NO CUT - NO TRIM Block-in-a-Block FREE Pattern!
Posted by Gerri Robinson on
Has this ever happened to you where a quilty friend shares a link to a really cool technique and you "think" you've committed it to memory until you didn't?
Yep, that's exactly what happened in this situation. I "thought" I had the technique all locked down in my memory and I was in my sewing room making a block when my block did NOT look like the block I had remembered. What happened?!!!
Preface it to say, "my mistake" turned out to be better than the original!! Why? Because "my way" requires NO TRIMMING when the block is all done.
How's that! NO CUTTING and NO TRIMMING - whose interested now?!!
Let me show you "my way" in creating the NO CUT - NO TRIM Block-in-a-Block Quilt.
- Grab (1) EACH of your favorite 5" and 10" Stackers. I used my NEW Midnight Garden Stackers available here!
- Press BOTH the 5" and 10" squares in half vertically AND horizontally with a hot iron to create the crease.
- Place the 5" PRESSED square (right side up) on top of a 10" PRESSED square (right side up) aligning the pressed lines so the 5" square is centered on the 10" square.
- Using the cardboard stock found in your 10" Stacker pack, lay it on top of the layered fabrics so the edge of the cardboard lines up with the edge of the 5" square.
- Using a hot iron, press the fabric onto the cardboard stock, slide the cardboard stock out and pin.
- Repeat the SAME steps on the other side.
- Sew a 1/4" from each edge.
- Press open.
- Rotate your block and REPEAT the exact steps above to the other two sides.
- To create a NO CUT - NO TRIM Block-in-a-Block finishing 9" square!
- Lay your blocks out in a pleasing fashion of 6 blocks across x 7 blocks down.
- Sew the rows together, quilt, bind and DONE!!!
- Isn't she so pretty?!
- The perfect lap size coming in at 51" x 59"!
- And perfect to make EASILY in a weekend or ONE dedicated day to quilting!
Gerri, this has been a fun, fast and lovely pattern to make.
Thank you for sharing it.
Quilting on!
Terrall
I’ve already made one block. So simple with pretty .outcome. Do you try to have a certain number sqs. the same or randomly assemble?
This looks like a sweet quilt to make for my son who I’ve promised to make a quilt for 20 years ago .
I’ve already made one block. So simple with pretty .outcome. Do you try to have a certain number sqs. the same or randomly assemble?
This looks like a sweet quilt to make for my son who I’ve promised to make a quilt for 20 years ago .
Oh wow,this is absolutely brilliant 😍 I had given up on quilting block because of all the cutting and measuring but you have given me inspiration,I’m so going to try this. Thank you for sharing. Blessings from sunny South Africa 🇿🇦
Hi! I love this pattern but am really curious as to what iron you are using. Would you mind sending me an email? Thanks!