April 2022 NZP Block of the Month: Sawtooth Quilt Block

April 2022 NZP Block of the Month: Sawtooth Quilt Block

Bali Palettes Caribbean or Bali Palettes Rainbow

Announcing the NEW! 2022 Nancy Zieman Productions Free! Block of the Month Mystery Quilt Series! 

Our NEW! 2022 Nancy Zieman Productions Free! Block of the Month Mystery Quilt Series is a great way to finish a quilt in manageable monthly installments. One block at a time is an easy approach to creating a quilt. Plus our BoM22 is fat quarter friendly. Whether you’re a beginner quilter or seasoned quilter, our block of the month series is a great opportunity to get stitching in the new year. Team NZP is honored to continue Nancy Zieman’s Block of the Month program with our free monthly block sewing tutorials! We’ll be keeping the finished quilt design a mystery until later in December 2022! Hint: This year’s quilt is not a block sampler!

All blocks feature fabrics from the NEW! Bali Batik Palettes Fat Quarter Bundle Colorways, along with our Exclusive No-Hassle Triangles Ruler by Team NZP and Nancy’s No-Hassle Triangles Gauge by Clover. Follow along as we share step-by-step how to create the April, Sawtooth Quilt Block.

Starting February 19 and on the third Saturday of each month in 2022, we’re posting a new quilt block sewing tutorial made with our official BoM22 featured fabrics! This year, for the first time, you may choose from two different NEW! Bali Batik Palettes Fat Quarter Bundle Colorways by our friends at Benartex:

Choose Caribbean – Take a dive into the white sand beaches of the islands with the Bali Palettes Caribbean Palette Fat Quarter Pack. The versatile swirls, textures and dots in vibrant shades of aqua, lime and blue with a hint of lemon yellow will have you dreaming of a beach vacation.

2022 NZP Mystery Block of the Month

Basic Supplies for NEW! 2022 Nancy Zieman Productions Free! Block of the Month Mystery Quilt Series!

NOTE: You’re the designer, choose ONE NEW! Bali Palettes Fat Qtr. Pack, then choose coordinating Block Background Fabric, and Border and Binding Fabrics:

• One NEW! Bali Palettes Caribbean Fat Qtr. Pack or NEW! Bali Paletts Rainbow Fat Qtr. Pack.
• Exclusive No-Hassle Triangles Ruler by Team NZP
• No-Hassle Triangles Gauge by Nancy Zieman for Clover
• 3 yd. White Block Background Fabric, choose one: NEW! Day and Night Paisley White, or NEW! Day and Night Dot Waves White, or NEW! Day and Night Geo Bloom White Fabric by the Yard, or a coordinating light fabric from your stash.
• 1 yd. Border and Binding “Caribbean” Fabric, choose one: Bali Batik Mod Paisley Lime & Blue, or Bali Batik Floral Sprigs Turquoise Multi, or Bali Batik Agate Teal & Lime, or Bali Batik Bubbles Turquoise Multi Fabric by the Yard.
   Or 1 yd. Border and Binding “Rainbow” Fabric: Bali Batik Floral Sprigs Blue Multi, or Bali Batik Mod Paisley Green & Purple, or Bali Batik Mod Paisley Bright Multi, or Bali Batik Floral Sprigs Blue & Aqua.
• 3-1/2 yd. White Backing Fabric
• Queen Size Pellon Nature’s Touch 80/20 Cotton Quilt Batting
• Size 75 Schmetz Quilting Needles
• Clover’s Quilting Pins
• June Tailor’s Starch Savvy
• Tailor’s Clapper
• Frixion Marking Pen
• 45 mm Rotary Cutter and Cutting Mat
• 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot
• Optional: Clover’s Ultimate Quilt ‘N Stitch Presser Foot for quilting
• Optional: Clover’s Fine White Marking Pen
• Optional: Quilt Basting Spray
• Optional: Clover’s NEW! Wonder Pins
• Silk Finish Cotton Quilting Thread for piecing
• Iron

All blocks will feature fabrics from the NEW! Bali Batik Palettes Fat Quarter Bundle Colorways, along with our New! Exclusive No-Hassle Triangles Ruler by Team NZP and Nancy’s No-Hassle Triangles Gauge by Clover. Follow along as we share step-by-step how to create the February, Sawtooth Quilt Block.

April Sawtooth Quilt Block

Keep your fabric choices sorted using this handy Fabric Planner diagram. Download the planner, make notes, and/or pin cut block elements to the planner to remind you of the fabric placements.

2022 Block of the Month April: Sawtooth Quilt Block

Prepare your fabrics! Pre-shrink fabrics by steaming and pressing. Then, stabilize fabrics for the sewing process by pressing and starching fabrics with Quilter’s Starch Savvy.

February Sawtooth Quilt Block

This block is 12-1/2″ square; 12″ finished square.

Approx. Finished Quilt Size 59″ x 74″.

This month we’re featuring one block design. Follow along as we demonstrate how to create the April, Sawtooth Quilt Block.

We’re illustrating the Bali Palettes Caribbean Colorway! See below for Bali Palettes Rainbow Colorway.

NEW! Bali Palettes Caribbean Quilt Colorway

Cut Fabrics for Four April Sawtooth Quilt Blocks

Caribbean:

• Cut Sixteen 3-1/2″ squares from White Background Fabric, we’re illustrating Day and Night Dot Waves White Fabric.
• Cut Sixteen 3-7/8″ squares from White Background Fabric, we’re illustrating Day and Night Dot Waves White Fabric.
• Cut Eight 3-7/8″ squares from Bali Batik Bubbles Seabreeze and Sage Fabric.
• Cut Eight 3-7/8″ squares from Bali Batik Agate Teal and Lime Fabric.
• Cut Four 6-1/2″ squares from Bali Batik Agate Teal and Lime Fabric.

• Using the New! Exclusive No-Hassle Triangles Ruler by Team NZP, cut block squares above.

Construct Blocks

All seam allowances are scant 1/4″ unless otherwise stated.

Half-Square Triangles (HSTs)

• Create Eight 1/2-square triangle blocks from 3-7/8″ Day and Night Dot Waves and Bubbles Seabreeze and Sage squares.

• Create Eight 1/2-square triangle blocks from 3-7/8″ Day and Night Dot Waves and Agate Teal and Lime squares.

• Align 3-7/8″ squares from Day and Night Dot Waves and Bubbles Seabreeze and Sage, right sides together. Pin
• Align 3-7/8″ squares from Day and Night Dot Waves and Agate Teal and Lime, right sides together. Pin

• Mark blocks using a Clover’s No-Hassle Triangles Gauge, and Clover’s White Marking Pen or a Frixion Marking Pen.
• The left side of the Clover’s No-Hassle Triangles Gauge is designated to create 1/2-square triangle quilt blocks. Depress button on sliding portion of the gauge, and move to 3-7/8″ half-square triangle setting.

• With 3-7/8″ squares right sides together. Place Clover’s No-Hassle Triangles Gauge on block set, corner to corner. Match corner marks of gauge with corner of block sets. Mark fabric through center die cut openings on gauge, with Clover’s White Marking Pen or a Frixion Marking Pen.
• Repeat steps, marking all sixteen 3-7/8″ square block sets.
• NOTE: We are illustrating Day and Night Dot Waves White and Bubbles Seabrease and Sage!

Stitch Blocks

• Insert a new Size 75 Schmetz Quilting Needle and attach 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot to sewing machine.
• Align 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot along one side of center mark, stitch.
• “Kiss” the next block set to the stitched block and chain stitch (stitching continually) from one block to the next.

• Rotate blocks 180 degrees, stitch along the other side of center marked lines.

• Clip threads between chain stitched blocks.

• Cut blocks apart along center marked lines with a rotary cutter, ruler, and mat.

• Press seams flat.
• Open blocks and press seams open or press towards darker fabric – using a Tailor’s Clapper to set the seams.

• Repeat steps above and create Sixteen Half-Square Triangle Blocks from Day and Night Dot Waves White and Agate Teal and Lime.

Construct Block One

• Layout half-square triangle blocks, and solid 3-1/2″ corner blocks, and 6-1/2″ center block as show below. Rotate blocks as needed.

Join Squares

• Place blocks from top row right sides together, in pairs. Pin.
• Chain stitch from one block set to the next. Clip threads between.
• Press seams flat, then press open or to one side – using a Tailor’s Clapper to set the seams.
• Repeat steps above with bottom row.

• Place block sets from top row right sides together, in pairs. Pin.
• Chain stitch from one block set to the next. Clip threads between.
• Press seams flat, then press open or to one side – using a Tailor’s Clapper to set the seams.
• Repeat steps above with bottom row.

• Place middle blocks from right column and left column right sides together. Pin.
• Chain stitch from one block set to the next. Clip threads between.
• Press seams flat, then press open or to one side – using a Tailor’s Clapper to set the seams.

• Place middle block set from right column to center square right sides together. Pin.
• Stitch.
• Press seams flat, then press open or to one side – using a Tailor’s Clapper to set the seams.
• Repeat step above with middle block set from left column.

• Place top row to center row right sides together, in pairs. Pin.
• Stitch.
• Press seams flat, then press open or to one side – using a Tailor’s Clapper to set the seams.

• Repeat steps above stitching bottom row to center row.

• Repeat steps above and stitch FOUR April Sawtooth Blocks.
• The April Sawtooth Blocks are complete!

If you’ve selected the Rainbow Bali Batik Colorway, follow the fabric cutting tips below: 

NEW! Bali Paletts Rainbow Quilt Colorway

Cut Fabrics for Four April Sawtooth Quilt Blocks

Rainbow:

• Cut Sixteen 3-1/2″ squares from White Background Fabric, we’re illustrating Paisley White.
• Cut Sixteen 3-7/8″ squares from White Background Fabric, we’re illustrating Paisley White.
• Cut Eight 3-7/8″ squares from Bali Batik Floral Sprigs Blue Multi Fabric.
• Cut Eight 3-7/8″ squares from Bali Batik Gerber Aqua and Turquoise Fabric.
• Cut Four 6-1/2″ squares from Bali Batik Floral Sprigs Blue Multi Fabric.

If you’ve selected the Rainbow Bali Batik Colorway, you’ll create Sixteen Half-Square Triangle Blocks from Paisley White and Floral Sprigs Blue Multi and Sixteen Half-Square Triangle Blocks from Paisley White and Gerber Aqua and Turquoise.

• Follow steps above and stitch FOUR April Sawtooth Blocks.

• The April Sawtooth Quilt Blocks are complete!

Get Started on your BoM22, Today!

Find all the Supplies for NEW! 2022 Block of the Month Mystery Quilt Series at Nancy Zieman Productions at ShopNZP.com! You’re the designer, choose one colorway from the NEW! Bali Palettes Fat Quarter Pack options with coordinating Block Background Fabric, and Border and Binding Fabric by Benartex, above! Now in stock and ready for immediate shipping!