Happy New Year, Quilters! And welcome to the Jan-March 2025 Covered in Love block drive. To start off the year I thought we'd make a version of Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Mountain Majesty block. I made a scrappy version years ago (above) and it is a fun block to make. More details on the block drive "rules" at the bottom of the post.
I picked this color scheme: seafoam, grey-blue, brown, rust orange, goldenrod and butter yellow. Each block will need two fabrics that read as solid, textured solids and small prints are good. Make sure your two fabrics contrast with each other. The instructions make two mirror-image blocks at a time.
Start with two fabrics cut to 13.5" square.
Mark a diagonal line on the back of one of them from corner to corner. Place the squares right sides together and sew 1/4" on either side of the marked line.
Cut on the line and press to make two half square triangles. Trim your HSTs to 12.5".
Stack the HSTs right sided up with the diagonals oriented opposite to each other.
Cut vertical slices 2.5" wide through both blocks.
Separate the top layer from the bottom layer and reverse the order of the strips as shown above. Sew the strips together and you should get two mirror-image blocks measuring 10.5" x 12.5".
This drive will run from January - March (3 months).
In case you haven't ever participated before, the idea in a nutshell is that you can make as many or as few blocks as you like. Contact coveredinlovetx@gmail.com for the mailing address and try to have them in the mail by the end of March. All the blocks received will be combined into quilts for families who lose loved ones in east Texas hospitals.
Thank you. One of my favorite blocks. W ill try my best to get them to you
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