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 29
8” x 8” finished
Cutting Instructions
From the cream fabric, cut:
(4) 3” x 3”
From the tan fabric, cut:
(4) 3” x 3”
From the orange fabric, cut:
(1) 4” x 4”
(2) 1 ½” x 3 ½”
(1) 1 ½” x 1 ½”
From the teal fabric, cut:
(1) 4” x 4”
(2) 1 ½” x 3 ½”
(1) 1 ½” x 1 ½”
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 a tan 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) Tan/Cream 2 ½” HST.
Using the 4″ orange square and 4″ teal square, repeat the HST making process to make (2) Teal/Orange 3 ½” HST.
Corner Units
Sew a teal 1 ½” square to an orange 1 ½” x 3 ½” rectangle. Press towards the orange. Sew an 1 ½” x 3 ½” rectangle to a Teal/Orange HST as shown. Press towards the orange.
Sew the pairs together and press.
Repeat with the orange square, teal rectangles, and Teal/Orange HST.
Pinwheel
Arrange the Teal/Cream HST into the pinwheel as shown below. Sew HSTs together in pairs and press in opposite directions. Then sew the pairs together. Pinwheel measures 4 ½” square.
Repeat to make 2 Tan/Cream pinwheels.
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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