Key West Beauty

Key West is a wonderful design to sew by hand or by machine. The shapes are extremely versatile, so you can make dozens of other blocks too.

Key West Beauty quilt block

This design is sometimes called Key West Beauty, Key West Star, and Dakota Star. The earliest reference is in the Ladies Art Company in 1922.

Print, cut, and sew with the Inklingo shape collection PDF.

Why I do NOT sell acrylic templates

This is the Main Key West Beauty Quilt Page. (More “Main Pages”)

All prices are in US dollars.

print Key West Beauty shapes on fabric

The Case of the Stranger in Margaritaville (COTSIM) uses the Key West Beauty 6-inch shape collection. Mystery quilts are a great intro to printing on fabric.

The website has grown to thousands of pages but you can use the Search Feature (at the top of every page) to find the clues for the COTSIM (Case of the Stranger in Margaritaville) mystery.

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IMPORTANT If you are new to Inklingo, please start with the Diamond Triangle Square shape collection. It’s FREE and it includes the first chapter of The Inklingo Handbook.

There is an EQ Project File for Key West Beauty—free.

You do NOT need EQ to use Inklingo.
Electric Quilt is a nice optional tool.

Electric Quilt software is a wonderful way to design unique quilts and test your color ideas.

Key West Beauty quilt setting

The Key West Beauty shapes are versatile.

variations of Key West Beauty quilt blocks

The 3 Key West Beauty sizes can be combined in wonderful settings.

If you don’t have Electric Quilt software, use the worksheets in each shape collection.

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