Hi everyone! It’s Kim Lapacek of
Persimon Dreams here! I’m back with the fifth
Mystery ‘Block of the Month’ featuring DecoFoils! Can you believe almost half the blocks have already been revealed to you!?
I hope you decide to join in the fun! Each block will be whimsical and fun and a perfect way to use up your scraps. In the end you’ll have twelve 8-inch blocks that will make an adorable wall hanging OR you can use the blocks to make mini quilts, table runners and pillows! Feel free to copy the button above and add it to your blog to share with everyone the fun we’re going to have with this quilt along.
Okay – time to reveal the fifth block …
“Hearts of Foil Block”
Supplies:
-
“Hearts of Foil” template PDF
- Sky – 6.5″ x 8.5″ fabric
- Ground– 2.5″ x 8.5″ fabric
- Tree (brown scrap)
Directions:
Start by piecing the background of our block this morning. Take your 6.5″ x 8.5″ piece of sky fabric and sew it to the 2.5″ x 8.5″ piece of ground fabric.
Press towards the ground fabric.
Now – take the
templates you printed out after you downloaded it for free from
my Craftsy pattern page and trace the tree trunk to the
Heat n Bond® lite piece. Trim around the shapes but not too close to any lines.
Press the
Heat n Bond lite shape to the wrong side of fabric. Cut the shape on the lines you drew.
Peel the fusible paper off the fabric piece. Do this now so you don’t forget to do it before you do your final press.
Layout the trunk onto the pieced background where you think it will look nice with the hearts around it.
Trace the hearts onto the
iCraft® Deco Foil™ Hot Melt Adhesive.
Cut out the hearts. Lay the cut out hearts around the trunk to create the tree shape.
Take a
Pressing Sheet and lay it over the shapes. Press for 30 seconds. Let the
Deco Foil™ Hot Melt adhesive cool down. Seriously, let it cool down.
Let them cool down even more. And once it’s 100% cooled down, peel the paper off all of the hearts.
Lay a piece of
rainbow DecoFoil over all of the hearts. I really like the rainbow DecoFoil for this block because of all the different colors just one press will give you!
Take a
Pressing Sheet and lay it over the DecoFoil. Press for 30 seconds. Let it cool down.
Once it is completely, 100%, cooled down, peel the DecoFoil off the block. Voila! You now have beautiful “Hearts of Foil Tree” block.
The final step is to blanket stitch around the tree trunk to secure it into place.
Here are the five blocks -"
Wish Upon an Apple Tree", "
Jack-O-Foil", "
House of Foil" , "
Foil Covered Branches" and "Hearts of Foil" I have shared with you so far … still seven more to come!
I hope you’re having fun with these blocks! See you next month!
