Petals Block Of The Month 8

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.

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 8 Materials:

1. Shape 4 Quarter Square Triangle – 4” Finished
2. Shape 5 Half Square Triangle – 2” Finished
3. Shape 6 Square On Point – 2 ¾” Finished
4. 3 fat quarters
5. 6” x WOF background fabric

Cutting Instructions:

1. From print fat quarters:
   • Using Shape 6, cut a total of 13 squares
2. From background fabric:
   • Cut one 5 ¾” x 11 ½” rectangle
     • Using Shape 4, cut eight Quarter Square Triangles (QST)
   • Cut one 3 ¾” x 6” rectangle
     • Using Shape 5, cut four 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. Press seams open unless otherwise directed.

1. Arrange all the Shape 6 Squares to create the block layout. Place one HST in each corner of the block. Place the QSTs in the remaining gaps.
2. Sew the pieces together into rows along the diagonal. Press seams open.

3. Sew the rows together. Press seams open.

Congratulations on finishing Block 8 of Petals!

Downloadable Project Pattern