Hive 4 Tutorial March 2025 - Checkered Garden Block

Hi! I'm Maureen and am the Queen Bee this month for Hive 4. The block I have chosen is the Checkered Garden, a free tutorial by Ashley of Film in the Fridge. Here is the picture of the blocks I have already made:

Sample Blocks

The Checkered Garden tutorial can be found here.

I created a checklist to go along with the tutorial. It doesn't replace the instructions in the tutorial, but will help keep you organized as you go through the steps. I have also clarified pressing instructions in the checklist. The checklist PDF can be found here.

Fabric Parameters:

• The colors are coral, peach, aqua, teal, green, yellow green, and navy plus the low volume whites and creams. Below is a picture of fabrics I have used already, which should give you a good idea of the types of fabrics I like as well as the palette:

Fabrics

• No batiks, please
• Print or solid fabrics are fine, but no licensed character prints. I love anything from Ruby Star, but not other character fabrics
• For color C in the tutorial, please use a cream or white low volume fabric. See example below. Color C is the center light color that runs through the block.  

Sample Block

If you have any questions, please reach out to me in the Instagram chat for our group.