How to Make a friendship Star mini window hanging
Friendship star is an easy quilt block that can be adapted to a quick mini window hanging project.
This little window hanging is about 11” square, so it more like a sun catcher than a curtain. It is made with pojagi reversible patchwork, so it there are no raw edges.
It’s a great way to add a quick piece of colour to a space, and is easy to customize. Because it’s small, inexpensive and portable, it is a great gift for someone in a hospital or care home.
The techniques in this project are different than patchwork for quilting, so be sure to read all the instructions carefully.
See it All
Below you will find:
- supply list
- video tutorial
- step-by-step written tutorial with pictures
Supplies and Tools
Everything you need to make this project
You will need two colours of fabric: star and background. Cut the following:
- four 5″ squares background
- four 5″ x 6″ background
- two 5″ squares star
- one 4″ square star
Video
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Tutorial
See each step in the process, with images to help guide you.
Make the Triangle Units
Cut a 5” triangle off the corner of the 5” x 6” background piece and cut the 5” star squares in half on the diagonal.
Join these pieces using a pojagi seam. (How to stitch the pojagi seam).
Trim this unit down to 5” x 4”
Assemble the block
Lay these pieces out with the squares to make a friendship star block. Double check the orientation of the triangles.
Join these pieces together into rows, then join the rows together to make the block.
Finish and hang
Hem each of the sides by folding over and top stitching.
Hang and enjoy!
It looks great hanging square or on point.
Pattern hack
If you want to make two stars that are negatives of each other, the triangles that are cut off the background pieces can be used as the stars. Then you don’t need to cut 5” squares for the stars.