May 2019 ~ Spring Flowers Block


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Fabric

Flat Quarter of each of the following

  • Yellow
  • Pink
  • Green
  • Purple

Cutting pieces


Here is the layout for each of the pieces.   

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Assembly

The first part you will be assembling is the flowers. (unfinished 6” x 6”)

You will need the following pieces

  • A – 1 Green, 1 Pink, 1 Yellow
  • B – 2 Yellow, 1 Pink, 1 Green
  • D – 1 Yellow, 1 Purple, 1 Pink
  • F – 1 Green

Sewing Blocks

HST – Half Square Triangle – Pieces B

Place 1 yellow with 1 pink, right sides together.

Draw a line down the middle of the squares, and sew ¼” on each side of the line.

Cut along the line to create two HST (Unfinished size 1 ⅞” x 1 ⅞”), press open and square-up if needed.   Trim dog ears.

Repeat – using 1 yellow with one green

Layout the pieces to match the following layout (or the picture above)

Sew

1 to 2
4 to 5
7 to 8
6 to 10
3 to 11

Press then sew

4/5 to 7/8
4/5/7/8 to 9

Press then sew

1/2 to 4/5/7/8/9
1/2/4/5/7/8/9 to 6/10

Press then sew

1/2/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 to 3/11

You will make 4 of these.

Middle of block

Using Three of the flowers, sew piece 12 to 3/11, creating 3 of these blocks.

Sew Piece 13 (Yellow) to piece 14 (Green) together – press open

Sew piece 13/14 to one flower on the 6/10/11/12 side, press open. You will have one of these blocks.

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Layout the four small blocks that you have put together in the following layout

Top row sew the two blocks together

Bottom row sew the two blocks together

Press seams open

Sew top row to bottom row, Press seams open.

Your block is now assembled, and ready to post on the Quilting BOM FaceBook group.

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Thank you for joining us in this Season Block of the Month!  

Click here for a downloadable PDF of the instructions.

See You next month for the June Block!

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