More Star Blocks

Today I used some more of my red, white, and blue scrap fabric to make a couple more star blocks for the National Quilters Day Out/Quilts of Valor project.  The one on the left is a Simple Spinning Star block and the one on the right is an equilateral (or 60 degree) triangle star.  Both of them went together really quickly and easily. 

They both turned out really true to size.  The units that make the points in the Spinning Star block were made oversized, so that they could be trimmed down to 4-1/2 inches squares, which made the final piecing easier to keep true to size.  The triangles in the equilateral star block were cut with a 60 degree triangle ruler, so they were very precise too.  The height of the block was actually accurate from just sewing the rows together, and the sides were trimmed down to make it a 12-1/2 inch square.