Quilt block · Sixty-degree · Advanced
Hexagon Star quilt block
Six 60° diamonds meet in the center as a six-pointed star, dark and medium by turns, with a 120° triangle between each two points to make the hexagon.
How it’s cut
No cutting list here. Hexagon Star is a hexagon, so it goes in a hexagon layout, not in a square one, so it isn’t cut as a square block. Its pieces don’t all land on the ⅛″ marks at any size, so they’re cut from templates. In Quarter Inch, start a Tumbling blocks quilt and it works out the cutting for the whole quilt.
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Questions
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What size should I make it?
Its pieces don’t all land on the ⅛″ marks at any size, so they’re cut from templates. Across the flats means from one straight side to the side opposite, as hexagon rulers measure.
Can I paper piece it?
Not on a foundation: it has set-in (Y) seams, where three seams meet and none runs straight through, and foundation piecing sews only straight seams in order. Hexagon blocks are often English paper pieced instead: sewn by hand over papers.
Is it a good block for a beginner?
It’s an advanced block: 12 pieces in 2 different shapes, set-in (Y) seams and 7 points to match. Practise the hard seams on scraps first. We work the level out from the block’s own geometry, never by eye.