It’s November! Sorry I’m late this month… A lot going on. Not only is it November, it’s our last block! Can you believe it???? 

This month we are making a ‘V’ blocks. This is another block I kind of made up. I’m sure there’s a version out there with a name, but I don’t know what it is! 

We’re making 4 blocks total this month. You will need your background fabric and colors 4 and 5. 

Cutting: 

(2)  2 1/2” x 11” rectangles of Color 4.  

(6)  2 1/2” x 11” rectangles of Color 5.

(8)  5 1/4” x 6 ¼” rectangles of the background fabric.

Download the PDF here.

Step 1: Cut (4) rectangles of your background fabric diagonally from the top left to the bottom right.   

Step 2: Stack the color rectangle over the bottom left triangle. Then sew a ¼” seam. (This is a good spot to chain stitch again.)

Step 3: Open and iron with seam allowances open.

Step 4: Trim off the top little triangle to have a right angle at the top left corner. 

Step 5: Stack the top right rectangle over the color rectangle. Then sew a ¼” seam. (This is a good spot to chain stitch again.)

Step 6: Open and iron with seam allowances open.

Step 7: Trim your block to be a 4 ½” x 8 ½” block positioning the corners as shown below.

Step 8: Repeat steps 2 thru 7, three more times. You will end up with (4) 4 ½” x 8 ½” blocks with the diagonal line pointing from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. 

Step 9: Now we are going to start over and do everything in the opposite direction! Cut your remaining (4) rectangles of your background fabric diagonally from the top right to the bottom left.  

Step 10: Stack the color rectangle over the bottom left triangle. Then sew a ¼” seam. (This is a good spot to chain stitch again.)

Step 11: Open and iron with seam allowances open.

Step 12:  Trim off the top little triangle to have a right angle at the top left corner.  

Step 13: Stack the top right rectangle over the color rectangle. Then sew a ¼” seam. (This is a good spot to chain stitch again.)

Step 14: Again, open and iron with seam allowances open.

Step 15: Trim your block to be a 4 ½” x 8 ½” block positioning the corners as shown below.

Step 16: Repeat steps 10 thru 15, three more times. You will end up with (4) 4 ½” x 8 ½” blocks with the diagonal line pointing from the top right corner to the bottom left corner. 

Step 17: Now we’re going to combine the opposite half blocks into (4) full 8 ½” square blocks. Sew two of the half blocks together with a ¼” seam. Iron the seam allowances open. 

Step 18: Repeat Step 17 three more times to end with your four finished blocks! 

And that’s it! All of our blocks are done! Next month we’ll be putting them all together!