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Five Spot Block

5 Spot Block

You need 3 fabrics for this block: a WOW, or white, a light/medium and a medium/dark. It is recommended that the colors be contrasting, but just not clashing...lol! We will be making this one 12" finished.

Cut as follows:

BOM Fabric

Sampler Fabric

Cutting Information

WOW(W)

Background

Cut 4 3" squares
Cut 16 2-1/2" squares

Medium Green(L)

Light#1

Cut 4 2-1/2" squares
Cut 2 5" squares

Dark Green(M)

Med#4

Cut 4 2-1/2" squares
Cut 5 4-1/2" squares

Sewing Instructions:

  1. Mark diagonal on the wrong side of the 2-1/2" squares of WOW and Light/Medium; match right sides together with one corner of the 4-1/2" squares of Medium/Dark; stitch on diagonal line; press open to corner...repeat for all corners. Square up to 4-1/2".

Snowball graphics

TIP : the units are more stable if the excess fabric is left on, but you could trim the bottom 2 layers to a 1/4" seam if you desire..
TIP:  if you trim after you press open and square up...you get less stretching due to the seams on the diagonal.

  1. Cut in half diagonally: all 3" squares of WOW and all 5" squares of Light/Medium.
  2. Attach a half-square of WOW to each 2-1/2" square of Medium/Dark as shown...press seam toward half-square.

first corner graphic

  1. Attach a half-square of WOW to units from step#2 as shown...press seam toward half-square.

 

second corner graphic


TIP : attaching the half-squares are easier if you start stitching at the "flat" edge rather than at the "tip".

  1. Carefully, trim the diagonal edge of units from step#3 to 1/4" seam.
  2. Attach half-squares of Light/Medium to units from step#5 to create unit shown...press toward Light/Medium. Square up to 4-1/2".

corner unit

  1. Creating 2 rows...join units together as shown and pressing in direction of arrows. Watch orientation of units.

outside rows

  1. Creating 1 row...join units together as shown and pressing in direction of arrows. Be careful to match center points when joining.

center row

  1. Attach rows from step#7 to either side row from step#8 to create block...press seams toward outer rows. Be careful to match center points when joining.

IMPORTANT: Please square up your finished block to be sure it is 12-1/2". If it is larger or smaller, check your seams and redo if necessary. If you do not check your measurements, your block may not join properly with other blocks easily to create a finished quilt.

This is what your block might look like.