Hive 3 - August Tutorial- Bowtie Block for Cecilia

 Hello Hive 3! 

This is my first time participating in Stashbee and my first time ever writing a tutorial! I love blue fabrics and have a lot of scraps so my blocks will all be made from medium to dark blue fabrics and low volume white/ivory. A bowtie block should be familiar to most quilters and I chose an easy tutorial from Elea Lutz. You can find her bowtie block tutorial HERE.

Here is a photo of the fabrics I pulled to add to my scraps:

I made 4 - 6 1/2 inch blocks (unfinished) and sewed them together to create a 12 1/2 block (unfinished). 

Cutting for one 6 1/2 block:

Light or white background fabric: (A) 2 squares 3 ½”
Solid or print bow tie fabric: (B) 2 squares 3 ½”; (C) 2 squares 1 ½” same fabric

Cut four different sets.

Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of both (C) 1 ½” fabric squares. With right sides together, place a (C) square on the corner of one (A) 3 ½” square. Stitch on the drawn line and trim seam to ¼”; iron flat pressing seam open. This partial Bow Tie unit should measure 3 ½ x 3 ½”. Repeat these steps again for each of the four sets, making two matching blocks from the (A)/(C) squares.

Next, sew one (B) 3 ½” square to the right side of one sewn unit as shown below. The (C) square (now half triangle) should be positioned in the bottom, right corner. Sew the remaining (B) square to the left side of remaining unit. The (C) square (now half triangle) should be positioned on the top, left corner.

Lastly, sew the top and bottom units together to get a 6 ½ x 6 ½” (unfinished) Bow Tie Block! 

Do this again three more times to make all four units of the quilt block. Once all four units have been sewn, sew two together where the blues and low volume fabrics meet.

Next, sew two rows together to make one block. 

That's it! I really hope this made sense and I'm super excited to see what you all make! 

~Cecilia