Hive 3 August Tutorial:
Hello!
This
month I have a pieced block (with a tiny appliqué) for you to work on. My son
goes to a charter school where most of the funding is raised by the parents.
Last year their theme was the Age of Sail and I made a compass rose quilt to
auction off.
I have been planning on
using my bee month as a big head start for this year’s quilt… however this
virus has gotten in the way of knowing how our school will look in the future.
Regardless, I thought I’d still make a quilt to auction for the school, but
without a theme for the year, I’m making something that I think will appeal to
the vast majority of the school. With this being said, my block is a Christmas tree
block. I plan on making two vertical rows on a minimalist background of Christmas
trees. There will be 5 large trees and 8 smaller ones running parallel. It is
your choice on the size you’d like to make. If possible, I would prefer you to
use Kona white for the background, but if you don’t have it, I understand, any
white will do. For the trees, please use your happiest holiday fabric. The
trunk will be brown; you can choose if it’s a solid or a print. Thank you so much for helping me with my
fundraising endeavors! Any extra blocks that don’t make it to the front, will
be put on the back with the kids in the school being able to decorate around
them. J
Sarah’s
Christmas Tree Block
Option 1: 6" X 8" block
CUT:
White Fabric:
a. 1- 2.5" x 6"
b. 2- 3.25" x 1.5"
c. 4- 2.75" x 1.5"
d. 2- 2.25" x 1.5"
e. 2- 1.75 x 1.5"
f. 1- 1.5" x 6"
Christmas Fabric:
g. 1- 2.5" x 1.5"
h. 1- 3.5" x 1.5"
i. 1- 4.5" x 1.5"
j. 1- 5.5" x 1.5"
Brown Fabric:
k. 1- 1.5" x 1.5"
Scrap of yellow for the
star
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Option 2: 11.5"
X 14.5" block
CUT:
White Fabric:
a. 1- 3" x 11.5"
b. 2- 6" x 2.5"
c. 4- 5" x 2.5"
d. 2- 4" x 2.5"
e. 2- 3 x 2.5"
f. 1- 2.5" x 11.5"
Christmas Fabric:
g. 1- 4.5" x 2.5"
h. 1- 6.5" x 2.5"
i. 1- 8.5" x 2.5"
j. 1- 10.5" x 2.5"
Brown Fabric:
k. 1- 2.5" x 2.5"
Scrap of yellow for the
star
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To begin:
Arrange your cut fabric like below:
Next, take fabric b and you will snowball the
corner to fabric g, as shown:
Repeat with your other fabric b to g: 
This should give you a nice little tree top.
Continue snowballing your white to the holiday fabric for the remainder of the
tree;
Now that your tree is in strips, sew fabric c to
k to c to make the trunk. You should now have 7 strips of fabric. Please sew
all 7 strips together as you have them laid out.
From this to this: 
Lastly, your little tree needs a star. I drew a primitive
star on a yellow scrap fabric and appliquéd it on top of my tree. I used the
same size for both the little and big trees. Here’s an example of what I did,
you may choose whatever primitive star looks best for you.
Thank you so much for making me a tree block, I
really appreciate you!
~ Sarah @ Snaphorse_quilts
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