Welcome to Big Blocks
Here is our first Big Block: Leaf
Leaf – 18″ Block
Fabric Requirements
Leaf Points – four scraps of at least 7″
Leaf Body – one scrap of at least 13″
Background – 5/8 yard
Cutting Instructions
From the Leaf Points fabric, cut:
(4) 7″ squares
From the Leaf Body fabric, cut:
(1) 13″ square
From the background fabric, cut:
(1) 6 1/2″ square
(4) 7″ squares
(1) 13″ square
Assembly Instructions
- Using the leaf point squares and background squares, make half square triangles. Size to 6 1/2″.
- Using the leaf body square and the background square, make a half square triangle. Size to 12 1/2″.
- Sew the Leaf block together.
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Interesting idea…..my new grandson’s room has a nautical theme….if I make it all in blue and white, I might put them all together as a quilt for his big-boy bed. I have a roll of blue ocean Amafu fat-quarters….☺☺☺
Thanks for the inspiration! ♥♥♥
I wish to be included in your big block notifications.
Thanks! Sounds fun.
Looks like fun!
love thisidea!!!!
Sounds interesting.
This looks like fun, it will be interesting to pick fabrics and see how they play out in a big block.
So many things with this block! A jesrer’s hat, mountains, leaf, crowns…what fun!
Love it
Love it his idea!
I am some what a new quilter, therefore, this will be a great to start. Hopefully, my previous sewing and love of quilting will help me advance quickly.
Hi Monta, Yes, this will be a perfect starting point for beginning quilters. We hope you have fun with it! Sylvia Thomas, AQS Social Media Manager
sound like fun!
I love big blocks!
Please include me in this BIG GIRL challenge, I would love to do this!! Gonna get some fabric out of my stash right now! Yay !!
Count me in! I love the idea!
This looks like it will be fun…look forward to seeing new patterns too!
please include me in big girl blocks. thanks
oh boy! a new challenge.
Love this idea and I would like to be included.
Just did a 6″ block yesterday, do big one today.Fun fun.
Just did a 6″ leaf yesterday. Plan on doing 18″ leaf today. Lots of fun,
Love this!
Like to try it.
I have never done any big girl blocks before, this will be a challenge for sure! Also a way to use some of the fabric in my fabric room that is just waiting for this type of project. I have so many fabrics that I can’t bear to cut up into small pieces!
I can’t wait to get started, this looks like a lot of fun. I always love a challenge!
Don’t know how many I’ll get done but I like the idea of using up scraps count me in
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Add me in too please!
Please count me in! Thanks!
This looks like fun! Would like to join in.
I’m in!
I would like to join in.
Please include me in your Big Girl Block notification. I like to make quilts but have problems with my hands so I have found that Big Blocks are much better for me. Also they are much easier to turn into a contemporary style of quilt for the younger people. Thanks.
Love the ideas! Count me in!!
Thanks for using your words to tell male quilters that they are NOT welcome at AQS. Sexism works both ways you know.
While I like the idea, your name is tone deaf, at best. It calls to mind now being able to go pee pee in the potty and willfully excludes any male quilters. How about Super Sized Stitching or Mega Block Bonanza, instead?
Love this! I have never made a big block but always wanted to. Let’s do this. 🙂
Big girl? What is this, 1955?
: Thank you for using your words to tell male quilters that they are NOT welcome at AQS. Sexism works both ways you know.
Omg, I love this! I love being condescended to by calling it A “Big Girl” challenge like I am a 6 year old who is just learning to sew!
What a great idea, all the girls can play at being designers. Of course the women may be wondering if it is 1955.
Not to mention that you have excluded all the male quilters – and there are quite a few- by choosing to call it “Big Girl” blocks. I wonder how Ricky Tims would feel if he were starting out today and saw this “challenge.” Would he say “well I am just one of the girls” and play along — I doubt it.
I would like to join if it’s not too late! Love big blocks!
Really Big Girl?? What about all the Little Girls or Big Boys – I don’t know who thought up this ridiculous, sexist, 1950’s – esqu name but this needs to be re-thought.
I sure would have enjoyed this. Too bad…
#MaleQuiltersMatter
I would like to make this but is there a link to print the pattern more easily??? Thanks in advance …
For those wanting to download a PDF of the instructions, we are getting that loaded for you. I apologize for the confusion. I got ahead of our designer on this one and she is taking care of it today and getting the PDF loaded for you. Please check back. ~ Sylvia Thomas, AQS Social Media Manager
Big Girl? All grown up? What the heck?
Is this the other end of the spectrum of quilts like Kathy Nida’s, now pulled from Quiltweek exhibits?
Sexist much?
It is not the name but the market that we should be concerned about. If new younger people do not become involved with quilting/sewing I see the demise of quilting in the future. We have to look outside the box to get younger people enthused about quilting.
Have fun with this, those of you who care to. The name of the challenge is: (1) Insulting – love the 1955 references. (2) Sexist – love the comments from the men! Is this another AQS comment on/ reaction to serious art quilts that provoke thought? Like Kathy Nida’s two quilts that AQS has apparently succeeded in removing from a group that is still traveling to QuiltWeek shows? Just as some are interested in this challenge, some of us want to see Kathy’s works in the “People and Portraits” exhibit in upcoming shows. Censorship is shameful. See the Craft Industry Alliance reaction at http://craftindustryalliance.org/how-aqs-mishandled-the-online-fallout-from-pulling-kathy-nidas-quilts/#comment-1247
BTW, AQS folks, you haven’t answered my email.
I think people, in general (female AND male) would be more interested if quilting would stop being so gender specific. Big Girls? Really. smdh
how can I save the “big girl” leaf pattern. I think I can follow the instructions but missed this week in Aug and would like to save it so I can go back and use it in a quilt. thanks for your help
Sharon, Click on this link, http://www.quiltviews.com/big-girls-blocks-free-leaf-pattern-week, to go to the blog post with the leaf pattern. Once on that page, click on the quilt image and a PDF should open. You can then download and print the PDF. If you need further assistance, please let us know. ~ Sylvia Thomas, AQS Social Media Manager
I have to admit I was put off by the title, “Big Girl Block.” Then I thought about the fact that I like the pattern and I really don’t want to let the title keep me from doing what I want to do (I already have a few ideas for a quilt). I’ agree with what others have said about the title and I still want to participate. So even with reservations, I’m in. And by the way, I’m 75 years old so it’s not just the young who are offended.