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Sew down the center and press seams open. Use pins to make sure your seams/colors line up. Place the two halves together, right sides together, and sew to form the main mountain.

Line up the long edge of your (E/G) newly created strip with the long end of your (C/F) fabric, and sew.

Cut a 45* angle from the top of fabric (G) from one the right on the first set, and repeat on the second set cutting from the left. Place one set of (E) and (G) right sides together, and sew down the 1.5″ side.

Cut two 5.5″x1.5″ rectangles from your (E) orange yellow fabric and two 2.5″x1.5″ rectangles from your (G) white fabric.

Line up the long edge of your (C/F) newly created strip with the long end of your (B/D) fabric, and sew.

Cut a 45* angle from the top of fabric (F) from one the right on the first set, and repeat on the second set cutting from the left. Place one set of (C) and (F) right sides together, and sew down the 1.5″ side.

Cut two 4.5″x1.5″ rectangles from your (C) orange fabric and two 2.5″x1.5″ rectangles from your (F) light yellow fabric.

Line up the long edge of your (A) red triangle with the long end of your (B/D) fabric, and sew.

Cut a 45* angle from the top of fabric (D) from one the right on the first set, and repeat on the second set cutting from the left. Place one set of (B) and (D) right sides together, and sew down the 1.5″ side.

Cut two 2.5″x1.5″ rectangles from your (B) red orange fabric and two 2.5″x1.5″ rectangles from your (D) light orange fabric.

Cut in half on the diagonal, cut again in half on the diagonal, and set aside.

Cut a 2.5″x2.5″ square from your (A) red fabric.

Falling blocks quilt factory how to#

HOW TO MAKE: (assumes all fabrics have been pressed and starched)

fabric scraps in (A) red, (B) red orange, (C) orange, (D) light orange, (E) orange yellow, (F) light yellow, and (G) white.

chalk and graphite fabric pencil (I swear by this one!).

That resulted in these two lovely blocks, which we’ll be making today: I went back to my diagonal sketch, and made the changes you see in red. It measures 6″ tall finished, but (obviously) about three times that wide. I admit, I got carried as I continued to build mountains behind mountains! I love this version so much, though. My first try turned out great – but, way too wide. I wanted to set the block on the diagonal to take advantage of the natural movement that a diagonal quilt block provides trying to make all these as half square triangles at such a small size would be a bit too much of an undertaking, and would leave too much fabric on the backside when it came time to quilt. Below is my *very* unscientific design…I can assure you, my 8th grade math instructor would not be impressed. I thought it would be fun to share a bit of the design journey with you in making this block before we get into the block itself.

I wanted to capture the white mountaintops, with hints of snow…and then realized I had to scale it back to fit into a 6″圆″ block. I wanted to capture the warmth of the leaves, from the deep red leaves closest to the road to the lighter yellows higher up on the mountain. I wanted to capture the height of the rolling hills, as one mountain seems to meld into the second. It’s these warm memories that inspired my quilt block. This amazing image, from Mountaintop Lodge in the heart of the Poconos, brings back so many memories of those drives. The vibrant, crisp reds, oranges, and yellows of all the trees captivated my visual senses as we made the two hour journey over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house! The mountains are so beautiful, they’ve even been voted the fourth best destination for fall foliage in the USA. The fall, though…the fall was my favorite. During the winter, the sheer rocks shined bright black against the layer of ice that covered them as the mountains sat in a hushed layer of snow.

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I have so many memories of watching the seasons change on these gorgeous hillsides – in the spring at Easter, they were full of the brightest hues of new green and growth. It’s no wonder the state motto is “The Garden State”! Almost all our family lived in northeast Pennsylvania, and we drove multiple times each year to visit them, always through the breathtaking Pocono mountains. I grew up on the east coast of the United States in central New Jersey, a wonderfully green state where everyone, it seemed, had large back yards and the most amazing back yard gardens. If you’ve been here before, I warmly welcome you back. Welcome to week 12 at Faith and Fabric, the next stop on the Around the Block US Tour! If you’re new here, welcome! Faith and Fabric is a Christian quilt company specializing in Christian quilt patterns, fabrics, and sewing classes.