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″
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Each day a new block pattern will be released, for a total of 36 blocks.
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Block 6
8” x 8” finished
Cutting Instructions
From the cream fabric, cut:
(1) 5” x 5”
(4) 3” x 3”
(2) 2 ½” x 4 ½”
(1) 2 ½” x 2 ½”
From the tan fabric, cut:
(1) 5” x 5”
(2) 3” x 3”
(4) 2 ½” x 2 ½”
From the orange fabric, cut:
(1) 3” x 3”
From the teal fabric, cut:
(1) 3” x 3”
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 the following 2 ½” HST:
- (2) Orange/Cream
- (4) Tan/Cream
- (1) Teal/Cream (One of the two made will be extra.)
Repeat the same process with the 5” cream and tan squares. Trim the HST to 4 ½” square. One of the two made will be extra.
Flying Geese
Mark the wrong side of a tan 2 ½” square in half diagonally once. Lay a marked square right sides together with a cream 2 ½” x 4 1⁄2” rectangle, oriented as shown below. Sew on the marked line. Trim excess a quarter inch from the sewn line and press. Repeat on the other side with another marked tan 2 ½” square.
Make 2. Flying Geese unit measures 2 ½” x 4 ½” unfinished.
Block Assembly
Lower Left Corner Unit
Arrange 2 tan/cream HSTs, 1 teal/cream HST, and a cream 2 ½” square as shown below.
Sew in pairs and then sew the pairs together. Lower Left Corner unit measures 4 ½” square.
Upper Left Corner Unit
Sew together a tan/cream HST and an orange/cream HST as shown below.
Sew the HST row to a cream/tan Flying Geese unit as shown to make the Upper Left Corner unit. Unit measures 4 ½” square.
Lower Right Corner Unit
Sew together a tan/cream HST and an orange/cream HST as shown below.
Sew the HST row to a cream/tan Flying Geese unit as shown to make the Lower Right Corner unit. Unit measures 4 ½” square.
Use the block diagram below 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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