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Pinwheel Corner Flying Geese Border Candy Stripe Border Candy Cane Lane
These are bare-bone directions, assuming that you know the basics in quiltmaking.
The trees are made using the Tri-Recs Ruler.
If you don’t have this tool, you can make your own template. Draw a triangle tree in
a 6”square and add a seam allowance to all edges. Remember, some of those
edges overlap in the diagram.
Choose five or six different green prints. You may use the same fabric twice if you wish..
- Cut three strips 1-3/4” wide by WOF”.
- Cut three strips 1-1/2” by WOF”.
- Arrange the strips in the order that you want them, alternating widths, and sew all together into a long
strata. Press well. It should be about 7” wide by 40” long. - Place the tree template on the green strata and cut around it. Turn it upside down and cut the next tree,
and so on. You will have a little wiggle room as far as positioning the template goes. Cut four tree shapes.
Reserve the rest for the border.
Fold a 6-1/2" strip of light gold background fabric (for the trees) right sides
together. This will give you mirror images of the pieces for each side of the tree.
Make four sets with the background template.
Sew the block together. It should measure 6-1/2” square when completed.
For the trunk, cut four pieces of brown fabric 1-1/2” x 2-1/2”.
Cut eight pieces of the gold background fabric 2-1/2” x 3".
Sew the gold to each side of the brown and press.
Sew each strip to the bottom of each tree.
Make four red and white HSTs that finish at 2 inches. DIRECTIONS for HSTs
I love using Triangles on a Roll whenever possible. Use your favorite method, or follow the link above.
Determine which version of the quilt you are making and you can
make all the HSTs at once.
Pinwheel Corners, make 20 HSTs
Flying Geese Border, make 44 HSTs
Candy Stripe Border, make 48 HSTs
Candy Cane Lane, make 52 HSTs
Use four to six different reds.
Cut 12 red 2-1/2” squares for the side strips.
Sew together three in each strip and sew an HST on the top, as shown.
Press the seams up toward the HST (toward the light fabric), for ease in
construction.
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