Churn Dash Quilt Block Instructions

Straighten the edge and cut the following.

Churn dash quilt block instructions.

Iron your fabrics nice and flat to remove any and all wrinkles. Assemble the churn dash. Measure the top and bottom and cut two border strips to that length and attach. Square up half square triangle blocks to 4 5 x 4 5.

Press the seam downward toward row 3. General instructions step 1. Step 8c stitch row 3 to row 2 in the same manner. Cut strip set into 4 squares 4 5 x 4 5.

Press the seam upward toward row 1. Churn dash quilt block tutorial step 1. Once the block is sewn together take it to the ironing board and give it a final press. Step 8b flip row 1 right side up.

Here s the backside of the churn dash quilt block pattern. For the strip pieced segments cut 25 2 1 2 strips of light fabric from selvage to selvage cut 25 2 1 2 strips of green fabric from selvage to selvage sew contrasting strips together in pairs to create strip sets as shown in step 2. One 5 strip for the half square triangle units two 2 1 2 strips for the rail fence units one 4 1 2 square from each fabric for the plain unit. The churn dash quilt which has several other names is a distinctly american quilt block with a long history that stretches back to pioneer days and wagon trains.

Cut two border strips to that size. Assemble each of the. Match up two sets of a background and contrast 5 x 5 fabric right sides together. Assemble the units half square triangle units hst we ll use the quick piece technique for making hsts.

Cut in half on diagonal line. 6 6 1 2 unfinished grid size. Measure the longest side. Attach to the long sides.

Sew the border strips together end to end as you did for the horizontal sashing. Dating back as early as the mid 1800s the churn dash block was created by women and girls traveling west and was inspired by everyday objects in their lives specifically the butter. Draw diagonal line and sew two 1 4 seams along each side. Sew two 2 5 strips together side by side.

Follow the diagram below to make four half square triangles.