And we’re back for the latest quilt block in the 2024 Little Forest BOM! You’ve been making amazing progress with your quilts and this month you’ll be focusing on stitching up the Twin Peaks quilt block.
Bravo for tackling your Fraser Fir quilt blocks. I loved seeing all those fir trees pop up in my feed! And I’m thrilled that you rose to the FPP challenge 😊
So far in this modern skill builder, you’ve been small piecing, snowballing, FPPing, sewing curves, and needle turn appliquéing like a champ. Just look at all the techniques you’ve covered already:
- The importance of tracking your progress through the Little Forest BOM Journal.
- Small piecing in the Bonsai Quilt Block, which will set the foundation of your quilting skills.
- How to stitch and flip (aka snowballing) in the Stacked Pine Quilt Block, which is an introduction to piecing on the bias!
- How to achieve nice crisp points with Foundation Paper Piecing and how to piece curves in the Cherry Tree block.
- How to layer motifs with needle turn appliqué in the Little Forest block.
- Small piecing and FPP without as much wiggle room in the Lodgepole block.
- How to piece oval curves in the Poplar block.
- How to strip piece in the Striped Pine block.
- Working with multiple FPP templates at the same time in the Fraser Fir quilt block.
This month sees you tackling a new quilting technique that you’ve yet to see in the Little Forest BOM. Read on to find out which one!
The Little Forest BOM Quilt Pattern is available for instant download!
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Story Behind the Twin Peaks Quilt Block
So many of the trees in the Little Forest quilt are inspired by trees that I’ve actually seen – ha! But with the Twin Peaks block, my focus was coming up with a creative solution to incorporate a new quilting technique for you. That’s when I thought about the half-square triangle trusty cousin the half-rectangle triangle. These cuties are super fun to make but can be a liiiiiittle confusing on how to trim them up.
With this being a skill builder, I figured this was the perfect opportunity to all the techniques to inform the design to create the Twin Peaks block.
Quilting Technique Featured
As I mentioned already, you’ll be diving in and stitching up a couple of half-rectangle triangles, or HRTs as we like to call them in the quilting world.
You might initially think “Oh, I know how to stitch HSTs, I’ve got this!”. That was my initial thought too until I started stitching them up – ha!
Materials & Notions
Here’s what you’ll need to have on hand to stitch up the Twin Peaks quilt block:
- Twin Peaks quilt block pattern – part of the Little Forest BOM pattern
- Fabrics in colours:
- Piecing thread
- Sewing machine
- Cutting mat
- Rotary cutter with these blades
- Ruler – long
- Ruler – short
- Small scissors
- Pin cushion
- Pins
- Iron
- Wool pressing mat – Use code SHANNONFRASER15 to save 15% on your wool pressing mat(s) at The Felt Store Canada or The Felt Store USA. Offer cannot be combined with other discounts.
- Spray bottle
- Erasable marking tool
- Washi Tape
To make the same version as me you can find the exact kit featuring the same AGF Signature Pure Solids in this quilt kit from Sew Curated.
Top Tips
Learning how to trim your half-rectangle triangles can take a minute to wrap your head around.
Refer to the step graphics in your Little Forest Quilt pattern as that gives you a good overhead view of how to place your ruler.
There’s also this step-by-step tutorial that walks you through the process in case you need additional photos to help situate you!
Caution
I encourage you not to skip the washi tape!
This is such a simple step but makes a huge difference in helping you visualize the final size. It’s so easy to trim your HRTs incorrectly as we tend to look for that ¼” SA at the corners.
September Little Forest BOM Giveaway
Is it just me, or do you consider September to be the start of the new year too?! I always get excited for restocks on my favourite items so I thought you might like the chance to win your own Swatch Set of Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solids from Lisa at Sew Curated! They make it so easy to plan all your quilt colourways!
To enter the giveaway, you must:
- Be following @sewcurated and @shannonfraserdesigns on Instagram.
- Post a photo on Instagram of your Twin Peaks block between September 15, 2024, and October 14, 2024, at 11:59 pm Eastern.
- Instagram account must be public.
- Tag @sewcurated and @shannonfraserdesigns
- Include the hashtags #LittleForestBOM #LittleForestQuilt
This month’s giveaway is open internationally.
The winner is to be announced in the October 15, 2024, Little Forest BOM Newsletter!
It’s a quick one this month 😊 Enjoy diving into the world of half-rectangle triangles! I look forward to seeing yours pop up on the ‘gram or in our Facebook group.
If you haven’t already, be sure to get your Little Forest BOM Quilt Pattern and sign up for the Little Forest BOM Newsletter so you don’t miss any of the quilt-along details 😊
Don’t forget to check in with your journal. It will feel good to track how you feel and you’ll love being able to look back and see how you felt along the way.
Happy stitching!
xo
Shannon
PS Don’t forget to share your Twin Peaks quilt block on the ‘gram to be entered into the giveaway!
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