Birthday Quilt 2024 - Block 46

May your bobbin always be full and your scrap basket overflowing.

Welcome back to our Quilt Along in celebration of my birthday this year.

We are posting here on our blog every week with 1 new 6" finished quilt block design!

I am sew thankful to all of you that want to join me on this Birthday Quilt Along.

If you haven't gotten your supplies yet, don't worry, you have plenty of time to jump in!

You can start making this quilt with the recommended bundles below or using scraps from your stash. A Fat Quarter Bundle and Fat Eighth Bundle are great starting points.

This would be a perfect time to pull fabrics from your stash and mix and match with our bundles to make this quilt your very own. Another great option, is your beautiful fabrics from our Laundry Basket Quilts Fabric Club stash!

I will be making my blocks using a Cocoa Blue Fat Quarter Bundle and the Birthday Bundle 2024 to create this Birthday quilt! There may be some sprinkles of a few favorites from my blue collections.

This project is available for anyone to join in! It will be 55 blocks in 52 weeks. Every Tuesday we will be making a new block(s), so don't forget to Sign Up for our Newsletters and visit our blog each week to quilt along!

At the end of the year I will be providing a variety of layouts for your beautiful 6" blocks.

Let's get started with our next block!

Birthday Quilt Fabric Requirements

Blocks: Cocoa Blue Fat Quarter Bundle

Background: 2½ yards Border: 2 yards

Binding: 1 yard

I'm sew excited to begin - let's jump right in!

Note from Edyta: All pictures below show finished size images.

Please make sure you have 1/4" around all your units and blocks. Do not trim your points.

Birthday Block 46

Block Cutting

8-medium HSTs cut from 4 squares 1⅞"

8-dark HSTs cut from 4 squares 1⅞"

4-light HSTs cut from 2 squares 2⅞"

4-dark HSTs cut from 2 squares 2¼"

1-light square 2½"

16-light HSTs cut from 8 squares 1⅞"

4-light squares 1½"

To make Square in a Square, start with 4 dark 2¼" HSTs and 1 light 2½" square.

Combine HSTs with light square.

For tips on this unit, watch our fun tutorial video on YouTube.

Note from Edyta: For this project, I'm going to try something different

and press all my seams open if I can.

Sew together and press. Make 1.

Square in a Square Unit size: 3⅜" x 3⅜" unfinished

Next, arrange 4 light 2⅞" HSTs with your Square in a Square unit.

Combine HSTs with Square in a Square.

Sew together and press. Make 1.

Double Square in a Square Unit size: 4½" x 4½" unfinished

To make HST Units, combine 1 medium and 1 light 1⅞" HST.

Repeat for 1 dark and 1 light 1⅞" HST.

Sew HSTs together and press.

Make 8 of each (8 medium/light HST units and 8 dark/light HST units).

HST Unit size: 1½" x 1½" unfinished

Next, using 2 medium/light and 2 dark/light HST, arrange units as shown above.

Sew into pairs.

Sew pairs together and press. Make 4.

Side Unit size: 1½" x 4½" unfinished

Arrange 4 Side Units and 4 light 1½" squares around

the center Double Square in a Square Unit as shown above.

Sew into rows. Sew rows together.

Finished Block Size: 6" x 6"

Press your block and enjoy!

Unfinished Block Size: 6½" x 6½"

Make 1

Join us here every Tuesday for our next Birthday Block!

Download this week's Blog here.

Feeling the lights and blues?

Grab one of the beautiful Fabric Kits and swim in a sea of fun fabrics today!

Moonstone Cocoa Blue Fabric Kit

True North Beach House Fabric Kit

Sew and share your progress with us on social media by using #55birthdayblocks 

Happy Quilting, Edyta