Today,
I decided to take some time from working on my Pattern Development and
many other projects to make up my Kansas City Start Block of the Month
10 which came in the mail last week.Block 10 is called "Starry Heavens" and was published in the Kansas City Newspaper, in 1941. The name is very appropriate for this block, due to the double star points this one has in it.
The
block starts with making two different looking sets of flying geese.
And then making half square triangles for preparing for the building of
the block.
Once all the flying geese are made you then sew them together to make them into one unit. 
The half square triangles are then combined with 2 1/2" squares to makethe outer points of the block.
To
assemble the unit into one block you lay the point units on the four
corners and the flying geese in between the point units. The very
center is a 4 1/2" square.
Once
finished the block looks like the block above. Two more blocks and
then it will be time to work on making the quilt top. I cant wait to
see the final product.I'm currently working on a series of blogs on making the "Let It Snow Man!!" Applique Pattern. I hope to have them out next week for you to enjoy!
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Then
cut apart on the marked line and press to the dark side. Square up to a
2 1/2" x 2 1/2". Making 16 half square triangles (hst) of the green
and 4 brown half square triangles.
Once
all the half square triangles are made layout the squares this way to
make the pinwheels. Assemble the units, combining the units by sewing
laying the right on the left side unit. Press the top half units to the
right and the bottom units to the left. When all the top units and the
bottom units are assembled sew the the top to the bottom and press to
the bottom. Making 4 units of the green.
Repeat on the opposite corner with the 2 1/2" blue square. 
Then
you can start the center blocks by making half Square blocks. You
start with combining 2 1/2" square block with triangle on each side to
make a large triangle then sewing the brown triangle to make a large
half Square block that measures 4 1/2".
Then
for the other center unit you need to combine 2 1/2" square with an 2
1/2" half square triangle to make a row. Then sew a 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"
rectangle on the bottom of the squares that were just combined.
I started with making all the pieces to make the block. 
First was the 4 flying geese units.
Once
I had them assembled, I then assembled the two block together, with the
flying geese units on top of the chevron units and press toward the
flying geese.
Now,
that I have the 4 units done, I can now start to assemble the whole
block. I start with laying out the blocks, this helps with the assembly
process.
Now, I am half way done with the blocks. I think this is going to be a great quilt when finished.
This
month was block #5 - "Square and Half Square" which was released on
November 1, 1933. The pattern book has excerpt from the newspaper let me
share this blocks:
This
block basically made of half-triangles and 4-patches. Start with making
4- half square triangles with the background and blue fabric. Then make
making for 4-4-patch squares with the red and background fabric. The
center is a 4 1/2" square.
Then
you just have to piece the blocks together making sure the half square
is in the middle. Once the blocks are together in a row, then you just
need to sew the rows together and press the seam away from the center.
After the all the flying geese units are made you then lay them out so they are on top of each other. 
To make on chevron unit. 
And sew the other set of 4 half-triangles up toward the blue squares.
Then
adding a 4 1/2" red square in the middle. Start with sewing each
corner unit to the middle chevron, and the middle chevrons to the middle
square to make all the rows of the block. Once all the rows are made
then sew the top row to the middle, then the bottom to the middle.
Pressing the rows toward the bottom of the block.
