Hive 6 April Tutorial - Lemon Blueberry Block for Meg

 

Lemon🍋 Blueberry🫐 Block for Meg

Hi Stashbee friends, Happy April!  I am so excited that you all will be sewing for me this month, thank you so, so much!  The block I chose is a block designed by Yvonne Fuchs (Quilting Jetgirl) called the “Oceanglow” block.  Here is her original tutorial: Paintbrush Studio New Block Blog Hop & Giveaway! – Quilting Jetgirl.

Fabric Inspiration: Lemon yellows, sunshine yellow, pastel yellow, and golden yellows.  Royal blue, true blue, bright blue, and light blue.  White on white, solid white, low volume prints on white. Prints, solids, blenders, whatever makes you happy!  I particularly love small floral prints :) I love busy, scrappy quilts!  I will love any fabrics that you pick, and I love to see everyone's creativity, so you are free to think as far outside the box as you want with this color palette.

Select and Cut Fabrics: Choose 2 blues (one darker and one lighter), 3 yellows (varying shades), and one white.  Here are the fabrics I selected for the sample block:

Fabric A – your darker/richer blue

• A1:  Cut (4) 2”x2” squares
• A2:  Cut (6) 1.5”x2” rectangles
• A3:  Cut (2) 1.5”x12.5” rectangles

Fabric B – your lighter blue

• B1:  Cut (2) 2”x7.5” rectangles
• B2:  Cut (3) 1.5”x7.5” rectangles

Fabric C – your white

• Cut (1) 2”x7.5” rectangle

Fabric D – your lightest yellow

• Cut (1) 2”x7.5” rectangle

Fabric E – your middle yellow

• Cut (1) 2”x7.5” rectangle

Fabric F – your darkest/richest yellow

• F1:  Cut (1) 2”x7.5” rectangle
• F2:  Cut (8) 2”x2” squares

Piecing Instructions:

1. Lay your pieces out just like this diagram:

2. Sew three columns (indicated by the pink arrows at the top in the photo above) using a ¼ seam allowance.  You do not need to square up after each seam, but a consistent ¼ seam will make the next step more successful.  Press however you want – I pressed to the side so that I could nest seams in the next step.

3. Your pieces now should look like this:

Pin the side columns to the inner column and sew, pressing seams open.  Here’s a photo of mine after pinning - I nested the seams and used a pin on each side of every seam intersection:

Here she is after sewing and pressing:

4. Sew pieces A3 to the block, press towards piece A3, and you’re done!  You can square up to 12.5” or just send her on her way : ).  Thank you so much, I can’t wait to see what you all make!

Sending you all lots of love from Alabama,

Meg 💙💛