This block has been floating around on Pinterest for some time, and I really like it so It’s been on my to-do list.
This is a copy from Pinterest, where the block has been widely shared without attribution
I don’t like to borrow things without attribution, so I went in search of just who designed this. Luckily, my friend Elizabeth was in a bee that used this block, so I learned from her blog that the block was designed by Kylie Kelsheimer. A friend of Elizabeth’s located the original post for her through the wayback machine. You can find Elizabeth’s post about all this here (you’ll have to scroll down quite a bit) and the original pattern here. I see from Elizabeth’s latest post that the pattern is now available through PayHip, but that was not the case when I first investigated it a year ago and started this project.
Which brings me to why I changed it all up. The original block is small and paper pieced–not my style! I wanted to make it big and make the stars wonky. Therefore, the instructions here are NOT for Kylie’s block, though the idea is based on her original block as noted above. In fact, the block as shown on Pinterest is really 4 blocks, each rotated so that they fit together as shown in the pin.
I drew the block with Electric Quilt so that it finishes 18″ square. Here it is showing fabrics.
My wonky star block, drawn with Electric Quilt 8
And here is the base block in case you want to make it yourself:
Star base block, drawn with Electric Quilt 8
Here is my tutorial on making sew-and-flip stars, in case you’ve never done it before.
As you can see, I substituted my Little Green Man for 4 of the blocks–those would be the 4 in the lower right-hand corner looking at my layout above. You will see that I rotated the blocks various ways, which is how Little Green Man ended up in the lower left corner after I substituted him in the lower right.
You can find my instructions for making the LIttle Green Man here.
And here is one of the finished wonky star blocks.
The finished quilt:
QUILT DETAILS
Little Green Man
Finished size: 54” x 72”
A variety of fabrics from different manufacturers
The pattern is outlined in the blog above, but is not available commercially
Quilted by Julia Madison, except for the Little Green Man block, which she left for me because I wanted to avoid any extra holes in the Kraft-Tex I used for applique.
Now, does anyone else recall the “Little Green Man” song from the 1950s?
Zippy Quilts 
So so glad you took the time to share his block. I HAVE been looking at for some time on Pinterest too and now I am going to make it into a marvellous mini. Thank you.
Good morning, Velda! I look forward to seeing your mini!
That is a great block!! You could do a lot of fun things with it!!
Yes, this may not be the last time I use it!
Cute quilt Mary! Bet a little boy would love that one. I donât remember the Little Green Man song, I assume he was an ET? I do remember Purple People Eater . Carol
Yes, I think Little Green Man was an ET, and certainly he was a contemporary of the Purple People Eater 😁
Such a happy little quilt! Makes me smile looking at it! 😁
Thanks, Kathleen 🙂.
Thank you! I’ve always loved “WONKY” stars.
Me too—love star quilts, love wonky 🙂
This is such a happy quilt! Thanks for sharing the tutorials. Because of you, my Quilts -I Want to Make -List keeps growing!
Yes, there’s a never-ending list of things to make, for which I am thankful 🙂
I love this quilt! You made it fun to look at!
Thanks! Are you going to make one?
I can remember a Little Blue Man, but the green one escapes me. I love the bright, cheery quilt you created. (It took me a while to see the block in the original pin; I should have read the whole post before I tried. LOL.)
Know what you mean! I didn’t realize the pin was 4 blocks rotated various ways until I started to re-draw it.