Hive 1 May Block

I would like to make a quilt based on one of the quilts from the Block Party book by Alissa Haight Carlton and Kristen Lejnieks.  The quilt is called “Falling to Pieces” and is by Ashley Newcomb.

The finished blocks size is approximately 12” x 15.”  Exact size is not crucial.

You will need:

1 fat quarter of Kona charcoal

6 6”x6” purple scraps—I’d prefer purple (if you don’t have 6 purples, you can use 6 of another color like red, green, orange, etc, but they all need to be approximately the same color)

Here are the steps:
Cut your Kona charcoal into a piece that’s 18” x 14”.  Cut your scraps into 6 6”x6” squares.

Subcut your Kona charcoal into three rows with 4 columns each.  Make your cuts straight across or up and down, not wonky.

Cut your 6” squares on the diagonal once.  Taking one of the triangles, place it right side down on top of one of the black squares.  The bias edge does not have to be on the exact corner to corner diagonal.  Try to vary the placement a little bit.    Always remember that the right angle needs to be on the top left.  Sew across from one end to the other of the bias edge.

Press your piece, then fold back the triangle and press down.  Now flip over and trim off all the excess triangle fabric.

 

Then, open up the triangle and fold under to the other side of the seam.  Trim off the excess Kona charcoal fabric to make your 1/4” seam allowance.

Then smooth out the triangle piece and press once more.  It should look like this:

And then, just join your squares to make your rows and then sew your 3 rows together.  I pressed my seams all one direction in one row and in the opposite direction in the next row to nest my seams.  I didn’t need to use any pins to join the rows, either, since the seams nested up perfectly.  These are supposed to look modern, so don’t sweat it if a point gets cut off or seams don’t match perfectly.  Don’t worry about trimming down your block.  I would prefer it to be in the largest size possible and I can trim it down later.

Now, if you aren’t able to get Kona charcoal, I’d be glad to mail a fat quarter to you.  Just email your address to my email—lugar4tresgatos@hotmail.com.  I will be out of town for a few days, but I can get it in the mail on Monday.  If this block is something you don’t want to do, I was in another bee and am short a few log cabin blocks.  You can follow this tutorial here.    It comes from Quilt Dad’s blog.  I need 8 blocks, but I only have 3 at this point, so if you want to do this block instead, that would be lovely.  The finished log cabin block needs to measure 12.5” x 12.5” and will be going in a quilt for my daughters that is mostly aquas, pinks, greens, yellows, and reds. 

Please email me if you have any questions!  Thanks so much!!!