Two Step: a strippy, stash-busting quilt block

The Choo Choo Quilters Cuddle Quilt block pattern for this month's guild meeting is the Two Step block... and it's a fast, easy stash buster. So, get your strips out!

September Cuddle Quilt block: Two Step in shades of blues and browns.

Fabric requirements and Color Palette
Medium grey 5" square (for upper left corner)
2.5" strips in turquoise, blue, navy, lime, orange, clay, brown, tan.

If using scraps, cut 2.5" x 5" strips and 2.5" x 9" strips.

September Two Step Block in shades of blues, browns.

Sew the 5" strips and the 9" strips into pairs. Chain piecing the strip pairs is easy and efficient! 

Sew a 5" strip set to a grey square. (You can also chain piece these units.)

Chain pieced strips and grey square ready for pressing.

NOTE: Keep in mind the placement of the grey square!

After a 5" strip set is sewn to a grey square, sew a 9" strip set to the right-hand side of this unit. Make sure the grey square is in the upper left. (See photo above.) The [unfinished] block should measure 9" square.

Squaring up the Two Step block.

These blocks take no time at all! Even if you start now, you can whip up a few before the October 21 guild meeting. Here is a video of the assembly process.

There are lots of layout possibilities with this quilt block.

Bring the completed blocks to the October guild meeting. You could win a prize!