Aunt Dinah is a variation of the Ohio Star – it has our featured ‘Mary’s Triangles units in the four corners. You can download the instructions for making the block here.
When I first coloured in this block I came up with this
Bu I felt poor Aunty looked a bit dull, so (as it is November and therefore nearly December) I decided to jazz her up a bit with some red and a few snowflakes and stars.
Like Ohio Star this block can be bit ho-hum just straight set on its own and you can lose the stars – they become a pieced sashing.
But add plain sashing between the blocks or alternate the colours of the stars and things look a better.
Or you could turn the corners of the block around and then alternate these with the original, changing the colours of the block as well
Even ‘dull’ Aunt Dinah doesn’t look too dull when given this makeover
Of course, given the time of year, you could always make something a lot smaller –
– give it a border, and maybe ‘pointy’ ends . . . ?
Or you could head over to our Payhip shop and buy a pattern to make a runner – we featured it way back in 2014.
