If you’re looking for a great scrap-buster project to try this weekend, look no further because you’ll surely enjoy making this quilt block by Carol Thelen on YouTube. It’s super easy and you can make it look as scrappy as you want, and there are a lot of patterns to assemble your block that you can choose from. Learn how now with the help of the written instructions down below.
Materials:
- ¼ yard each of 13 dark fabrics
- ¼ yard each of 13 light fabrics
- 2⅝ yards of fabric, border, and binding
- 4 yards of backing
- Ruler
- Marking pen, pencil, or chalk
- Needle and thread
- Iron, for pressing
- Sewing machine
- Pattern (Click here to download the pattern)
Directions:
Step 1
Cut the fabric pieces as instructed in the pattern, then lay together a light and dark 4-inch square with their right sides facing, and line the wrong side of the lighter fabric diagonally from corner to corner. Sew on each side of the line with ¼ inch seam allowance, cut it in half along the marked line, and press the seams toward the darker fabric. Repeat the same steps with the remaining 4-inch squares and trim them off into 3½-inch squares.
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Step 2
Assemble the half-square triangles so that they are at the center diagonally, then place the remaining solid squares on their matching side as shown in the video tutorial, and stitch them together making sure to press the seams as you go. Make more blocks and arrange them in whichever pattern you want to form as shown in the diagram or pattern guide. Stitch the blocks together, add the border, binding, and backing, and quilt it however you want.
*These amazing images are all credited to Carol Thelen via YouTube. Check her other content and follow for more!
