Ohio Star

1. Cut the pieces.

From background fabric (white) cut the following:

4 1/2 X 4 1/2 inch square--cut 4. These are your A squares.
5 1/4 X 5 1/4 inch square--cut 1. Cut into quarters along the diagonals, as illustrated below; these are your 4 B triangles.

From blue fabric, cut:

From red fabric, cut:

5 1/4 X 5 1/4 inch square--cut 1. Cut into quarters along the diagonals, as illustrated above; these are your 4 B triangles.

From green fabric, cut:

5 1/4 X 5 1/4 inch square--cut 2. Cut into quarters along the diagonals, as illustrated above; these are your 8 B triangles.

Red, white, blue, and green are just for illustration--use any colors you like.

2. Sew the triangles together into squares.

First, sew the triangles together into larger triangles, like this:

You'll be making:

Then, sew the triangle units into squares, like this:

You'll be making:

3. Sew the squares into strips:

4. Sew the block together:

The block is done!