Remember when I said we had lots of new designers joining us for Blockheads 5? I’m so excited to announce that the Ruby Star Society designers all have designed blocks for this round, and today we are sharing the first one: Favorite Vintage Star by Melody Miller. It’s a little vintage, a little modern, and a lot of fun!

You can find this week’s pattern here: BH5 – Group 2, Block 6 – Favorite Vintage Star by Melody Miller

Follow along with Melody!
Instagram: @missmelodymiller
https://www.rubystarsociety.com/

If you’re new to Blockheads, here are a couple of quick things to know:

• This is a free quilt-along. No sign-ups are required. Just download the pattern and you’re ready to sew!
• The PDF patterns will be posted on the Moda blog and in the official Facebook group every Wednesday by 8:00 AM CDT.
• You can also bookmark this page: Blockheads 5 main page to find a convenient list of all the patterns as they are released.
• If you’d like to sign up for our blog newsletter to get blog posts delivered to your inbox, you can sign up here: Blog Newsletter Sign-Up
• If you want to sew along with a virtual Blockheads community, head over to Facebook and join our official Moda Blockheads Facebook group. Our group is an active and vibrant community of 72,000 quilters and counting! It’s a great place to be inspired and share pictures of your Blockheads progress.
• If Instagram is where you prefer to hang out, be sure to follow us (@modafabrics) and the hashtags #modablockheads and #modablockheads5 to see the latest blocks from our designers and other Blockheads.
• Be sure to get your official Blockheads t-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags, water bottles, and more from our pop-up shop HERE.

(Looking for a little more information about Blockheads? You can check out the Blockheads 5 archive HERE.)

Something new we’re planning for this round of Blockheads is a weekly video. You can follow along with me as I sew the block of the week and share my tips and tricks and talk about different construction techniques. I’ll post the videos on YouTube and share them here on the blog. You can watch this week’s video below:

Here’s a little tip for trimming down those corner units: First, when sewing the A triangles to the B/C units, be sure to press the seams towards the B/C units. When you’re ready to trim your corner units, flip the unit over and line up the 90-degree line on your ruler along the line where your seams meet, and trim down that way. Be sure to watch the video above – I demonstrate this trimming tip in the video!

Are you ready to see our blocks?

Lissa is using Nantucket Summer for her blocks.

Alison is making a fall version in 12” blocks and a patriotic version in 6” blocks. I just love the fabrics she chose for her blocks this week!

And I am making a traditional/repro scrappy fall version and a sweet/cottage-y Americana version in 6” blocks.

Now…off you go to press, cut, and sew! And don’t forget to share your blocks with us in our Facebook group or on Instagram (#modablockheads5)!