Startup Project: Starry Path Quilt

Class Preview

Stretch your skills as you take on your next project, the Starry Path quilt, with step-by-step guidance from expert quilter Christa Watson. Master three new foundational units — flying geese, triangle-in-square and hourglass — to create two unique star blocks. Plus, learn to quilt an all-over free-motion swirl design and get time-saving tips for strip-piecing and more. By the end of class, you’ll have an elevated skill set and a finished quilt that you can be proud of.

Getting Started

Meet Christa and go over everything you’ll need for your project, the Starry Path quilt. Then she shares tips for cutting both yardage and fat quarters. Plus, see how to check and correct your seam allowance early on. This way, your blocks will be the correct size.

Sawtooth Star Block

Piece the classic flying geese unit two at a time! Christa shows you how to mark, sew, press and cut, and add simple squares to create the Sawtooth Star block. She helps you chain piece a few blocks at a time to speed up your stitching, and shows you how to use webbing to keep your blocks together as you go.

Garden Path Block

Learn how to cut and sew with the popular Tri-Recs specialty ruler that you can use in many other quilts. Find out how to properly cut and line up the pieces, add simple four-patches and solid units for a beautiful block, and save time by chain-piecing it.

Pieced Border

Follow along as Christa guides you to create the colorful pieced border that surrounds the Starry Path Quilt. See how to pair half-square triangles to form this hourglass unit, also known as the quarter-square triangle. Then batch-assemble the border strips.

Quilt Top Assembly

Now you’re ready to put your quilt blocks together! Here, discover a technique called webbing that will keep your blocks in order as you assemble the inner quilt top into rows. From there, sew the rows together, then add the solid and pieced borders.

Machine Quilting Swirls

Wrap up class by finishing your basted Starry Path quilt with an all-over free-motion design. Christa discusses thread choices, then shares the benefits of making small samples to practice your designs. Afterwards, get her tips on maneuvering this quilt on your home machine as you add the final touches.