Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Sew Simple Shape Dresden Star Tutorial!!

I LOVE sewing Christmas decorations...

and I LOVE dresdens...

and Six Pointed Stars!

So...

I've been making these little 

Dresden Stars...

do you want to make some too?

YaY!

Grab your Cozy Christmas fabric...

And your B-14 

Sew Simple Shape

My 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"

rectangles leftover from making the 

Cozy Christmas quilt for this sew along 

work perfectly for one star point.

Place the triangle upside down

 and even with the top edge...

 trace down both sides...

Like this.

Cut on your traced line.

Six of these make one cute little dresden.

To sew the point on top

 of each dresden blade...

fold like this with right sides together.

And sew 1/4"...

I like to chain piece mine:)

Open the seam like this 

and give the seam only a little press 

with just the tip of your iron....

Then flip it right side out and use your 

Clover Turning Tool 

and gently push out for a nice point.

Lay out on your design board...

 and stitch them together

 using a 1/4" seam allowance.

Cute!!!

It's super important to

 press your seams open 

so that they will lie nice and flat.

You could make fabric circle centers 

for a more traditional dresden 

if you want and that would be super cute!

But I thought it would be fun to

 use the largest size in my 

Cute Little Buttons

 jar for the centers of these:)

 I made a few more 

because they're so fun!!

After cutting...

 I separated them 

into sets of 6.

And sewed them together!

(This is BEFORE pressing the seams open)

They look like cute little 

Christmas Cookie Stars!

They would make super cute coasters...

all you would need to do is back them with felt or wool...

or appliqué each one on

 a square or a circle:)

I just love these cozy stars...

they're so fun to play with:) 

You could even hang them on your tree! 

I decided to use 5 of them to make a pillow.

I grabbed 16 - 3" squares 

that were leftover from the sew along 

and laid out the pillow like this.

(I sewed one four patch 

using four squares:)

I chose 5 different buttons 

but didn't sew them on yet 

until after appliqué and trimming.

I decided to appliqué mine onto 6" squares...

then I trimmed them down to 5 1/2" using one of my new 

Bee in my Bonnet Trim-It Rulers!

(available in January)

     It's super easy to make sure that

 your star is centered before trimming 

by using the centering lines on the ruler:)

After trimming...

 I sewed each button on

 using the matching

 Aurifloss

I laid it out on the design board and sewed the blocks together.

I had a 20" pillow form on hand

 so I added borders and I love how it turned out!

I hope you enjoyed this "cozy" tutorial 

and are inspired to make some 

of your very own

Cute Little Stars:)

xx

Lori