Petals – Block of the Month 11

Petals is a Block Of The Month sampler quilt that has been exclusively designed to use with the Accuquilt GO! QUBE Mix & Match block sets. The great thing about the GO! QUBE Mix & Match sets is that while I’m using the 8” Block set and 8” Angles Companion set for my pattern sample, you could just as easily use any size QUBE that you have as the shape numbers are all the same! You will just need to adjust the size of your fabric cuts accordingly.

What makes the Petals BOM different from the two previous sampler quilts shared on the AccuQuilt blog is that these blocks are made at 150% the Qube size. That means that the finished quilt block will be 150% bigger than the size of the Qube set:

• 6” Qube – 9” (finished) blocks – 45” x 45” quilt
• 8” Qube – 12” (finished) blocks – 60” x 60” quilt
• 9” Qube – 13.5” (finished) blocks – 67.5” x 67.5” quilt
• 10” Qube – 15” (finished) blocks – 75” x 75” quilt
• 12” Qube – 18” (finished) blocks – 90” x 90” quilt

I am making my quilt from a scrappy variety of Liberty fabrics within a specific colour palette. I recommend choosing about 10-12 fat quarters for your quilt top; you will need three prints per block. If you would like the centres of each block to be the same fabric, you will need 30cm of one print.

Quilt finishes at 60” x 60”; individual blocks should measure 12.5” x 12.5”.

Materials:

1. AccuQuilt GO! Big, GO! Cutter or GO! Baby Cutter Fabric Starter Set
2. AQ55776 GO! QUBE Mix & Match – 8” Block set
3. AQ55789 GO! QUBE Mix & Match – 8” Companion set – Angles
4. AQ55137 GO! Cutting Mat 6 x 6
5. 10-12 fat quarters
6. 3m background fabric
7. 40cm binding fabric
8. 1.65m x 1.65m backing fabric
9. 1.6m x 1.6m batting
10. Rotary mat, cutter and ruler
11. General sewing equipment

Block 11 Materials:

1. Shape 1 Square – 4” Finished
2. Shape 3 Half Square Triangle – 4” Finished
3. Shape 5 Half Square Triangle – 2” Finished
4. Shape 7 Parallelogram – 2 1/16” x 2 3/16” Finished
5. Shape 16 Trapezoid – 4” Finished
6. 3 fat quarters
7. 10” x WOF background fabric

Cutting Instructions:

1. From print fat quarters:
   • Cut one 5” x 5” square
     • Using Shape 1, cut one Square
   • Cut one 5 ¼” x 10 ½” rectangle
     • Using Shape 3, cut four Half Square Triangles (HST)
   • Cut two 3” x 7 ½” strips
     • Using Shape 5, cut eight Half Square Triangles (HST)
   • Cut four 5 ½” x 5 ¾” rectangles
     • Using Shape 7, fan fold and cut eight Parallelograms
   • Cut four 5” x 5” squares
     • Using Shape 16, cut four Trapezoids
2. From background fabric:
   • Cut three 3” x 7 ½” strips
     • Using Shape 5, cut twelve Half Square Triangles (HST)

NOTE:Keep all remaining fabric/shapes as you may be able to use it later in the quilt.

Sewing Instructions:

NOTE:All seams are ¼“, (6mm), unless otherwise specified

1. Sew one print HST (shape 5) and one background HST (shape 5) to opposite edges of a print Parallelogram (shape 7). Press seams open. Make 4.

2. Repeat Step 1 for the remaining Parallelograms to create mirror-image units. Sew the pairs together to create a V shape.
3. Sew a print HST (Shape 5) to each short, diagonal edge of the print trapezoids (Shape 16). Press. Sew a background HST (Shape 3) to the long diagonal edge. Press. Make four.

4. Arrange the units to create the block layout, and sew into rows. Press seams open.
5. Sew the rows together. Press seams open.

Congratulations on finishing Block 11 of Petals!