Scrappy Pine Forest Block - Tutorial

As part of the Faith Circle of do. Good Stitches I choose the design for our quilt two times each year. Most of the time I lean toward a scrappy type of block because scrap quilts just speak to my heart. This month is no different. I have asked the Faith Circle ladies to each make (2) Scrappy Pine Forest blocks.

My girl, Shiloh, looking over the Pine Forest blocks.

Here is a quick tutorial for how to make the pine tree part of the blocks. Start by pulling a scrap of green to blue/green fabric and cut it into a triangle.

Cut fabric scrap into a triangle

Sew the tree fabric onto a piece of background fabric.

Tree fabric sewn onto a piece of background fabric

Flip the fabric over and press the seam toward the tree to make it stand out a bit.





Sew fabric to the opposite side of the tree. When pressing turn the seam allowance toward the tree.

Sew fabric to the opposite side of the tree

Trim up the side fabrics so the unit has a rectangular shape.

Trim into a rectangle

Make a tree trunk. I cut the brown fabric 1" wide.

Trunk unit - brown fabric was cut to 1" wide before sewing

Finally - sew the trunk unit onto the tree unit and trim to a rectangular shape.





Use low volume fabrics (prints and solids) to finish making the blocks into a 12.5" square. Blocks can be made with as few as one tree, or as many as you'd like to include. Here are two samples I made up.







Hope you enjoy making Scrappy Pine Forest Blocks!