No Stress Stars

Quilting should be easy.  However, sometimes getting all those points to match up can take the fun out of the quilting process.  So I thought I would create a "no stress" block that is both easy to draft and easy to piece.

The fabric collection I decided to use, is one of the free monthly downloads from DoYouEQ.com.​

Ridgewood Collection by Moda

The free download I used for my blocks and quilts is from the Ridgewood collection designed by Minick & Simpson for Moda.

You can download the collection here.

This collection can only be used with Electric Quilt.

The no stress blocks started with a basic 9-patch block.  Rather than "precision" flying geese units I drew some random lines for a more casual look.

9 Patch No Stress Block - Coloring 1

9 Patch No Stress Block - Coloring 2

I then decided to "tilt" the block using Serendipity.  As part of the "tilt" process I rotated the inside of the design 90 degrees to ensure the blocks looks different.

No Stress Block tilted 45 degrees - coloring 1

No Stress Block tilted 45 degrees - coloring 2

Learn how to create the blocks and quilt with the video.

For the first quilt, I chose to add a binding to finish off the 3 x 3 layout.

No Stress Star Quilt -- without borders.

But I rarely stop at just one design.  So for the next quilt, I decided to carry the "no stress" look into the borders.  But for the borders, I chose to create some "no stress" half square triangles rather than flying geese units.

No Stress Quilt designed in the video.

Continuing with the "what if" game, I decided to swap the coloring in the centers for the "light background" and "dark background" blocks.

No Stress Star Quilt with alternating backgrounds for the star centers.

For another option, I thought I would use a third background fabric for the centers.  And just for fun decided to fussy cut them.

No Stress Stars Quilt with 3rd background in the center. Center of star is fussy cut.

There are so many more ways you could personal this quilt.  It might be fun to use sky colors for the background and star colors for the stars.  How would you make this your own?

Feel free to share pictures of your quilts in the Learning EQ Facebook group.  I've set up a dedicated post for your designs.

No Stress Star Block and Quilt Learning EQ Facebook Group Post

Happy quilting.

​Kari

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