Never stop growing.
Welcome back to our Quilt Along in celebration of my birthday this year.
Every week, we share a new 6" finished quilt block design on our blog!
I am sew thankful to all of you that want to join me on this Birthday Quilt Along.
You can start making this quilt with the recommended bundles below or using scraps from your stash. A Fat Quarter Bundle and Fat Eighth Bundle are great starting points. This would be a perfect time to pull fabrics from your stash and mix and match with our bundles to make this quilt your very own. Another great option, is your beautiful fabrics from our
I will be making my blocks using a Cocoa Blue Fat Quarter Bundle and the Birthday Bundle 2024 to create this Birthday quilt! There may be some sprinkles of a few favorites from my blue collections.
This project is available for anyone to join in! It will be 55 blocks in 52 weeks. Every Tuesday we will be making a new block(s), so don't forget to Sign Up for our Newsletters and visit our blog each week to quilt along!
At the end of the year I will be providing a variety of layouts for your beautiful 6" blocks.
Let's get started with our next block!
Birthday Quilt Fabric Requirements
Blocks: Cocoa Blue Fat Quarter Bundle
Background: 2½ yards Border: 2 yards
Binding: 1 yard
I'm sew excited to begin - let's jump right in!
Note from Edyta: All pictures below show finished size images.
Please make sure you have 1/4" around all your units and blocks. Do not trim your points.
Birthday Block 49
Block Cutting
24-squares 1¼" in a variety of blue fabrics
40-light QSTs cut from 10 squares 2¼"
16-light HSTs cut from 8 squares 1⅜"
2-light rectangles 1" x 6½"
1-light center strip rectangle 1½" x 6½"
NOTE: Hold off on cutting this final center strip rectangle until your units are complete as you might need to adjust its size to help make the prefect size block your block.)
Note from Edyta: Use the final image below to arrange the correct colors
for units before sewing.
Arrange 1 blue 1¼" square and 2 light 2¼" QSTs. Sew together as shown above and press. Make 16 units.
Next, arrange 1 blue 1¼" square, 1 light 2¼" QST, and 2 light 1⅜" HSTs. Sew together and press. Make 8 end units.
To make one row, combine together 4 units with 2 end units.
Sew together and press. Make 4 rows.
Row size: 1 ½" x 6 ½"unfinished
NOTE: When making this unit and using your 1/4" seam allowance, in case your unit does not measure 1½" x 6½", you can adjust the size of your block by custom cutting your center strip.
Arrange 2 light 1" x 6½" rectangles and 1 light 1½" x 6½" rectangle in between each of the 4 sewn rows. Sew rows together and press.
Unfinished Block Size: 6½" x 6½"
Make 1
Press your block and enjoy!
Join us here every Tuesday for our next Birthday Block!
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Happy Quilting, Edyta
Is there an issue with the measurements again with this block? When I assemble the strips with the 6 diamond shapes, the strip measures 7". So assembling these with the 6.5" strips will result in losing all the points at the end of the strips.
This is such a fun project! I love the idea of using scraps from my Buckshot Roulette stash along with the suggested bundles to make it uniquely mine.
This block took so much precision cutting. The results are beautiful. What a lovely block pattern this is. Thanks Edyta. 🇨🇦
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This Birthday Quilt Along is a wonderful way to celebrate creativity and community! Thanks for sharing such a detailed that's not my neighbor and inspiring project!