ¼yard BlocksFabricH 967-55 Creambluestars 1/8yard BlocksFabricI 965-52 Lightbluetonal ¼yard BlocksFabricJ 967-10 Creamredstars ¼yard BlocksFabricK 970-55 Blueswirls 3/8yard BlocksFabricL 757-74 Tan 1/8yard BlocksFabricM 970-10 Redswirls 1/8yard BlocksFabricN 966-55 Bluemultistars 1/8yard BlocksFabricO 965-74 Lighttantonal ¼yard BlocksFabricP 966-74 Tanmultistars 1/8yard BlocksBacking Fabricofchoice 41/8yards Cutting:FabricA:Blocks:(1)37/8”x42”strip;cutinto(10)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.(1)23/8”x42”strip;cutinto(4)23/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.(1)4½”x42”strip;cutinto(4)4½”squares,and(1)4¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.(2)3½”x42”strips;cutinto(16)3½”squares.OuterBorder:(6)4½”x42”strips.Sewendtoendandsubcut(4)4½”x58½”strips.FabricB:Blocks:(2)37/8”x42”strips;cutinto(16)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.Border2:(5)4½”x42”strips.Sewendtoendandsubcut(4)4½”x48½”strips.FabricC:Block:(2)67/8”x42”strips;cutinto(8)67/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.Border3:(6)1½”x42”strips.Sewendtoendandsubcut(2)1½”x56½”strips,and(2)1½”x58½”strips.FabricD:Blocks:(1)4½”x42”strips;cutinto(4)4½”squares.Trimremainingstripdownto23/8”wideandsubcut(8)23/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.FabricE:Binding:(7)2½”x42”bindingstrips.FabricF:Blocks:(1)12½”x42”strip;cutinto(4)6½”x12½”rectangles.(1)13¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)13¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Saveremainingstrip.Useremainingstriptocut(4)6½”squares.(1)23/8”x42”strip;cutinto(8)23/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.(1)4¼”x42”strip;cut(2)4¼”squares,cuttwiceondiagonal.Saveremainingstrip.Useremainingstriptocut(8)2”squares.

(2)33/8”x42”strips;cutinto(16)17/8”x33/8”rectangles.(1)4¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)4¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Saveremainingstrip.Useremainingstriptocut(8)35/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal,and(4)2”squares.FabricG:Blocks:(1)7¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)7¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Fromremainingstripcut(4)3½”squaresand(2)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.FabricH:Blocks:(1)4¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)4¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Fromremainingstripcut(2)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.FabricI:Blocks:(1)7¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)7¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Fromremainingstripcut(2)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal,and(4)3½”squares.FabricJ:(1)7¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)7¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Fromremainingstripcut(4)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.FabricK:Blocks:(1)4¾”x42”strip;cutinto(1)4¾”square,(4)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal,(1)3½”square,and(4)23/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.(1)35/8”x42”strip;cutinto(8)35/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.(1)33/8”x42”strip;cutinto(16)17/8”x33/8”rectangles.FabricL:Blocks:(1)4¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)4¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonaland(4)2”squares.FabricM:Blocks:(1)3½”square.FabricN:Blocks:(1)37/8”x42”strip;cutinto(4)37/8”squares,cutonceondiagonal.FabricO:Blocks:(1)7¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)7¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Fromremainingstripcut(4)3½”squares.FabricP:Blocks:(1)7¼”x42”strip;cutinto(1)7¼”square,cuttwiceondiagonal.Fromremainingstripcut(4)33/8”squaresand(4)3½”squares.AssemblyofBlocks:CenterBlock:

1. SewthelongsideofaFabricK23/8”triangletobothshortsidesofaFabricF4¼”triangleasshowntomakeaflyinggeeseunit.Make4.ßflyinggeeseunit.

2. SewaflyinggeeseunittobothsidesofaFabricM3½”squareasshownàSquareupto3½”x6½”.

3. SewaFabricF2”squaretobothendsoftheremainingflyinggeeseunits.Make2à4. SewtothetopandbottomoftheunitinStep2tocompletetheinnerstaroftheblock.Setaside.

ßSquareupto6½”.Step5àStep6àStep7à

5. SewaFabricFandD23/8”triangletogethertomakeahalfsquaretriangle(HST).Make8.6. SewaFabricF2”squaretotheleftsideofaHSTfromStep5asshown.7. SewaFabricL2”squaretotherightsideofarotatedHSTasshown.8. SewtheunitinStep7tothebottomoftheunitinStep6tomakeaCornerUnità

Squareupto3½”.Make4.Setaside.9. MakeanewflyinggeeseunitbysewingaFabricD23/8”triangletobothshortsidesofa

FabricF4¼”triangle. Step10à

10. SewthelongsideofaFabricL4¼”triangletothelongbluesideoftheflyinggeeseinStep9.

11. SewtheshortsideofaFabricF23/8”triangletobothbluesidesoftheunità12. SewthelongsideofaFabricA37/8”triangletobothsidesoftheunit

inStep11asshown.Squareupto3½”x6½”.Make4.

13. SewthepiecedflyinggeesefromStep12tobothsidesoftheinnerstarcompletedinStep4. Step14à

14. SewaCornerunitfromStep8tobothshortendsofapiecedflyinggeesefromStep12.Make2.15. SewtheStep14unittothetopoftheblockinStep13.Rotateandsewthesecondunittothebottom

tocompletetheCenterblock.Squareupto12½”unfinished.

ßCenterBlock

ChurnDashblock:16. SewaFabricFandK35/8”triangletogethertomakeaHSTàMake4.17. SewaFabricFandK17/8”x33/8”rectangletogetheronlongsidesasshownàMake4.18. SewthedarksideofaunitinStep17tobothsidesofaFabricP33/8”square.

ßStep18.

19. SewaHSTfromStep16tobothshortendsofaStep17unitàMake2.20. SewtothetopoftheStep18unittocompletetheChurnDashcenter.Squareupto9½”.RepeatSteps

16-20tomake4ChurnDashcentersà Step21Cornerunità21. SewtheshortsideofaFabricB37/8”trianglestotwoadjacentsidesofaFabricA3½”square.Repeat

tomake4cornerunits.22. SewthelongsideofacornerunittoallfoursidesoftheChurnDashcentertocompletetheblock.

Squareupto12½”.Make4ChurnDashblocks.ChurnDashBlockàMake4.

VariableStarblock:23. SewthelongsideofaFabricJ37/8”triangletoall4sidesofaFabricK4¾”squareà

24. SewthelongsideofaFabricA37/8”triangletobothshortsidesofaFabricI7¼”triangleasshownto

makeaflyinggeeseunit.Squareupto3½”x6½”.Make4.ßflyinggeeseunit.

25. SewtheredsideoftheflyinggeeseunittobothsidesoftheStep23unitàSquareupto6½”x12½”.

26. SewaFabricI3½”squaretobothshortendsofaremainingflyinggeeseunitfromStep24àSquaretoto3½”x12½”.Make2.

27. SewtheunitfromStep26tothetopandbottomoftheunitinStep25tocompletetheblock.Squareupto12½”.ßVariableStarblock.

Sarah’sChoiceblock:

28. SewaFabricAandK37/8”triangletogethertomakeaHSTàMake4.29. Sew(2)HSTstogetherasshown.Make2.

30. RotateandsewthesecondunitinStep29tothebottomofthefirsttomakeapinwheelà

Squareupto6½”.Setaside.31. SewthelongsideofaFabricGtriangletotheleftshortsideofaFabricO7¼”triangle.Sewthelong

sideofaFabricK37/8”triangletotherightsidetomakeaflyinggeeseunitàMake4.

32. SewaflyinggeeseunitinStep31tobothsidesofthepinwheel.Squareupto6½”x12½”.

33. SewaFabricO3½”squaretobothendsofaflyinggeeseunitàSquareupto3½”x12½”.Make2.

34. SewaunitinStep33tothetopandbottomoftheStep32unittocomplettheblock.Squareupto12½”.ßSarah’sChoiceblock.

MarthaWashington’sStarblock:

35. SewtheshortsidesofaFabricAandH4¼”triangletogetherasshownàMake4.36. SewthelongsideofaFabricH37/8”triangletotheunitinStep35asshown.

Squareupto3½”.Make4.

37. Sew(2)unitsinStep36togetherasshown.Make2àRotateandsewthesecondunittothebottomofthefirsttomakeacenterpinwheelunit.Squareupto6½”à

38. SewthelongsideofaFabricD37/8”triangletobothshortsidesofaFabricG7¼”triangletomakeaflyinggeeseunitàSquareupto3½”x6½”.Make4.

39. SewaflyinggeeseunitfromStep38tobothsidesofthepinwheelcenterà40. SewaFabricG3½”squaretobothsidesofaremainingflyinggeeseunit.

Squareupto3½”x12½”.Make2.

41. SewaStep40unittothetopandbottomofthecenterunitinStep39tocompletetheblock.Squareupto12½”.ßMarthaWashingtonStarblock.

EightHandsAroundblock:

42. SewthelongsideofaFabricA23/8”triangletobothshortsidesofaFabricF4¼”triangleasshowntomakeaflyinggeeseunit.Make4.ßflyinggeeseunit.

43. SewaflyinggeeseunittobothsidesofaFabricK3½”squareasshownàSquareupto3½”x6½”.

44. SewaFabricF2”squaretobothendsoftheremainingflyinggeeseunits.Make2à45. SewtothetopandbottomoftheunitinStep2tocompletetheinnerstaroftheblock.Setaside.

Squareupto6½”.

46. SewaFabricIandJ37/8”triangletogethertomakeaHSTàMake4.47. SewthelongsideofaFabricN37/8”triangletobothsidesofaFabricJ7¼”triangletomakeaflying

geeseunit.Squareupto3½”x6½”.Make4.Step48à

48. SewaflyinggeeseunitfromStep47tobothsidesofthecenterstarunitinStep45.

49. SewaHSTunitfromStep46tobothshortendsofaremainingflyinggeeseunit.Squareupto3½”x12½”.Make2.SewtothetopandbottomoftheStep48unittocompletetheblock. Step49àßEightHandsAroundblock.Squareupto12½”.

QuiltAssembly:

50. Thequiltcenterissethorizontallywith3rowsof3blockseach.Followingthediagramforplacementofeachblock,seweachrowintheorderstatedfromlefttoright.

51. Row1:MarthaWashingtonStar,ChurnDashblockandVariableStar.

52. Row2:ChurnDashblock,CenterStarblock,ChurnDashBlock.

53. Row3:EightHandsAroundblock,ChurnDashblock,andSarah’sChoiceblock.

54. SewRow2tothebottomofRow1,andRow3tothebottomofRow2.

LargeStarpoints:55. SewthelongsideofaFabricC67/8”triangletobothshortsidesofaFabricF13¼”triangletomakea

flyinggeeseunit.Squareupto6½”x12½”.Make8.56. SewaflyinggeeseunitfromStep55tobothshortendsofaFabricF6½”x12½”rectangle.Make4.

57. SewtwounitsfromStep56tothesidesofthequiltcenter.58. SewaFabricF6½”squaretobothshortendsoftheremainingtwounitsinStep56.Sewtothetop

andbottomofthequiltcenter.InnerBorder:

59. SewaFabricB4½”x48½”striptobothsidesofthequiltcenter,aftertheStarPointsaresewnon.60. SewaFabricA4½”squaretobothendsoftheremaining(2)FabricB4½”x48½”strips.Sewtothe

topandbottomofthequilt.Border2:

61. SewtheFabricC1½”x56½”stripstothesidesofthequilt.SewtheFabricC1½”x58½”stripstothetopandbottomofthequilt.

OuterBorder:62. SewaFabricA4½”x58½”striptothesidesofthequilt.63. SewaFabricD4½”squaretobothendsoftheremaining(2)FabricA4½”x58½”strips.Sewtothe

topandbottomofthequilt.64. Layerthequilttopwithbattingandbacking;quiltasdesired.UsingtheFabricE2½”strips,bindthe

edgestofinish.