Snowfall

Having lived all my life in either North Dakota or Minnesota, I have a fondness for snow -- with the exception of having to drive in it.  I even enjoy shoveling my driveway after a fresh snowfall.

In my Master's group in Tech Know Quilters, I used the December 2020 free fabric collection from EQ to design snow-like Dresden blocks.  First Snowfall by Hoffman, is a beautiful collection of whites, blues, greys and even pale greens.  Make sure to downlod the collection from the Do You EQ website.  The collection even includes some Ombre fabrics.

In this tutorial, I will share my approach for drafting the "snowfall" block.  You may find it useful to import the block image shown here for tracing.

Snowfall Block by Kari Schell

Since this block is comprised of squares, half square triangles and flying geese units, there are lots of possibilities for coloring the block.  Or for simplifying the block by deleting some extra lines.  I would love to see how you decide to make the block your own.

Piecing the Snowfall Block

,When piecing a block, I will frequently modify the cutting charts from EQ to use my favorite tools and rulers.  For this block, I will modify the cutting instructions to use both the Tucker Trimmer 1 and Wing Clipper from Studio 180 Design.  I love using over-sized piecing trim down techniques as it results in accurate pieced blocks.

​Here was my modified rotary cutting chart from the video.

Notes if using Specialty Rulers:

• If using Deb Tucker's Tucker Trimmer 1 for the half square triangle units, cut the square 2" x 2".  Trim the half square triangle units to 1-1/2" x 1-1/2".
• If using Deb Tucker's Wing Clipper 1 for the flying geese units, cut the large square 3-1/2" x 3-1/2".  Cut the corner triangle pieces 2" x 2".  Trim the completed unit to 2-1/2" x 1-1/2".

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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