Today I get to share with you the block I designed for the
Fabri-Quilt New Block Blog Hop.
We were to design a 12 inch finished block using a bundle of 6 fat 8th fabrics generously donated by
Fabri-Quilt.
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Watermelon Summer Colour Palette
Chartreuse, Turquoise, Coral, Aqua, Lapis Blue, White |
Each day of the blog hop, the host for the day will be hosting a giveaway and the
Inspired by Fabric blog will be hosting a giveaway. Each giveaway will be for a 1/2 yard bundle of the Watermelon Summer bundle we used to make our blocks. Todays host is Stephanie of the
Late Night Quilter. The blocks that have been made from the Fabri-Quilt solids are being turned into charity quilts by our generous hosts and being given to charity.
My block is a take on a log cabin block. One of these days I'm actually going to make a log cabin quilt, but not today. I called my block Stepping Out, I'm terrible at naming things.
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| Stepping Out Block |
I hope you like the block I designed for the blog hop. I have included both graphics and also some pictures for some of the steps. So lets get started.
Stepping Out Block
This is a 12 1/2'' unfinished or 12'' finished block.
All seams allowances are a scant 1/4''.
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| Stepping Out Block |
Cutting:
Coral: A cut (1) - 2'' x 6 1/2''
B cut (3) - 2'' x 5''
White: C cut (2) - 4'' x 4''
Aqua: D cut (2) - 4'' x 4''
Chartreuse: E cut (4) - 2'' x 2''
F cut (2) - 2'' x 3 1/2''
G cut (2) - 2'' x 5''
Turquoise: H cut (3) - 2'' x 6 1/2''
I cut (1) - 2'' x 5''
Lapis Blue: J cut (4) - 2'' x 2''
K cut (2) - 2'' x 5''
L cut (2) - 2'' x 3 1/2''
Step 1:
1. On the back of both piece C's draw a diagonal line from corner to corner, on the wrong side. See diagram 1a.
2. Place the square on top of piece D. Sew a 1/4'' seam on both sides of the line. See diagram 1b.
3. Cut on drawn line. See diagram 1c.
4. Press HST's to the dark side.
5. Trim the HST's to 3 1/2'' x 3 1/2''
6. Make 4.
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| diagram 1 |
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| Step one |
Step 2:
1. Draw a line diagonally, on the wrong side of all E's.
2. Using background fabric piece B and one E square.
3. Place E on B matching corners and with right sides together sew on the drawn line. I prefer to sew one thread width to the outer corner side of the line. See diagram 2a for proper placement of E. Do this for all three piece B's.
4. Trim a 1/4'' from the sewn line, on the outside corner. See diagram 2b.
5. Press seams to dark side.
6. Repeat using the remaining piece E and piece A matching corners and with right sides together sew on drawn line. See diagram 2d.
7. You should have three shorter BE units and one longer AE unit.
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| diagram 2 |
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| Step two: three short units and one long unit |
Step
3:
1.
Draw a line diagonally, on the wrong side of all J's.
2. Using background fabric piece H and
one I square.
3. Place an J on H matching corners
and with right sides together sew on the drawn line. I prefer to sew
one thread width to the outer corner side of the line. See diagram
3a for proper placement of I. Do this for two H pieces. Make 2.
4. Place the remaining J piece on piece
H matching corners and with right sides together sew on drawn line. I
prefer to sew one thread width to the outer corner side of the line.
See diagram 3b. Make 1.
5. Place an J on G on the opposite
corner, matching corners and with right sides together sew on the
drawn line. I prefer to sew one thread width to the outer corner side
of the line. See diagram 3b for proper placement of J. Do this for
two G pieces. Make 1.
6. Trim a 1/4'' from the sewn line, on
the outside corner. See diagram 3c.
7. Press seams to dark side.
8.
You should have three longer HJ units and one shorter IJ unit.
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| diagram 3 |
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| Step three: three long units and one short unit |
Step
4:
1.
Sew pieces F, G K and L to HST unit from Step 1. See diagram 4.
2.
Make 4.
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diagram 4
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Step
5:
1.
Sew units from Step 4 to units from Step 2 & 3. See diagram 5.
Press seams.
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| diagram 5 |
Step 6:
1. Sew the four units from Step 5 together. See diagram 6.
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| diagram 6 |
For my test block I did it in scrappy pinks. I'm making a scrappy pink sampler quilt for one of my granddaughters, might as well include a grandma original block. Two different looks just by using a different colourway.
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| different colourway |
I thought it would be fun to see what a layout or two would look like. The second layout is my favourite, I just flipped every other block and it created a nice secondary pattern.
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| layout one |
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| layout two |
If you would prefer a
PDF of the block pattern you can get it free
here.
Today's hop participants are:
Make sure to visit all the blogs participating in the Fabri- Quilt New Block Blog Hop, so you can collect all 60 wonderful blocks. Also you can enter to win your own bundle of the Fabri-Quilt colours used in these blocks.
The host and today's schedule are as follows:
Wednesday, September 2nd
Thursday, September 3rd
Have fun and happy block making.
