DIY Tutorial: Stitch a Scrappy Sunflower Block for August

Stitch a Scrappy Sunflower Block for August 

What better way to beat the heat than by staying inside and sewing a scrappy sunflower block?

This block is made almost entirely with 1 1/2” cut strips and squares and has a 1 1/2” border.

Fields of sunflowers found in the late summer were the inspiration for this quick little scrappy patchwork block, but if you don’t have enough yellow or orange scraps, feel free to make your sunflower any color you choose!   

Collect some scraps that have sunny shades of yellow or orange, a few greens for the leaves and one square of brown for the center. Leftover strips from other projects are perfect for this block!

Materials needed: 

• From the brown, cut one square 2 1/2”
• From the green, cut eight squares 1 1/2”
• From the yellow or orange, cut four squares 1 1/2” and eight rectangles 1 1/2” x 2 1/2”
• From the background fabric, cut two strips 1 1/2” x 8 1/2”, two strips 1 1/2” x 6 1/2”, and 20 squares 1 1/2”

Step 1.

Layer each of the eight green squares with background square, right sides together. Using a ruler or straight edge, draw a diagonal pencil line from one corner to the opposite corner on the background square.

Step 2.

Layer a background square on top of each yellow rectangle, right sides together. Draw a diagonal pencil line from one corner to the opposite corner. Notice that four of the lines slant to the left, and four slant to the right. This is important! The sunflower will not be correct if all the lines slope the same direction.

Step 3.

Sew on the drawn lines on each square and each rectangle unit.

Step 4.

Using a ruler to find 1/4”, cut away the excess fabric from one side of each square. 

The squares will now look like this:

 

Step 5.

Using the ruler in the same way, trim away the excess fabric from the rectangle units as shown.

They will now look like this:

Step 6.

Press all of the squares open with the seam allowances facing toward the green.

Step 7.

Press the rectangle units open with the seam allowances facing the background.

Making the four patches

1. Arrange one yellow square, one background square and two green half square triangles as shown above. 

2. Sew the background square to the green half square triangle. Then sew the yellow square to the other half square triangle. Press the seams toward the squares.

3. Sew the two units together and press the seams open. Make four of these four patches.

Assembling the block

1. Lay out the block units at shown in the photo. 

2. Sew the rectangle units as shown and press the seams open.

3. Sew the block together like a nine patch. Sew the units into three rows. Press the seams on the middle row toward the brown square. Press the seams on the other two rows toward the four patches. 

4. Sew the rows together. Press the seams toward the middle row. Then sew the 6 1/2” strips to opposite sides of the block. Press toward the strips.

5. Sew the 8 1/2” strips to the remaining sides. Press toward the strips. 

Now admire your sweet scrappy sunflower block! It is 8 1/2” now and will be 8” once it is sewn into a quilt or project.  

If you enjoyed this scrappy block, check out these quick and easy scrappy block patterns for each month. Don’t forget to check back each month for another fun, free, scrappy block!


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