Australian Homespun - June 2018

PIE BLOCKS

1

To make a pie block, choose two

print fabrics from your assortment

• one for the pie dish and the other for
  the pie crust. You will also need the
  taupe print fabric for the background.

2

From the print fabric for the pie

dish, cut:

• Six rectangles, 1^11 ⁄ 2 x 2in.

3

From the print fabric for the pie

crust, cut:

• 10 squares, 1in


• One rectangle, 2 x 6^1 ⁄ 2 in.

4

From the taupe print fabric, cut:

• Four squares, 2in.

5

Draw a diagonal line on the wrong

side of all the 1in squares of pie crust

fabric. Match one of these squares, right

sides together, on each of two 1^1 ⁄ 2 x 2in

rectangles of dish fabric, as shown in

Diagram 1. Sew on the lines, trim the

corners^1 ⁄ 4 in outside the stitching, turn

the triangles over and press.

6

With the remaining four pie dish

rectangles, repeat Step 5, then

sew, trim and press a second 1in

square on the other top corner, as

shown in Diagram 2.

7

Sew all the shapes from Steps 5

and 6 together, side by side with

the Step 5 units at each end. Then

join the 2 x 6^1 ⁄ 2 in rectangle of pie

crust fabric to the top edge of this

unit, as shown in Diagram 3.

8

Draw a diagonal line on the wrong

side of all of the 2in squares of

taupe print fabric. Match these

squares with the four corners of your

pie unit, as shown in the Pie Block

Layout Diagram. Sew on the lines,

trim the corners, and press. Your Pie

Block should measure 3^1 ⁄ 2 x6^1 ⁄ 2 in from

raw edge to raw edge.

9

Repeat Steps 1-8 to make a total

of six Pie blocks for Border 4.

Stephanie made two blocks from

each of three different pie dish

fabrics. She used the same white

print fabric for all the pie crusts.

Pie block (photo shows the pie on the stove with white, not taupe, background – Step 27)

Diagram 1 Diagram 2

Diagram 3

Pot holder block

Pie Block Layout Diagram