Genesis of a Quilt: Making the Quilt Blocks

Here's the stack of all the different HSTs and 2.5" squares for the quilt.Each block takes 2 pairs of different matching HSTs and one 2.5" square, plus 2 other HSTs and one background 2.5" square.

Laying out a block starts with one of the single HSTs in the upper right corner/

Now I'm adding a single 2.5" square with 2 matching HSTs, plus the background 2.5" square.

Here's a complet block laid out and ready for stitching.  The lower right corner consists of a 2.5" block and 2 matching HSTs.  The lower left corner is one of the single HSTs.

At this point, after stitching blocks together, it's important to press the seams open.

Blocks are stitched together two at a time, then pressed open.  I keep them organized in the pattern (or maybe upside down) so that I don't stitch anything wrong.

This is a complete middle row of the block.  You can see the pressed seam on the right, and the soon to be pressed seam on the left. 

All pressed up and ready to go into the final block.

The rows are now stitched and pressed and ready to be assembled.

Here are all three rows ready to assemble.

The complete block from the back...

...and the front.

Another completed block, with different colors.

The quilt will be made of 80 of these blocks, plus some corner and edge blocks.