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Erin Russek & Ashley Slupe | Runtime (6 min)

Learn to make the various fabric strip sets needed for this quilt pattern designed by Cindy Lammon. Join McCall’s Quilting assistant editor Erin Russek and photography stylist Ashley Slupe as they take you step by step through cutting accurate fabric strips and piecing perfect strip sets.

Bursting Star is a lone-star-variation quilt design perfect for taking your piecing skills to the next level. With no set-in seams to manage, you can focus on perfecting your strip and diamond piecing, with the help of our videos and download patterns. The quilt finishes at 42″ square. Check out another skill-building Quilt Along in our McCall’s Quilting Studio Sampler package, move on to a classic Lone Star design with our Lone Star Sampler instant-download quilt pattern, and learn or brush up on your appliquué skills with another Erin Russek Quilt Along, Fancy Flowers.