Are you ready for another Take Ten block? March has buzzed in with Bumble, our newest block in the collection!
This block is one of my favorites (despite all the HSTs I designed into this, what was I thinking?! Uh, apologizing to myself in advance because next month is even worse… but also amazing) because of how it all comes together in a full quilt. The block design itself is reminiscent of our favorite fluffy pollinators, a bumblebee! Or, rather, any small flying insect with a big belly- but I couldn’t resist naming this block Bumble in reference to the bee.
The Bumble block is an 8″ finished block. This means a full quilt made with the entire 10″ stack will result in a 48″ x 56″ quilt.
My quilt this month features Flower Garden by Echo Park Paper Co. for Riley Blake Designs. It’s a line from nearly a year ago that I brought over with me from the United States, so I feel really great about using it up on a worthy project like this!
For Bumble, you’ll need the 10″ stacker as well as 2 3/4 yards of background fabric. I’m using a navy percale I found at a Paris fabric shop- its weave is super tight so it’s actually been tricky getting used to sewing with it, but the contrast of a dark background with the light, cheery florals is worth it (finding good background fabric is actually tricky out here, and having people bring multiple yards of fabric from the states when they visit is a big ask so if I can find fabric here I’ll use it, even if it is a little trickier).
Full pattern is found near the end of the post!
From each 10″ square, you’ll need (10) 2.5″ squares, as well as (1) 4.5″ x 4.5″ square. Save the extra for a scrap project!
Sew 2.5″ squares to opposite corners of the 4.5″ square, and sew the remaining 2.5″ print squares into HSTs. There will be leftover background squares for the next steps.
Sew two sets of HST units- one with background pointing to the bottom right, and the other pointing to the bottom left.
Sew the bottom right-facing units to the sides of the 4.5″ square, and then sew the remaining HST and background square to either side of the left-facing HST units.
Sew the final rows together, and voila! The Bumble block. Now it’s your turn- grab the pattern here!
Check out these mockups of the Bumble quilt in different fabric lines:
And another quilt, also with a dark background:
I hope you give this Bumble block a try!
Happy Quilting 🙂
Such a nice pattern and tutorial! Thank you for sharing it!
The secondary designs in this quilt are stunning! Thank you for sharing this awesome pattern!
Thank you!