BLOCK OF THE MONTH
One block two ways – play with ombre shades and a rainbow palette for part 6 of Sarah Griffiths' Paws and Pluses medallion sew along
YOU WILL NEED
To make the main block
■ Dark red fabric: 5¾in x 11½in
■ Medium red fabric: 2½in square
■ Dark yellow fabric: 3in square
■ Medium green fabric: 3in x 8in
■ Medium blue fabric: 3in x 12in
■ Dark blue fabric: 3in x 16in
■ White fabric: one (1) fat quarter
Second colourway
■ Dark yellow fabric: one (1)
fat quarter
■ Medium yellow fabric: 3in x 12in
■ Light yellow fabric: 3in x 14in
■ White fabric: one (1) fat quarter
THE BIGGER PICTURE
To see the fabric requirements and layout diagram for the finished quilt, visit lovepatchworkandquilting.com
NOTES
■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless
otherwise noted.
■ Press seams to one side, unless
otherwise instructed.
■ RST = right sides together.
■ HST = Half-square Triangle.
CUTTING OUT
1 From the dark red fabric cut:
■ Two (2) 5¾in squares.
2 From the medium red fabric cut:
■ One (1) 2½in square.
3 From the dark yellow fabric cut:
■ Four (4) 1½in squares
4 From the medium green fabric cut:
■ Four (4) 1½in squares.
■ Four (4) 1½in x 2½in strips.
5 From the medium blue fabric cut:
■ Four (4) 1½in x 2½in strips.
■ Four (4) 1½in x 3½in strips.
6 From the dark blue fabric cut:
■ Four (4) 1½in x 3½in strips.
■ Four (4) 1½in x 4½in strips. 7 From the white fabric cut:
■ Two (2) 5¾in squares.
■ Four (4) 2½in squares.
■ Four (4) 2½in x 6½in strips.
PIECING THE HSTS
8 Take one white 5¾in square and draw a line across both diagonals. Also draw a line vertically and horizontally through the centre. Place RST with a dark red 5¾in square. Sew a scant ¼in seam from either side of the diagonals, then cut along the drawn lines to make eight HSTs (Fig 1). Repeat with the remaining 5¾in squares.
9 Press seams open for each HST unit and trim to 2½in square, for a total of sixteen dark red/white HSTs.
MAKING THE LOG CABINS
10 Sew one green and yellow 1½in square together, pressing the seam towards the green fabric. Sew the green 1½in x 2½in strip to the left side (Fig 2).
11 Add the shorter medium blue strip to the top of the block, then the longer strip to the left side. Repeat with the dark blue strips to complete one Log Cabin corner (Fig 3).
12 Repeat steps 10–11 to make four Log Cabin corners.
ASSEMBLING THE BLOCK
13 Sew two HSTs together, with the red triangles pointing down to the right. Sew two HSTs with the red triangles pointing down to the left. Sew a white 2½in square to the left of this strip (Fig 4). Repeat to make four sets of strip pairs.
14 Sew the shorter HST strip pair to the left side of each Log Cabin corner. Sew the longer HST strip pair to the top (Fig 5).
15 Arrange the corner blocks, white 2½in x 6½in strips and medium red 2½in square as shown. Sew the units together in rows. Then sew the rows together to complete the block.
SECOND COLOURWAY
16 From the dark yellow fabric cut:
■ Two (2) 5¾in squares.
■ Four (4) 1½in x 3½in strips.
■ Four (4) 1½in x 4½in strips.
17 From the light yellow fabric cut:
■ One (1) 2½in square.
■ Eight (8) 1½in squares.
■ Four (4) 1½in x 2½in strips.
18 From the medium yellow fabric cut:
■ Four (4) 1½in x 2½in strips.
■ Four (4) 1½in x 3½in strips.
19 From the white fabric cut:
■ Two (2) 5¾in squares.
■ Four (4) 2½in squares.
■ Four (4) 2½in x 6½in strips.
ASSEMBLING THE BLOCK
20 Follow steps 8–9 to make sixteen dark yellow/white HSTs. Make four Log Cabin corner units following steps 10–12, referring to the Layout Diagram above.
21 Assemble the units as in steps 13–15, referring to the layout diagram to complete the block.