Flashback: Quick & Easy Holiday Project

As the video by Missouri Star Quilt Company points out, it is never too early to start planning for the holidays!  This quilt block is quick and easy and makes a wonderful holiday quilt, table runner, placemats, etc.  We shared this last year in our Block Lotto program, but love it so much that we are sharing it with everyone on our Blog page.

I noted down the fabric measurements for you here (all are in the video too)

• (4) 5 inch blocks for the present body.  They should all be the same fabric
• Cut 1.5 inch strips for the Ribbon.  Cut (2) 5 inch x 1.5 inch, and cut (1) 10.5 x 1.5 inch.
• For the Bow:  Cut (2) 2.5 inch squares in the ribbon fabric.  In the white background fabric Cut (1) 4.5 inch x 2.5 inch and  Cut (2) 3.5 inch x 2.5 inch.  This makes the bow and the top sashing in one step.
• For the sashing, use background fabric and cut (2) 12.25 inches x 2.5 inches.  Put sashing on the side and the bottom.  There will be sashing on 3 sides and the blocks can be sewn together with a final sashing at the end (see video)