April Showers bring May flowers and Half Square Triangles!! Hopefully it will be another quick month for everyone with their blocks. 

We’re going to make (3) different block types using half square triangles (HST), background squares and our three leftover flying geese from last month. 

Block 1: 

Block 2: 

And Block 3: 

This month you will need your background fabric and Colors 1, 2, 3, and 5

Cutting: 

Background squares: 

(5) 4 ½” squares of the background fabric

For the HSTs: 

(1)  5” square of Color 1.  

(3)  5” square of Color 2. 

(1)  5” square of Color 3.  

(4)  5” square of Color 5.  

(9)  5” Squares of the background fabric

You download the instructions here. 

Step 1: Stack your 5” squares, (1) Color piece and (1) Background piece, right sides together.  

Step 2: Use a pen or chalk pencil to draw a line from corner to corner as a guide for your stitching. Then sew a ¼” seam on each side of your line. (This is a good spot to chain stitch again with the two squares)

Step 3: Cut along the line you drew in the previous step.

Step 4: Open the triangles and iron with seam allowances open. Do this for both halves.

Step 5: Trim all the blocks to 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares. 

Step 6: Now we will start putting the blocks together starting with Block 1. There are (3) Block 1s to make using Colors 2 and 5, (1) in Color 2 and (2) in Color 5. 

Sew together (2) HSTs with both HSTs oriented in the same direction as shown below. 

Step 7: Sew together (1) HST and (1) of the background squares oriented as shown below. 

Step 8: Sew the two pieces from Steps 6 and 7 together. Repeat for the three blocks. 

Step 9: Now we will move to piecing Block 2. There is only (1) Block 2 in Color 5. 

Sew together (1) HST and (1) of the background squares oriented as shown below. Do this twice. 

 

Step 10: Sew the two pieces from Step 9 together with the triangle points touching as shown below. 

Step 11: Now we will move to piecing Block 3. This Block finishes the unfinished flying geese blocks from last month. There are three of these blocks in Colors 1, 2 and 3. 

Sew together (2) HSTs with both HSTs oriented in the same direction as shown below. Repeat for each of the (3) colors. 

Step 12: Sew the piece from Step 11 and the flying geese block from last month together as shown below. Repeat for each of the (3) colors. 

And with that, we’re done! Another month of blocks complete!