Piecing Leah’s Carolina Lily – Mini Block Monday #12

I’ve always loved Carolina Lily quilt blocks, but making it mini was a bit tricky! I decided to simplify the pattern to work with Half Square Triangles and named it Leah’s Carolina Lily because this is my twist on this traditional block. Learn how to piece it in this quilting tutorial:

Do you know what helps me the most? Sharing the video! Please share this video with your quilting friends, or even consider including the photos in your guild newsletter. I would LOVE that!

Looking for a pattern for Leah’s Carolina Lily quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with these Mini Block Monday videos and including all the information in the video itself. Just hit “pause” when you need to and write down the pieces to cut.

Is that just not your thing? Here’s a snapshot of the patchwork pieces to get you started:

Carolina Lily Quilt Pattern Pieces

Leah’s Carolina Lily Piecing Instructions

You’re going to make a lot of Half Square Triangles for this Carolina Lily quilt block. Click Here to find a more detailed tutorial on piecing half square triangles.

The bigger half square triangle will be trimmed to measure 2 inches square. The smaller ones should measure 1-inch square.

And here’s what it looks like when you finish piecing this mini quilt block!

Leah's Carolina Lily Quilt Block Tutorial

Piecing is only the first step to Leah’s Carolina Lily. You’ll also need a bit of embroidery floss and a needle to stitch the flower stems in place. Make sure to watch the video to see how I stitched this design.

I loved this Carolina Lily blocks so much I made two to create my Mini Easter Basket! Click Here to find this new pattern.

Easter Basket Quilt Pattern

Learn more about the sewing machine I’m using – the Eversewn Sparrow 20.

Click Here to find a tutorial with my 5 key tips to piecing precisely.

Now if you really want to geek out on quilt piecing, check out my book How to Piece Perfect Quilts to learn the WHAT, WHY and HOW behind everything I do.

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

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LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

4 Responses

  1. Melissa Latter says:

    Love this one

  2. Deanna says:

    Leah how can I make the Carolina Lily for a queen size quilt

    • LeahDay says:

      I’m sorry, but increasing the size or making bigger quilt projects is beyond the scope of Mini Block Monday. My best advice when it comes to quilt design is to start with graph paper and work from the finished size of the quilt down to the blocks.

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