5 easy steps to make paper pieced heart blocks | Amour Quilted Banner

Yesterday on QUILTsocial I showed you how to cut the FABRIC CREATIONS Fabric Bundle (5pcs) – Summertime Paris – 45 x 53cm (18in x 21in) fabrics into pieces and how to sew two different letter blocks for my Valentine’s wall banner.

Today I’m using more of those fabrics along with HeatnBond StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets – 20 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) to make paper pieced heart blocks.

StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets.

1 Download the image and test sizing.

I created a 6″ paper pieced heart block template for you to download. The link is here:

Amour Wall Hanging paper piecing template

Once you downloaded the pdf, print a test page on plain paper to make sure that the sizing is correct. The small test square should measure 1″ x 1″ when printed.

2 Print on paper piecing sheet.

Once the sizing is correct, I insert some pages of the HeatnBond StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets – 20 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) into my printer following the directions on the package. I’ll print three copies since I need three heart blocks for my quilted banner.

3 Place fabrics and sew.

The paper piecing diagram shows the order to sew the pieces. A1 is the first fabric to be laid down (right side up) on the top of the sheet. I’ll use CLOVER 2501 – Silk Pins (Boxed) – 36mm (1³⁄₈″) to pin it in place and make sure that it doesn’t shift. You want to make sure that you have enough fabric to cover all the area plus seam allowances. The pieces of Fabrics A – E that I cut yesterday will be wide enough, but longer than needed. Don’t worry, I’ll trim them off after sewing.

Now I’ll pick my second fabric and place it right side down on top of the first fabric. Here’s a video that shows the whole process.

4 Trim the outside edges of the block.

As I showed in the video, I trimmed the block so that it is 6½” square. This should be ¼” away from all the outside edges of the block.

5 Repeat.

Now that one block is stitched and trimmed, I’ll sew two more heart blocks following this same process. I’ll randomly place the different fat quarter fabrics to make each block, but you could make them all the same if you want to. Once they are all stitched and trimmed, I’ll sew them together to make the heart row and press the seams to one side.

The completed heart row.

Two rows for my wall banner are now finished, so tomorrow I’ll use HeatnBond EZ Print Feather Lite 10 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) to do my fusible applique design. I found the HeatnBond StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets – 20 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″)  very easy to use and the fact that you can print your design right on them instead of tracing the design by hand makes them even better! See you tomorrow for more tips.

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