Hive 3 - March Tutorial - Haphazard blocks for Laurie

Hive 3 March Tutorial Haphazard blocks for Laurie

Hello, my name is Laurie and I’m so excited for another year with Stash Bee! It's always a tough decision to pick my block for the month but I finally was able to pin one down. It's bright, it's scrappy, it's creative, it's versatile!!

I'm using My Poppy Makes for inspiration. You can find the quilt  here:  MY POPPET MAKES

I changed up the dimensions so we will end up with a 15” block.

Fabric:  

Let’s keep this Pink & bright!  

Center Square: Black and white, typeset, tone on tone, white on white

Strips: Any shade of pink, the more variety the better.  If pink doesn't work for you, then blue or yellow will work also.

Instructions: 

Cut (1) 8.5” square from your center fabric.

Pick out your 4 different fabrics in your pink color line and cut strips.  

(1) 4" by 8.5"

(2) 4" by 12.5"

(1) 4" by 16.5"

Sew the strips around the center square using a 1/4” seam and trim each strip after you sew it.  The measurements I gave for the strips are oversized so you will need to trim down a bit after sewing. This is expected.

    

Your block should now measure around 15.5” but don't worry if it doesn't. This block isn't one that has to be exact and a little wonkiness is fine with me.  Press seams as you like.

 Now comes the fun part!  Cut the block in half twice 

(7 3/4” for those who want measurements)

Then turn each piece so that the center square is in each corner. It makes a plus sign pattern in the middle of the block.  (it's ok for one strip fabric to end up in a row/column but if you want to move blocks around go right ahead and play around with the layout)

 

Sew the 4 pieces together.  Your block should be around 15"

Press the seams as you like.  Don't worry about trimming as I can do that later when assembling the quilt.

    

Hope you have fun with this quick and easy block!

Thanks, Laurie