Previous Block of the Month: Church Block
Imagine you can hear the choir as you piece this country church. This variation on the
ever popular church block was designed and stitched by co-editor Debra Feece.
BLOCK SIZE: 12" square
MATERIALS
Yardage is estimated for 44" fabric.
- Light print for the church at least 10" square
- Gold print scrap for the windows at least 3" x 3 1/2"
- Red print scrap for the door at least 3 1/2" x 4 1/2"
- Brown print for the roofs at least 8" x 10"
- Blue print for the sky at least 10" x 11"
- Piece of freezer paper at least 3 1/2" x 4 1/2"
CUTTING
Pattern pieces A, B and C are full size and include a 1/4" seam allowance, as do all
dimensions given. (R = Reverse)
- Cut 1: 5 1/2" square, light print
- Cut 2: 1 1/2" x 5 1/2" strips, light print
- Cut 1: 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" rectangle, light print
- Cut 4: 1 1/2" squares, light print
- Cut 1: 2 3/8" square, light print, then cut it in half diagonally to yield 2
triangles
- Cut 2: 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" strips, gold print
- Cut 1: C, red print
- Cut 1: B, brown print
- Cut 1: 2" x 3 1/2" rectangle, brown print
- Cut 1: A, blue print
- Cut 1: AR, blue print
- Cut 2: 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" rectangles, blue print
- Cut 2: 2" x 5" strips, blue print
- Cut 2: 2" x 12 1/2" strips, blue print
DIRECTIONS
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Lay a 2" x 5" blue print strip on a 2" x 3
1/2" brown print rectangle, aligning the edges. Draw a diagonal line on the blue
print strip connecting the corners, as shown. Sew on the drawn line. Trim the corner
1/4" beyond the stitching line. Press the seam allowance toward the blue print. |
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Lay the remaining 2" x 5" blue print strip on
the other end of the brown print rectangle and draw a diagonal line, as shown. Sew on the
drawn line. Trim and press, as before to complete section A. Set it aside. |
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Sew a 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" light print rectangle
between the 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" blue print rectangles to make section B, as shown.
Set it aside. |
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Sew a light print triangle to the blue print A to make a
pieced triangle. Sew the remaining light print triangle to the blue print AR. |
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Sew the pieced triangles to the brown print B to make
section C, as shown. Set it aside. |
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Sew a 1 1/2" light print square to each end of a 1
1/2" x 3 1/2" gold print strip. Sew a 1 1/2" x 5 1/2" light print
strip to the pieced unit to make a window unit. Make 2. |
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Sew the window units to opposite sides of the 5 1/2"
light print square to make section D, as shown. |
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Lay out sections A, B, C and D. Join the sections. Sew
the 2" x 12 1/2" blue print strips to the sides. |
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Trace pattern C on the freezer paper. Cut the seam
allowance off the curved edge. Place the freezer paper C, shiny side down, on the wrong
side of the red print C, aligning the bottom edges.
Press the freezer paper to the red print C. Press the seam allowance of the curved edge
toward the wrong side along the edge of the freezer paper. Remove the paper.
Pin the door to the church, aligning the bottom edges. Appliqué the door to the
church. You may wish to trim the seam allowance in the curves to reduce bulk. |
Printout the full size patterns for Church Block, click here.
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