Block math help needed
 

Hello--So I was watching a video tutorial (or whatever they are called) from Missouri Star Quilt Co, yesterday that had the quilting marine Mark featured. They were making a crumb block center that they made into a star. The crumb block center was cut at 8.5 inches square. Then Misty took 2- 10 inch blocks and created the 8 outer sections on the star. It seemed easy enough: sew on opposite sides of diagonal lines- then cut block into 8 sections--but here is the math question. I have a bunch of already made 6.5 inch crumb blocks. Would I then use 2-8 inch blocks for the star "lights" I think she called them???

(I am new to quilting, so this type of sizing isn't clear yet).

It sounds right, but I would do a ( practice block) to test it before committing to the real thing. That way you can adjust as needed to get it right

I had to go look at the video to see what kind of star they created. They used HST's to form the star points. If your center block finishes at 6 inches, you want your HST's to finish at 3 inches.

If you are making them 2 at a time, you need four bright and four background squares measuring 4 inches. Then you draw your diagonal line, stitch on both sides, cut apart, press gently and trim to 3 1/2 inches square.

If you want to use the 'easy eight' method, you will need two squares measuring 7 3/4 inches. Here is a link to this method. http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/20...ght-at-a-time/

And a YouTube for the same method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0xfRpe_UM

And here is a link to testing a new block without fabric. I hate to waste fabric so love this little hack. http://quiltingdigest.com/how-to-mak...asting-fabric/

Thank you so much--I will have to watch these tutorials very carefully. I greatly appreciate all the help on different quilting questions on this forum. Thank you again.