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 9
8” x 8” finished
Cutting Instructions
From the cream fabric, cut:
(2) 5” x 5”
(1) 2 ½” x 8
(4) 1 ½” x 2 ½”
From the tan fabric, cut:
(1) 5” x 5”
(1) 3” x 3”
(1) 1 ½” x 4
From the orange fabric, cut:
(1) 5” x 5”
(1) 3” x 3”
(1) 1 ½” x 4
From the teal fabric, cut:
(1) 1 ½” x 8
Unit Assembly
Half Square Triangle (HST)
Mark the wrong side of the tan 3” squares in half diagonally once. Lay a marked tan 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 the same process with the 5” squares to make a cream/tan HST and a cream/orange HST. Trim the HSTs to 4 ½” square. One of each color combination will be extra.
Strip Piecing
Sew together the cream 2 ½” x 8” rectangle and teal 1 ½” x 8” rectangle along the long side. Press towards the cream.
Sew a tan and an orange 1 ½” x 4” rectangle to the cream on the other side. Press towards the cream.
Cut (4) 1 ½” sections from the strip set, 2 of each color combination.
Nine Patch
Sew a cream 1 ½” x 2 ½” rectangle to the sides of the tan/orange HST as shown below and press towards the cream. Make 2.
Lay out the rows of the Nine Patch together using the sections from the strip set, as shown above. Sew the rows together.
Nine Patch unit measures 4 ½” square. Make 2.
Block Assembly
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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