Hive 5 - July tutorial for Amy - (still) Twirling at the Disco

 It's summertime in Minnesota. A short, but lovely time of year! Long, sunny days, and celebrating my birthday, fishing on the little and big lakes are all a great way to enjoy the summer along with quilting (it's never a bad time to get the sewing machine out to make something beautiful). 

This year, I'm going back to a quilt I started in the 2024 Stash Bee. It's called Twirling at the Disco. It's a great stash buster using mostly 2 1/2" squares.

Here is a previous Stash Bee tutorial with excellent instructions: http://stashbee.blogspot.com/2024/04/hive-2-april-tutorial-for-kim.html

Here is the original pattern: https://www.sameliasmum.com/2020/02/twirling-at-disco-quilt-free-pattern.html?m=1

When I originally made this quilt back in 2024, I thought I was done with it, but have been putting off quilting it for 2 years and realized it's because it's not done. I want to add some more blocks and that's where you come in 😁 

I think 12 more blocks will finish it off. It'll be a good queen size quilt. 

This is a super easy block to assemble. There are a lot of pieces, but it goes together quickly and is a great use of those small scraps you’ve got laying around.

I used this advanced chain piecing also known as web piecing (and probably other things as well) for the 16 patches. Assemble them however you prefer, but I thought I would share for anyone who is interested and hasn’t tried this method. https://youtu.be/qE7KKaS5p-8?si=ADB0Qz5b-0JStY7n

You will need the following fabric:

Forty (40) 2-1/2” squares in a nice mix of colorful prints. Just about anything goes but I would like to avoid browns, blacks, greys, and anything that reads mostly white. Batiks are cool. Licensed fabric are fine. Holiday is acceptable (preferably not majority holiday). Use as great a variety as you'd like.

Two (2) 4-1/2” squares from low volume fabric with white background or white or white on white.

Two (2) 4-1/2 “ by 8-1/2” rectangles  from low volume fabric with white background or white or white on white.

Here's my fabric pull:

I made 2 four patches and 2 sixteen patches, I did some fussy cutting for fun and arranged them in as nice an arrangement as I could for such a scrappy scrappy pattern.

Then each four patch got attached to a white square

Lastly, I assembled two rows (top and bottom) and then attached the two rows into the final block:

My original 16 blocks:

I decided I wanted to make it a rectangle, so I added 8 more blocks, but I cannot leave well enough alone, so I am excited to add 12 more blocks (3 more circles) and finally finish this one up.

Thank you so much for your participation. I hope you have a lot of fun putting it together.

Wishing you all a wonderful summer and more quilty fun for the rest of this year and on!