Design Wall Monday ~ Tree Of Life Blocks Finished

 Hello Quilty Friends!  I can't tell you how excited I am to have these quilt blocks finished.  I love this quilt and can't wait to get it completed and on the bed.  After it's finished I will need to make a couple pillows to complete my vision for the new Christmas bedroom decor.

There's something about two color quilts that make my little ole quilty heart go pitter-pat.  When the two colors are red and white that's even better!  These blocks were a little tedious to piece.  Lots of pinning to make sure all the points stayed pointy.  I worked on one block at a time.  One block took up every inch of of my sewing table.

I had to work in sections and rows.  The colored squares below show how I divided the block into sections/units.  Each row was marked with a numbered pin. The pins are hard to see in the picture so I added numbers to the side of each row for you.  Once a row was completed  I would add the larger squares.  Example....I pieced row 1 and 2 then sewed 1 and 2 together, then added the large square to the left of 1 and 2.  Then I added row 3 to the bottom of the 1 and 2 unit.  Paying close attention to my pressing.  All odd number rows were pressed to the left, even number rows to the right.

The three sections completed and ready to become a block.

If I were to make this block again I would probably press all seams open due to bulky seams.  I'm not a fan of open seams but they can make quilting easier.  So I ended up pressing the last few seams open.

Would you like to make a Tree of Life block?  I put some cutting measurements on the units below.  To make the HST's I used the Magic 8 method.  But you can make them however you want as long as they end up 2.5" before sewn into the quilt.  At the bottom the block you will need to know how to do flippy corners.  The numbers on the units are the size squares needed for that unit.

Today's plan is to start sashing the blocks and wash the quilt backing. 

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Until next time...

I hope you find time to stitch up something sweet!

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