Sawtooth Star Quilt Blocks (with Pieced Centers)

The Sawtooth Star quilt block is one of my favorite quilt blocks.  So when Jessica at Quilty Habit announced the Star Light, Star Dark Quilt-A-Long, I wanted to participate.

My One Monthly Goal for August was to piece the 6 large Sawtooth Star blocks.  Since I was trying to work from my stash and had limited cuts of some fabrics, I decided to include a pieced 9" block in the each center of the 18" Sawtooth Star blocks.

My favorite is the dark blue block with a Single Irish Chain in the center.  It almost glows with the Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids in Sailor and Wave.  Also included are two prints, one is a print from True Colors by Tula Pink and the other is an Alison Glass print from the Sun Print 2015 collection.

Sawtooth Star quilt block with a Single Irish Chain center

For the light blue block a Diamond Star was chosen for the center.

Sawtooth Star quilt block with a Diamond Star center

I chose Spinning Star or Double Friendship Star for the center of the dark purple block.  This is made from more Alison Glass, Kona solids and a Northcott print from the Artisan Spirit collection.

Sawtooth Star quilt block with a Spinning Star center

The center of the light purple block contains the Frayed Four-Patch. Again, this Sawtooth Star is made from Alison Glass prints, Kona solids and a Northcott print from the Artisan Spirit collection.

Sawtooth Star quilt block with Frayed 4-Patch center

To represent the setting sun, this Sawtooth Star contains a micro dot from Blank Quilting and an unknown lighter orange.  The 16-Patch center is made from one of the new Uppercase prints from Windham and a Cotton & Steel print.  Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts has a great tutorial for making the St. Louis 16-patch quilt block.

Sawtooth Star quilt block with a 16-patch center

Wanting to incorporate some yellow with the orange, I actually unsewed this Double Sawtooth Star quilt block and added a Kona solid in Corn Yellow and this Dazzle print in Marigold.  This turned out to be my least favorite.

Double Sawtooth Star or Rising Star quilt block

I think more time was spent selecting fabrics than the actual piecing.  Here are all six Sawtooth Star blocks together with the light blocks on left and dark blocks on the right.

Sawtooth Star quilt blocks for the Star Light, Star Dark Quilt-A-Long

Related posts:

• August 2016 One Monthly Goal
• Fabric choices for Star Light, Star Dark Quilt-A-Long
• Mid year review and 2016 goals

I'm linking to Jessica at Quilty Habit to share my progress on the Star Light, Star Dark Quilt-A-Long.

And I'm sliding in under the wire to link to Heidi at Red Letter Quilts for the completion of my August One Monthly Goal.

Also linking to Let's Bee Social, Needle and Thread Thursday, Fabric Frenzy Friday and Scraptastic Tuesday.