Join us for the Celebration Sampler Quilt Along! We are counting down to our Fall Paducah QuiltWeek Show & Contest and our 35th Anniversary celebration. We will be marking the days with fun 8″ quilt blocks.
66″ x 66″
Want to make your quilt just like ours?
Each day a new block pattern will be released, for a total of 36 blocks.
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Block 1
8 ½” x 8 ½” unfinished
Cutting Instructions
From the cream fabric, cut:
(4) 3” x 3”
(2) 1 ½” x 13”
From the tan fabric, cut:
(1) 1 ½” x 13”
From the orange fabric, cut:
(4) 3” x 3”
From the teal fabric, cut:
(1) 1 ½” x 13”
Unit Assembly
Half Square Triangle (HST)
Mark the wrong side of the cream 3” squares in half diagonally once. Lay a marked cream square over an orange 3” square, right sides together. Sew a quarter inch from each side of the marked line. Cut apart on the marked line.
Trim unit to 2 ½” square. Repeat to make 8 orange/cream HST.
Four Patches
Lay a cream and tan 1 ½” x 13” strip right sides together and sew a quarter inch seam. Press towards the tan. Trim an end even and then subcut (8) 1 ½” sections. Repeat with a teal and cream strip, pressing towards the teal.
Sew the tan/cream and teal/cream sections together into a Four Patch. Unit measures 2 ½” x 2 ½” unfinished. Make 8 Four Patches.
Block Assembly
Use the block diagram above to layout the block into rows. Sew the units into rows.
Sew the rows together to complete the block.
Block measures 8 ½” x 8 ½” unfinished.
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In block 1 you will make 8 HST
Thanks! It’s corrected.