Friendship Star
 free quilt block

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The Friendship Star block is a nice easy way to make stars and by reversing them as in the quilt layout below you can create a lot of motion on the surface by reversing the spin direction of the stars. Four Half Square Triangle units and 5 plain squares are all you need to make each block.
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See a feature article for lots of tips on how to make Half Square Triangle units used in this block - Click HERE