February 23 BOM - Stars Over Omaha - Blazing Star

Blazing Star Block 

OMQG February 2023 Block of the Month (BOM) Printable Link to Pattern

Block Origins: Nancy Cabot published the Blazing Star block pattern in the Chicago Tribune in 1933 in her daily quilting column. 

This 12-inch (finished size) block can be constructed with the Accuquilt BOB die, paper-piecing or templates. Please read all instructions before beginning. 

Fabric Suggestions – It’s YOUR Quilt, choose what makes YOU happy! You need five fabrics for this block as pictured. 

Background fabric -- solid or tone-on-tone (TOT) print 

Medium Outer Star Points fabric – select two fabrics in with a medium value. Dark Inner Star Points fabric – select two fabrics with a darker value. 

Choose your cutting method or paper piecing: 

Rotary Cutter and Templates (template link) 

• Background – Pieces A & AR (eight pieces) 

• Cut four of each pieces A & AR 

• Medium Outer Star Points – Pieces B & BR (eight pieces, four of each color) • Cut four B pieces in medium fabric #1 

• Cut four BR pieces in medium fabric #2 

• Dark Inner Star Points – Pieces C & CR (eight pieces, four of each color) • Cut four C pieces in dark fabric #1 

• Cut four CR pieces in dark fabric #2 

Accuquilt 12” Blazing Star BOB die 

• Background – Pieces A & AR (eight pieces) 

• Cut four 4” x 9” rectangles. Stack rectangles in 

pairs, wrong sides together. 

• Sub-cut four pairs of Shape A, wrong sides 

together 

• Medium Outer Star Points – Pieces B & BR (eight pieces, 

four of each color)

• Starch fabric for best results before cutting • Cut two 4” x 8” rectangles each from two medium fabrics 

• Sub-cut shape B with medium fabric #1 pieces stacked wrong sides up • Sub-cut four Shape B with medium fabric #2 pieces stacked right sides up 

• Dark Inner Star Points – Pieces C & CR (eight pieces, four of each color) • Cut two 4” x 10” rectangles each in two different fabrics 

• Sub-cut shape B with dark fabric #1 stacked wrong sides up 

• Sub-cut four Shape B with dark fabric #2 stacked right sides up 

Paper Piecing Option (pattern link) 

● Print 4 copies of the link above. Measure the top side of A1 to make sure it is 6" before continuing.

Sewing the Block (sewing instructions link) 

1. Use scant ¼” seam allowance. 

2. Construct four blocks as indicated in steps 1 – 4 of the sewing instructions. These should measure 6 ½”. 

3. Lay out blocks as indicated in diagram and sew together in steps 5 – 6.

Measurement check: Finished Blazing Star block should measure 12 ½ inches square to finish at 12 inches when it is sewn into the quilt. 

Additional Resources: 

Paper Piecing and template patterns by Stephanie Jacobson – THANK YOU! www.stephjacobsondesigns.com IG: @stephjacbsondesigns 

Block Assembly instructional video by Eleanor Burns & Accuquilt: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNtNmWuvpEE 

PDF sewing instructions: 

https://www.accuquilt.com/media/assets/blockassembly/55051-go-blazing-star-instrucs.pdf 

General Paper Piecing instructional video by Angela Walters: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Kx4Q7JSwQ