Quilt Shot Block 136~ Patriotic Heart Yard Flag

 

This block was designed by 

Beth Shibley

She has a You Tube video with all the measurements listed

and a great tutorial for making this heart block.

She made a "Quilted Heart Flag Banner."

Her heart block is surrounded by half square triangles.

I just used strips.

This is another piece for the "Scraps Book Page"

as the entire banner including the back was made from fabric scraps,

given to me or found at yard sales.

Her directions are very easy to follow.

Beth said she cut up her strips as she sewed the block.

I too just cut up a bunch of strips,

but had a slightly different idea.

As I looked over the measurements of the strips,

I noticed they were each basically 1/2 inch shorter than the previous strip.

So using my cutting mat measurement tool and heat sensitive pin, I marked each end at 1/2 inch.

Then I laid the end on that mark to start sewing.

Then as the end came up on the machine bed,

I folded back the strip to the black mark

which you can barely see here,

and cut the strip on the fold.

My last piece didn't turn out to be 2½ inches, but rather 3 inches.

I marked the center of that 3 inch piece

and cut from that point to

the bottom corner of the longest red strip (as shown above.)

Then I added the bottom strip, and the side strip following the directional pattern of the fabric.

Finally I added the flag bar strip at the top,

and the backing.  

You can find the directions for the Flag Bar Strip HERE.

 

 

Happy Fourth of July to all my American friends.