Hands 2 Help Churn Dash Quilt tutorial ( by Quiltygirl)

 Good Morning!!!

Today it is my turn to offer a tutorial for the Hands 2 Help Challenge!

My most favorite block and my Go to is this simple Churn Dash block made with all 5 inch squares:

So lets get started - and know - there is a pdf file for you to download at the end ;-)

Fabric Requirements for Block

·         5 – Print 5 inch Squares

·         4 – Background 5 inch Squares

 

Save 1 Print 5 inch square for the Center of the Churn Dash.

 

 

Take Two of the background fabrics and draw a diagonal line along the Back of the fabric, I also drew ¼ inch to the side of the center line so you can see where your stitch lines should be. ( I did this only for the example)

Pair them with a print piece.

Stitch on both sides of the center line

Lay your ruler along the Center line and slice

You will get 4  - 4 ½ inch Half Square Triangles

Take the last two print and the last two background squares

Pair them right Sides Together.

Stitch on the right and left side ¼ inch in. ( again I drew just so you could see)

Once both side are sewn – measure in 2 ½ inches and slice .

You will get 4 – 4 ½ x 5 in rails

Iron all of your pieces and then lay them out like so:

Stitch the pieces together into three rows.

Press.

Stitch the three rows together

Press

And you will have a 13 inch block!

For A Cute Quick Baby Quilt

37.5 x 37.5

You will make 4 blocks as shown, then make 1 just the opposite

For the 4 setting Triangles cut 1 Square background at 18 7/8 inches

Slice it on both diagonals to yield 4 setting triangles

 

Then for the corner pieces:

Cut 2 – 9 ¾ squares of background and slice on one diagonal.

Stitch them in rows and add a border. I added 1 ½ inch strips in this one – but if you want to make it a tad bigger, you can add a bigger border.

For a little bigger toddler/Cot quilt 37.5 x 55 inches

add 3 blocks - the setting triangle sizes remain the same ;-)

Not a fan of setting blocks on point?

Make 12 blocks and set them together. Add a 1 ½ inch border

It will measure 39.5 x 52 inches

Now to some fun examples of Churn Dash Quilts I have made in the past!

I used these to help frame a panel - it was then donated as a Quilt of Valor.

And the this one - I used ALL scrappy pieces. I just made half squares and rails until my heart was content, then I made them into blocks, not paying attention if the reds and blues were built into one block.

The scrappiness of it made my heart happy

Alas - Here is the PDF for you:

Churn Dash Block Tutorial  ( click that link to the left)

I love to write patterns - so check out all the others I have written in my Quiltygirl Store as well as the tab in the header above.

I hope you use one of these ideas for a Hands 2 Help quilt this year!

Thanks to Academic Quilter for Hosting this year!!

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