Treeline Border for Turtles Quilt

9 Replies

Help wanted! If you’re making trees please send them my way by January 20th, 2016. Thanks guys.

Here’s a little tutorial for the treeline border blocks my friends and I are making for the turtles quilt. This quilt has been a collaboration from the start so it makes sense for this last bit to be made by many artists as well. If you want to help out and make one, I’d love that! As you can see from the last photograph I’ll need a lot of them to make it all the way around.

You’ll need some medium/dark greens and light blues for this 8 x 11.5″ block. This can be as scrappy or not as you’d like it to be. Use one green and one blue or a bunch of ’em.

 Cut:
  • Four 4″ green squares
  • Four 4″ blue squares
  • One to four strips of blue 1.5″ wide which add up to 40″ in total length
 DSCN0007

Time to make some half-square triangles. Mark the diagonal line on each of the blue pieces. Sew them, right sides together, to the blue pieces on either side of the marked line. So, you’re going to get two half-square triangles out of each one. I like to chain-piece these, sewing 1/4 inch to the left of the marked line and then flip ’em to sew 1/4 inch to the right of it.

DSCN0008

Cut right down that marked line. Press ’em to the dark side and now you have 8 half-square triangles. Sew them into sets. You’re making a larger triangle shape with each one now. Press.

DSCN0009 Decide which piece will be the top of your pine tree. Set that one aside. Cut the other three by measuring 2.75″ from the bottom. Chop the tops off at that point and discard.

DSCN0010

Stack the pieces together and sew ’em up. Hello little tree! Border on all sides with the blue strips you cut and then trim the whole block down to 8 x 11.5 inches. This block is my own design. No need to worry about super-precise piecing on this one.

DSCN0011

DSCN0013 DSCN0015

9 thoughts on “Treeline Border for Turtles Quilt”

  1. Pingback: Day 15: Born a Girl | QUILTArtbymegan

  2. Pingback: Day 13: Aurifil and Rocket Ships | QUILTArtbymegan

  3. Pingback: Day 9: Repurposing Mom’s Tree Skirt | QUILTArtbymegan

  4. Pingback: Day 8: More Tree Blocks Please | QUILTArtbymegan

  5. Pingback: Day 7: Instagram #getyourquiltywishesgranted | QUILTArtbymegan

    1. quiltartbymegan Post author

      My 1/2 square triangles are 3.5″ square. If yours are a little off it’s okay ’cause with the blue borders the tree can be a little smaller or bigger and the block will still come out the right size.

      Reply ↓

What do you think? Tell me here!