September's Block

I can't believe it's September and it has certainly snuck up on me! Hubby and I spent a day at the State Fair last week and enjoyed a beautiful day and seeing all the displays.  We enjoyed our pork chop on a stick and our glasses of lemonade. Summer is officially done and the kids in my neighborhood are back in school. It's pretty quiet during the day. We are now getting ready for a trip to Wisconsin for fishing and some ATV trail riding. That's going to be so much fun!  Towards the end of the month, I'm looking forward to popping in at Missouri Stars Birthday Bash. My friends at Marcus Fabrics will be there and I'm looking forward to visiting their booth on Friday during Missouri Star's birthday celebration. I've been there a couple of times and am always in awe at all the fabric and sewing goodies that they have to offer! My Songbird Holiday fabric can be found at Missouri Star. Hope to see you there! Stop by and say Hi!

Now let's think about this month's block...  this block is the last block pattern. Now here's the catch... you will make 12 of these blocks! Yes 12! It'll be a sewing marathon. The last block is the tree block, and you will be stitching up a forest! You can make you trees all the same color green, or you can switch it up and make them all scrappy. Remember I am challenging you to use your fabric stash and I'm sure you have enough green to make these blocks. You should have a healthy stack of tree blocks when you are done to add to your snowmen blocks. Next month we will sew the blocks together!

Here's a quick recap, if you are just discovering this year's block of the month, it’s sort of a mystery and I am encouraging everyone to use fabric from their stash. You will want the same background color for the quilt to tie it all together but, other than that the sky’s the limit. So, to begin with go dig thru your fabric stash and look for the following. 

      Pair together blue B square with green F triangles, right sides together. Sew corner to corner on the diagonal edge. This forms a flying geese block when you are done for the top of the tree block.

Press to the dark side.

     Sew the D strip to each end of a G square, press to the dark side.

Sew one C square diagonally to each end of the E strip, trim away the excess to a ¼” seam. Press. Make 3 of these sections for each tree block

       Following the block layout, lay out all pieced rectangle sections to form the tree block.  Press.

     Sew the A strip to each side of the block, press. Sew an A strip to the top and bottom of the block. Press.

     Trim the block up to measure 9 ½” x 11 ½”. (This includes the seam allowance.)

Tree Block

Fabric Requirements

Blue background fabric- 2 yards

white fabric (snowman faces) - 1/2 yard

green (trees) - 3/4 yard

pieced border - red- 3/4-yard, pink - 1/2-yard, light green- 1/2-yard, light blue- 3/4-yard

orange- snowman noses

scrappy hats- 10 plus fat quarters or a combination of fat quarters and fat eights in a variety of colors such as red, blue, yellow, pink, green, purple. 

Now let's get stitching!

 

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 Each month's pattern is a free PDF instant download. If you miss a month, the patterns are available for $2.50 on my website and also in my Etsy shop.  

If you don't have a printer, you can purchase a PRINTED copy of the monthly patterns.

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 There's also a Facebook Group, please join and post your progress! It's also fun to see everyone else progress too! Make sure to post your blocks so far! 

 I hope that you have a wonderful day and find some time to stitch.

Have a wonderful day,

Cindy, Josephine & Bonaparte