Pilgrims and Pioneers: Piecing a Heart Block

Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Piecing a Heart Block

If you want to make a Valentine quilt or table topper try piecing some heart blocks!
Scroll to the bottom to see the pieced heart.
Cutting the fabricThis Block requires:

one 6-1/2" x 3-1/2" of focus fabric

two 3-1/2" squares of focus fabric

two 3 1/2" squares of the background fabric

four 2" squares of background fabric

Piecing the Block
1) Lightly mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of the two 3-1/2" background fabric squares and the four 2" background fabric squares as shown.
2) Take the 6-1/2" x 3-1/2" rectangle of focus fabric and place one of the 3 1/2" squares of background fabric on the rectangle as shown, right sides together. Sew on the diagonal line marked on the 3-1/2" background fabric square.

3) Trim fabric 1/4" from the sewn diagonal line as shown. Press seam toward the background fabric.

4) Take the remaining 3-1/2" square of background fabric and place on top of the unit completed in Step 2 as shown with right sides together. Sew on the diagonal line marked on the 3-1/2" background fabric square.

5) Trim fabric 1/4" from the sewn diagonal line as shown. Press seam toward the background fabric. The completed units should measure 6-1/2" x 3-12/2".
6) Take one of the 2" squares of background fabric and place on top of one of the 3-1/2" squares of focus fabric as shown with right sides together. Sew on the diagonal line marked on the 2" background fabric square. Repeat with the remaining 3-1/2" square of focus fabric and one of the 2" squares of background fabric.

) Trim fabric 1/4" from the sewn diagonal line as shown. Press seam toward the background fabric.
8) Take one of the 2" squares of background fabric and place on top of one of the units completed in Step 7 as shown with right sides together. Sew on the diagonal line marked on the 2" background fabric square. Repeat with the remaining Step 7 unit and the remining 2" square of background fabric.

9) Trim fabric 1/4" from the sewn diagonal line as shown. Press seam toward the background fabric. This completed unit should measure 3-1/2" square.
10) Piece together the two units created in Step 9 as shown. Press the seam allowance to either side. This finished unit should measure 6-1/2" x 3-1/2".

11) Piece together the unit created in Step 5 with the unit created in Step 10 to complete the heart Block. The finished Block should measure 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" which includes a 1/4" seam allowance on all sides.

This would look great in traditional red fabrics but would also look great in pinks or mauves.

1 comment:

Olde Dame Penniwig said...: Ye are so talented! I would love to make a whole bunch of these in 2 batches, one all prim colors and one all spring colors!; January 30, 2009 at 8:24 PM