It's mid-October, and fall has definitely arrived! The leaves are starting to turn here, and we are starting to see more rain. Still, the sunny days are absolutely perfect and I treasure each one! For this month's block, the Maple Leaf is the obvious choice! And it's a nice easy one. Nothing too difficult, just a few half square triangles and a simple sew and flip to make the stem of the leaf.
If you are using the same fabric for all of this row, you will need 3/8 yard of dark and 1/4 yard of background. I am using different browns for my leaves, and a nice background with subtle leaves on it. I think it will shine in this block!
The cutting goes quickly with just a dark and a background to deal with!
Start out by making the stem units. Layer the small background squares on one of the dark squares. Sew the diagonal line, then trim 1/4 inch from the seam allowance and press the background out to the corner of the block. Repeat on the other side and you will have a 2 1/2 inch stem.
Now you can sew your half square triangle units. As always, you can use your favorite option for making these, as long as you end up with a 2 1/2 inch unit.
Lay out and assemble in the typical fashion.
And here is the first finished block for my row! I'm excited to see what other fabrics I can chose to complete it. It's been fun using up my scraps. Actually, I should just say using as I am nowhere close to using them all up!
Enjoy!
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