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Block 1: ‘Home Sweet Home’ Quilt Along – My Home

January 17, 2012 by persimondreams 6 Comments

 038-1 ‘My Home’
by Kim Lapacek, KimsCraftyApple Cut Your Fabrics - Home Sweet Home Quilt Along - My Home Fabric 1: Medium or light for sky (I chose blues) – you should have at least 2 different fabrics for this color (lower left) · CUT: 4 – 4” squares Fabric 2: Light/Medium for grass (green) (upper left) · CUT: 2 – 3.5” x 7.5” rectangles (or strip piece a bunch of fabrics together and cut out 2, 3.5” x 7.5” rectangles from that…your choice) Fabric 3: Roof (dark batik) (Lower right) · CUT: 2 – 4” squares
1 – 6.5” x 2.5” rectangle Fabric 4: House (pink) (upper right) · CUT: 1 – 6.5” x 1.5” rectangle
1 – 3.5” square
5 – 1.5” squares
6 – 1.5” x 3.5” rectangles Fabric 5: Scraps for windows/door that contrast with your ‘house’ color (upper right) · CUT: 2 – 1.5” squares
1 – 1.5” x 2.5” rectangle

4 Patch

clip_image004 Take one of square of each color. Put right sides together. clip_image008 Stitch ¼” seam on opposite sides of the square. clip_image010 Cut square in half (2”) – each piece will measure 4” x 2” before ironing. Set seam and iron open. – you now have two , 2 patch units clip_image012 With the 2 patch units right sides together, seams aligned, and the two different fabrics opposite each other, clip_image016 Stitch ¼” from opposite sides. Be sure stitch crosses the first seam. Cut the resulting unit in half. clip_image018 Set seam and iron open – your two corner four patches are done! End block should measure 3.5” square if done correctly. (This is an amazing technique I learned from Pat Speth and Charlene Thode’s Nickel Quilts Book – you can use this method for any four patch you want to create. If you want your end block to be 3.5” square then cut two 4” squares and put together, if you want 4” square – cut your initial squares to 4.5” and so on. LOVE this method for 4 patches!)

Half Square Triangles

clip_image020 Take 2 – 4” squares of Fabric 1 (one of each fabric) Take 2 – 4” squares of Fabric 3 Put right sides together of Fabric 1 and Fabric 3. clip_image023 Using a washable marking pen, draw a line from one diagonal to another.   Using the line as a guide – stitch a seam ¼-inch off each side of the line. clip_image030 Cut along the line you drew and press each triangle open. Trim square to 3.5” clip_image032 Take 2 half square triangles and cut a 1.0” off the larger portion of the Fabric 3 triangle as shown in the picture.

Rectangle

clip_image034 Take Fabric 3 & Fabric 4 rectangles and sew together. Press towards the darker fabric. House clip_image036clip_image038 Sew a 1.5” square of fabric 4 onto each side of the Fabric 5 1.5” squares. Iron away from the middle square. clip_image040 On the opposite sides sew on the 1.5” x 3.5” rectangles of Fabric 4 to create 2 – 3.5” squares. Iron away from the middle square clip_image042 Sew a 1.5” square onto the short side of the Fabric 5 rectangle. Iron toward the rectangle. clip_image043 On opposites sides sew on the 1.5” x 3.5” rectangles of Fabric 4 to create a 3.5” square. Iron towards the middle rectangle.

Lawn

In this example I just cut two rectangles 7.5” x 3.5” for the lawn.   My Home - alternative 'grass' option In this block – I strip pieced a bunch of different ‘grass’ fabric together first and then cut out the 7.5” x 3.5” rectangles from that. It’s completely up to you with which you like better.Let's build Your House - Home Sweet Home Quilt Along

Let’s Build Our House!  

clip_image046 Step 1: Sew the 4 patch and the full ½ Triangle Squares together. Iron towards triangles. clip_image048 Step 2: Sew triangles together so top row looks like the picture above. clip_image050 HOUSE Step 3: Sew window panes squares together. Iron towards long rectangle. Step 4: Sew Door square to 3.5” square so base of the door is at the bottom of the square. Iron towards long rectangle. Step 5: Sew house pieces together matching seams in the middle. Iron any way. clip_image052 Step 6: Sew short triangle/rectangle to fabric 2 strips. Iron towards fabric 2. Step 7: Sew long rectangles to house. Iron towards upper rectangles. clip_image054 Step 8: Sew left side to house. Iron toward side. (away from the house) Step 9: Sew right side to house. Iron toward side. clip_image056 Step 10. Sew roof onto house. Set and Iron. Now you have a beautiful My Home square – the first of 16 blocks for this ‘Home Sweet Home’ Quilt Along!  

Click HERE for a printable PDF of this pattern!

My Home Blocks Be sure to join the ‘Home Sweet Home’ Flickr Group:  http://www.flickr.com/groups/1850682@N20/ and upload photo’s of your block as you complete them!   To keep up with all my crazy fun ideas – be sure to sign up for my newsletter, follow this blog AND like KimsCraftyApple on Facebook.    Let’s not forget that we have a prize now thanks to Barb Raisbeck!
Anyone that brings a completed ‘Home Sweet Home’ Quilt to Show and Tell at the 2012 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend hosted by QuiltsbyBarb will receive a $10 gift certificate to the quilt shop at the retreat in honor of the 10th anniversary.
One $25 gift certificate to the quilt shop at the retreat will be given to a recipient of the viewer’s choice award decided by the retreat attendees.
Additional qualifications for the above prize:  The quilt must include on the front at least 12 of the 16 blocks from the Quilt Along.  It must also include the blocks designed by Kim Lapacek, Diane Lapacek, and Barb Raisbeck.   Stop back on Thursday, January 19th, for the next block!

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  1. Gail S. says

    January 17, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Kim! Great job on this tutorial! Block is adorable.

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  2. Elaine says

    January 17, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    great block! it's very tempting to join in!

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  3. Sandy Weaver says

    January 17, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    Cute! Great tutorial…just what I need another project! LOL! I'll pin this DIY for later.

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  4. Rosa says

    January 18, 2012 at 12:13 am

    It`s very cute and the tutorial is awesome!

    Reply
  5. Diane says

    January 20, 2012 at 1:52 am

    just posted my completed block 1. Since I designed block 2, I have that done, also/ Guess I'll add it next. This is going to be lots of fun.

    Reply
  6. Susan says

    February 14, 2012 at 3:55 am

    Thank you for making the .pdf available. The block is as cute as it can be.

    Reply

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