General Description of Block: This is a nine patch block, constructed with nine patch blocks in the corners. The edge blocks are constructed of triangles - suggesting a friendship star, plus something more...a conundrum. I like the idea of making this quilt as a study in shades of the same color. I chose black and grey....thus the name Starry Night. There isn't anything in this block that we haven't already done in this series. It should be easy. FQG: Your kit contains fabric for the little black squares in the corners. "A New York State of Mind" designed by Maria Kalinowski for Benartex, (# City Lights CM5334.) will create circles that come and go as the whites, greys, and blacks in the pattern are rearranged in our blocks. The resulting quilt will be a study in the night life - blacks, greys, and whites. You will need white, black, and two greys to complete this block. Cutting Directions: (there are 49 pieces, but some will be strip pieced to make it easier.) White 4, 2" x 8" rectangles (for corner blocks) 1, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" square (for edge blocks) sub-cut twice on the diagonal to create 4 small triangles Black 1, 5" x 5" square (for center block) Medium Grey 2, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" squares (for edge blocks) sub-cut once on the diagonal to create 4 large triangles Light Grey 2, 2" x 8" rectangles (for corner blocks) 1, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" square (for edge blocks) sub-cut twice on the diagonal to create 4 small triangles Kit fabric 3, 2" x 8" rectangles Piecing Directions: Corners: Sew strip sets: Gather all 2" x 8" rectangles. (You should have 9) Sew 3 sets of 3 as follows grey, white, black white, black, white black, white, grey Iron seam allowances toward the black. Where black is on the outside of the set, iron seam allowances so that they fall away from the center Cut each strip set into 4, 2" x width of set segments Sew segments together to match picture above. Make 4. Trim blocks to 5" x 5" squares Edges: Gather all triangles. (You should have 12) Sew one white small triangle to one small light grey triangle. Place the white on top as you feed it through your machine right angle first and it will come out correctly. The white triangle should fall to the left when, with the hypotenuse parallel and closest to you, the patch is pressed open. Thinking of it as if it were a little pyramid, the left side is white and the right side is light grey. Iron seam allowances open. Align pieced large triange with medium grey large triangle at the right angle. The medium grey patch will be a bit big. That is okay. Sew hypotenuse of pieced triangle to hypotenuse of medium grey triangle, 1/4" from edge of pieced triangle. Iron seam allowances towards the medium grey. Trim to 5" X 5" square. Repeat 3 times to make 4 Assemble Block: Gather 8, 5" pieced blocks and 1, 5" black square Arrange patches in front of you so that it resembles the picture above. Sew patches into three rows. Iron seam allowances towards the edge blocks Sew rows together to make block. Iron seam allowances towards the center row. Bring your completed block(s) to the February 2013 meeting of the Frisco Quilt Guild to be eligible to enter a drawing to receive the whole bundle. (There are 29 kits available this round...30 finished blocks to be won.) The finished quilt will look something like this....