Royal Star

On this day in 1951 is the one and only time that Hazel ever mentions quiltmaking in her diary.

She was a quilter, and made several quilts, and had several started at the time of her passing; but she evidently did not do much quilting during high school.

During our very first Quilt-Along here on The Life of Hazel Ilene, I offered up a bonus block that participants could use in place of any of the other blocks, in case there was one they didn’t like and needed to substitute.

I chose the traditional block “Royal Star” for our bonus block.

Since I’ve removed most of the instructions for that first Quilt-Along from the blog, the link to this bonus block has long been lost, but in honor of Hazel’s one and only mention of quilting in her diary, and the fact that it was “star quilt blocks” she was making, I’m posting an updated link to this free pattern today.

You can find it HERE: Royal Star Quilt Block.

Wouldn’t this be cute with a fussy cut center square? There’s a lot you can do with this one! I think it would be wonderful to make an entire scrappy quilt out of these.

And I need to shut up now before I talk myself into a new UFO! Happy stitching!