Hey there! I’m excited today to be sharing this fun quilt/block here on Seams & Scissors. I’ve always been a fan so it’s a big honor to share my design here.
Before I get started, I’m Natalia Bonner, I blog over at Piece N Quilt. I’m a mom, wife and crazy quilter. I am the author of Beginner’s Guide to Free-Motion Quilting, Modern One Block Quilts & Cabin Fever: 20 Modern Log Cabin Quilts. Early this year I got a crazy idea create 30 quilt block tutorials in 30 days. I had so much fun with that, that in April I created round two, this time I called it 30 Days of Sewing Quilt Blocks- Star Version.
In each of those series I created tutorials for 12″ blocks, they seem to be the most popular. But, today I thought it would be fun to share cutting instructions for 9″, 12″ and 72″. I hope that you’ll find one of these inspiring!
Cutting Instructions
9″ Block:
Red fabric:
A- 4- 1 3/8×2 5/8″ strips
B- 8- 1 3/8″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
E- 1- 2 3/8″square, cut in half diagonally
White fabric:
D- 1- 7 1/4″ square, cut in half diagonally twice to create 4 triangles.
F- 1- 2 5/8″ square
A- 8- 1 3/8×2 5/8″ strips
B- 16- 1 3/8″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
Gray fabric:
A- 4- 1 3/8×2 5/8″ strips
B- 8- 1 3/8″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
E- 1- 2 3/8″square, cut in half diagonally
12″ Block:
Red fabric:
A- 4- 1 5/8×3 1/4″ strips
B- 8- 1 5/8″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
E- 1- 2 7/8″square, cut in half diagonally
White fabric:
D- 1- 9 1/4″ square, cut in half diagonally twice to create 4 triangles.
F- 1- 3 1/4″ square
A- 8- 1 5/8×3 1/4″ strips
B- 16- 1 5/8″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
Gray fabric:
A- 4- 1 5/8×3 1/4″ strips
B- 8- 1 5/8″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
E- 1- 2 7/8″square, cut in half diagonally
72″ Quilt:
Red fabric:
A- 4- 8 3/4×17 1/2″” strips
B- 8- 8 3/4″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
E- 1- 12 7/8″square, cut in half diagonally
White fabric:
D- 2- 34″ squares, cut in half diagonally once.
F- 1- 17 1/2″ square
A- 8- 8 3/4×17 1/2″ strips
B- 16- 8 3/4″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
Gray fabric:
A- 4- 8 3/4×17 1/2″ strips
B- 8- 8 3/4″ squares, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of these.
E- 1- 12 7/8″square, cut in half diagonally
Sewing Instructions
Step 1: Place on white “B” square on the lower right of one red “A” rectangle, sew across the diagonal line. Trim 1/4″ on the outside of the draw line. Press.
Step 2: Place one white “B” square on the bottom left of the “A” unit, sew across the diagonal line. Trim 1/4″ on the outside of the draw line. Press.
Step 3: Repeat, make 4 red and white units exactly like this. Repeat using Gray “A” units in place of the red units. Make four of those units.
Step 4: Place on red “B” square on the lower right of one white “A” rectangle, sew across the diagonal line. Trim 1/4″ on the outside of the draw line. Press.
Step 5: Place one red “B” square on the bottom left of the “A” unit, sew across the diagonal line. Trim 1/4″ on the outside of the draw line. Press.
Step 6: Repeat, make 4 red and white units exactly like this. Repeat using gray “A” units in place of the red units. Make four of those units.
Step 7: Sew one gray “E” triangle, one white and gray flying geese, one gray and white flying geese, one white and gray flying geese, one gray and white flying geese, one white “F” unit, one gray and white flying geese, one white and gray flying geese, one gray and white flying geese, one white and gray flying geese and one gray “E” triangle.Press.
Step 8: Sew one red and white flying geese, one white and red flying geese, one red and white flying geese, one white and red flying geese and one red “E” unit. Press. Repeat, make two of these units.
Step 9: Sew one white “D” triangle to the left and right sides of the red and white unit. Press toward the white blocks. Make two of these units.
Step 10: Sew the gray and white unit to the top of the red and white unit. Press.
Step 11: Sew the remaining red and white unit to the opposite side of the gray and white row. Press.
That’s it! Hope you had fun creating this block/quilt! Make sure to share them on social media. You can tag me on instagram @nataliabonner or use #pnq30quiltblocks or #piecenquilt
How excited are you to make this lovely quilt?
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Love the look of this. Will have to try it soon! Thanks for sharing.
As you know, I LOVE Valdani thread. I’ve alclatuy been trying their 12wt hand dyes through my sewing machine and it’s working. Recently, I have been delving into the rayons and they are beautiful. The only reason I didn’t use them in my art is I didn’t want the sheen.