Your blocks will be 5" unfinished. This block is scrap friendly.
Your pieces will measure as follows:
1 - cream rectangle 1.5" X 3"
2 - red rectangles 2.5" X 5"
2 - red squares 1.5" X 1.5"
4 - green squares 2" X 2"
basic layout
Sew one small red square to each side of the cream rectangle. Press seams to the red squares.
Draw a line from corner to corner on the wrong side of the 4 green squares. This will be the line you sew on. Sewing one square at a time, sew the 4 green squares to the four corners of the ornament. You are basically making a snowball block at this point.
Trim the corners leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. Press from the right side so the seams are pressed to the green side.
Give the block a good press and trim to 5" if necessary.
Repeat 19 more times and you are done!
Here is what I do when I sew the four corners on:
I sew a second seam about a 1/2" from the first seam. This second seam is sewn on the side that you would normally cut off. Cut between the two lines of stitching. Try to have at least a scant 1/4" seam allowance for each block.
Press the small half square triangle pieces and you will have these. I save these up in a container for later use. You could make coasters, use them as fillers in placemats or wall hangings. I'm planning on saving bunches and eventually making a quilt from them.
2 comments:
Oh thank you so much for working that out not using paper piecing! Count me in on the swap then! :) I love these little ornaments, and I'd just love a siggie quilt!
Great block tutorial! I'm going to feature it on Sew What! http://www.sewwhattoday.blogspot.com
(There is a button at the bottom of the blog for those we've featured!)
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