Sawtooth Star quilt block
Four flying geese around a center square, with a plain square in each corner. The center is half the width of the block and each goose is a quarter of it tall.
The Sawtooth Star is pieced on a 4 × 4 grid, so a 12" block has 3" grid squares.
Cutting for 6", 8", 10", 12" blocks
| Fabric | Pieces | Cut | 6" block | 8" block | 10" block | 12" block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| background | Corners | 4 | 2" | 2½" | 3" | 3½" |
| accent | Centers | 1 | 3½" | 4½" | 5½" | 6½" |
| background | Flying geese | 4 | 2" × 3½" | 2½" × 4½" | 3" × 5½" | 3½" × 6½" |
| main | Star points | 8 | 2" | 2½" | 3" | 3½" |
Cut sizes include ¼" seam allowances.
How to sew a 12" Sawtooth Star block
Make 4 flying geese, 6" × 3" finished. Lay a 3½" main square on one end of a 6½" × 3½" background rectangle, sew corner to corner, trim ¼" past the seam and press. Repeat on the other end, with the seam running the other way.
Lay out the units as drawn and sew them into 3 rows. Press the seams of each row the opposite way from the one before so they nest, then sew the rows together. The block measures 12" finished, 12½" with seam allowance.
Quilts made with the Sawtooth Star block
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Scrappy star quilt patternTo paint it on a board, the Sawtooth Star barn quilt pattern has the measurements for 2, 4 and 8 ft boards and the paint for each color.
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