cottage Christmas sew along – wip link up! + giveaway

hello Wednesday!

welcome to the next installment of our sew along!
today is my turn to share with you the tree block!!
to see the other blocks, check out Sally and Julie’s blogs…

here is your tree block…
it finishes at 20 x 20 if you are making the bed runner and 10 x 10 for the tablerunner….
Julie will have a special tutorial for those of you making the lap quilt….as it uses the left half of this tree plus an extra block…

You will need one large tree for the bedrunner, two small trees for the table runner and three left halves for the bed quilt.
Supplies
Green fabric – ½ yard WOF for large tree and 8 inches WOF for the small tree (I cut a 4 inch x 22 inch strip from three different Cottage green prints)
Background – ½ yard WOF for the large tree and 4 inches WOF + 5 inch square for the small tree
Finished size 20 x 20 inch for large tree and 10 x 10 inches for the small tree
Notes
Read all directions before beginning
Yardage is assumed 40” wide (WOF = Width of Fabric)
Seam allowance ¼ inch
Throughout the tutorial, the first number is for the large tree and the number in parenthesis is for the small tree.

Cutting Instructions
Cut two 7 inch (4 inch) strips from green fabric
Sub-cut: 2 – 7 inch (4 inch) squares
2 – 6.5 x 4.5 inch (3.5 x 2.5 inch) rectangles
2- 6 inch (3.5 inch) squares
2 – 5.5 x 3.5 inch (3 x 2 inch) rectangles
2 – 4.5 x 2.5 inch ( 2.5 x 1.5 inch) rectangles
2 – 4 inch (2.5 inch) squares
2 – 3.5 x 1.5 inch (2 x 1 inch) rectangles
2 – 3 inch (2 inch) squares
Cut two 7 inch (4 inch) WOF of background
Sub-cut: 2 – 7 inch (4 inch) squares
2 – 6 inch (3.5 inch) squares
2 – 5.5 x 2.5 inch (3 x 1.5 inch) rectangles
2 – 4.5 inch (2.5 inch) squares
2 – 5 inch (3 inch) squares
2 – 3.5 x 6.5 inch (2 x 3.5 inch) rectangles
2 – 4 inch ( 2.5 inch) squares
2 – 3 inch (2 inch) squares
2 – 2.5 x 8.5 inch (1.5 x 4.5 inch) rectangles – I cut this piece last and opened up my fabric and repositioned it to get this piece cut.

Piecing the block

All of the half square triangles are constructed the same. Pair a green square with a background square, right sides together. On the back of the background square, draw a diagonal line. Sew a scant ¼ inch on each side of the line. Cut apart and then trim to the size for the row you are working on.
I opted to construct this tree from the bottom up, building one row at a time.

Row 5 – 7 inch (4 inch) half square triangle trimmed to 6.5 inches (3.5 inches), two green rectangles 6.5 x 4.5 inch (3.5 x 2.5 inch), 7 inch (4 inch) half square triangle trimmed to 6.5 inches (3.5 inches). Sew into a row.

Row 4 – background 5.5 x 2.5 inch (3 x 1.5 inch) rectangles, 6 inch (3.5 inch) squares trimmed to 5.5 inch (3 inch) half square triangle, two 5.5 x 3.5 inch (3 x 2 inch) rectangles, 6 inch (3.5 inch) squares trimmed to 5.5 inch (3 inch) half square triangle and a background 5.5 x 2.5 inch (3 x 1.5 inch) rectangle. Sew into a row.
Row 3 – 4.5 inch (2.5 inch) background square, 5 inch (3 inch) squares trimmed to 4.5 inch (2.5 inch) half square triangle, two 4.5 x 2.5 inch (2.5 x 1.5 inch) rectangles, 5 inch (3 inch) squares trimmed 4.5 inch (2.5 inch) half square triangle and 4.5 inch (2.5 inch) background square. Sew into a row.

Row 2 – 3.5 x 6.5 inch (2 x 3.5 inch) background rectangle,4 inch (2.5 inch) squares trimmed to 3.5 inch (2 inch) half square triangle, two 3.5 x 1.5 inch (2 x 1 inch) rectangles, 4 inch (2.5 inch) squares trimmed to 3.5 inch (2 inch) half square triangle, 3.5 x 6.5 inch (2 x 3.5 inch) background. Sew into a row.
Row 1 – 2.5 x 8.5 inch (1.5 x 4.5 inch) background rectangle, two 3 inch (2 inch) squares trimmed to 2.5 inch (1.5 inch) half square triangles, 2.5 x 8.5 inch (1.5 x 4.5 inch) background rectangle. Sew into a row.
Sew completed rows into one unit to make the above tree block.
click here for the pdf….

linking up with Lorna….

and the giveaway for this week…

leave me a comment to enter…
I will announce a winner on Friday…

Happy Sewing!