What's a Farmhouse sampler quilt without a churn dash block?
In a word: incomplete. So today, we'll be adding a big 15" Churn Dash quilt block to our Farmhouse Sampler.
Let's go!
CUT:
- one (1) 8-3/4" square from A
- one (1) 8-3/4" square from B
- four (4) 3" x 5-1/2" rectangles from C
- four (4) 3" x 5-1/2" rectangles from D
- one (1) 5-1/2" square from E
PRESS. Â With a hot iron (no steam, as it distorts the fabric), press your blocks to get rid of wrinkles and creases.
PLACE RST and SEW. Â Place your "A" and "B" blocks RST and sew 1/4" seam around the outside edge, as shown above with the pink dashed line.
CUT ON DIAGONALS.  With your rotary cutter and a long ruler, cut through the corners of your block on both diagonals. You'll end up with 4 HST units.
PRESS. Â With a hot iron, open your blocks and press your seams to the dark side.
TRIM. Â With a square ruler, trim your "A/B" blocks down to 5-1/2" square. Remember to line up the diagonal line on your square ruler with the diagonal seam on your block.
PLACE RST and SEW. Â Place your "C" and "D" blocks RST and sew 1/4" seam along one of the long edges (as shown above, right).
PRESS. Â With a hot iron, press your blocks with seams to the dark side.
LAY OUT and PIECE.  Using the block diagram as a guide, lay out your block. Next, piece your blocks together in rows using 1/4" seam allowance.
PRESS. Â Once you have all 3 rows pieced, press your blocks. Alternate the direction you press your seams. On this block, I press the seams toward the inside on row 1, toward the outside one row 2, and the inside on row 3. This will let me nest my seams when I piece my rows together and give me perfect points.Â
PIECE ROWS. Â Piece your rows together to make your block. And you're done!
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