Pin each corner of the squares to the foam and have the corners from each square almost meet each other, evenly spaced apart. Start by placing the two unfolded squares, evenly spaced apart, one at the top and one at the bottom, on the foam. To create the quilted look, you pin the prairie points to the foam ball in concentric layers. Prairie Points Prairie Points close up Prairie Points and squares Quilted Star Ornament – Pinning the Pieces You will end up with 40 small prairie points and 2 squares that have not been pressed. When you have formed the prairie point, you carefully press. This makes a neat equilateral triangle (a prairie point) with the folded edges meeting in the center of the front of the triangle. Be precise when lining up the edges to the center the closer (without overlapping the edges) the better. Once you have the small, twice folded, squares, you open them back up to the rectangle and then fold the upper, left and right, corners in to meet the center crease line in the middle of the rectangle. Then fold the just made rectangles again to make squares that are 1.25” x 1.25”. Fold the all the rest of the 2.5″ squares in half to make rectangles that are 1.25” x 2.5.” Press with your iron on steam setting. But first, set aside 2 squares from the first dark color, of which you started with 10, that you will not be pressing.Ī.
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Now, it’s time for the pressing of the prairie points.For a 3” Styrofoam ball, you will need 10 squares of the first dark color and 16 squares, each, of the light colored fabric and the 2 nd dark colored fabric.
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Press your fabrics, and then using a cutting mat and rotary cutter, cut 2.5″ strips and then sub-cut the strips into 2.5″ squares. You will need 3 coordinating fabrics and one of them should be a light color and the other two can be a darker color.
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You need 2.5″ squares of coordinating and contrasting fabric.(1) 1/4 th yard decorative silky ribbon to create hanger (1) box extra-fine glasshead pins in color of your choice (1) box dressmakers pins 1 1/16 th inch, at least 300 count Have fun making these as they do not need to be perfect to look fantastic! Quilted Star Ornament – Supply List Once you learn the technique, you can put photos on fabric in the middle or use something small that you have cross-stitched or embroidered. Keep them for yourself, or give them as a gift. You could make one of these every year year.