Welcome back to the Rainbow Quilt Block of the Month designed by Janome Maker Carolina Oneto!This month you will make Block Six. The Diamond Block, is a block that is perfect for practicing your half square triangle skills!  Get ready to have fun! 

Remember that all the blocks will have a finished size of 12” and the unfinished size will be 12 1/2”. All seams are ¼”.  Please read through all of the instructions prior to starting this block. Carolina sews on the Janome 1600P-QC that makes piecing and quilting effortless with an extra-wide work area, side loading bobbin for easy access, and an automatic thread cutter! 

Fabrics:

White background

Three 5 3/4” squares

Two 4” square

Pink

One 5 3/4” square

One 4” square

Dark pink

One 5 3/4” square

One 4” square

Orange

One 5 3/4” square

INSTRUCTIONS for making HST four at a time:

• Make four half-square triangles.
• Place a white and colored fabric square (5 3/4”) right sides together.
• Sew a 1/4″ seam allowance all around the perimeter of the square.
• Make two diagonal cuts and press each piece open to one side.
• Trim away the dog ears using a square quilting ruler, you will obtain 4 HST 3,5”

Instructions for making HST two at a time

Do this process with the 2 white squares of 4” and the two squares of the same size in pink and dark pink. You will assemble 8 half-square triangles that you must square up to the size of 3.5".

PINK

DARK PINK

ORANGE

FINAL ASSEMBLY

• Arrange your blocks in correct layout
• Using a quarter-inch seam allowance, sew together in rows. Join all rows, using a ¼” inch seam allowance.
• Press your completed block and trim down to 12.5″ square (if necessary).

You can find the past blocks by visiting:

Block One     HERE

Block Two     HERE

Block Three  HERE

Block Four    HERE

Block Five     HERE

After you make your block, we’d love to see them!

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