Skill Level
CONFIDENT BEGINNER

Finished Block Size
12″ x 12″

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Click here to see this block in the Heart of The Home table runner quilt pattern.

Cutting Instructions
(cut in order listed)

Cream print
   1 square 3½˝ x 3½˝
   4 squares 2˝ x 2˝
Red print
   1 rectangle 3½˝ x 5˝
   5 squares 2˝ x 2˝
Green/red floral
   1 rectangle 3½˝ x 5˝
   4 squares 2˝ x 2˝

Peicing the Block

1. Draw diagonal line on wrong side of cream print 2˝ square. Referring to Diagram I-A, place marked square on red print 3½˝ x 5˝ rectangle, right sides together, aligning raw edges. Stitch on drawn line; trim away and discard excess fabric. Open and press. Repeat on opposite end of rectangle to make red pieced rectangle. Make 1.
   

   

   In similar manner, make floral pieced rectangle using green floral 3½˝ x 5˝ rectangle and 2 cream 2˝ squares (Diagram I-B). Make 1.



2. Stitch 5 red print and 4 green floral 2˝ squares together as shown to make ninepatch (Diagram II).



3. Referring to Diagram III , sew 2 rows using floral pieced rectangle, cream 3½˝ square, nine-patch, and red pieced rectable. Stitch rows together to make Nine-Patch Heart Block.



The Heart of the Home table runner (24¼″ x 53″) is patterned in the January/February 2013 issue of McCall's Quilting.



 

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