January’s block – Tic Tac Toe – is a quick and easy block using two prints to create an intersecting naughts and crosses quilt.
Whether you choose to use two contrasting colours or maybe two shades of one colour – light and dark blue perhaps – this is a quilt that will come together quickly to create a fun effect!
What you need
4 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ print A (orange)
1 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ print B (pink)
12 – 2.5″ x 2.5″ print B
4 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ background (white)
Use a 1/4″ seam and press seams as directed. Block measures 12.5″ x 12.5″.
Step 1. Draw a line diagonally across the back of each 2.5″ print B square.
Step 2. Place one 2.5″ square in the corner of a print A square and sew along the line. Trim off the corners 1/4″ away from the seam, open and press towards print A. Repeat for all print A squares.
Step 3. Repeat the process from step 2 for the background squares and remaining 2.5″ print B squares for two adjacent corners, pressing seams towards print B.
Step 4. Arrange all your units and the 4.5″ print B square and sew into rows, pressing seams away from the background squares. Sew the rows together and press seams toward the centre row.
You can find all the block tutorials on the original The Bee Hive post. If you’re sharing your blocks or quilts from The Bee Hive on social media, be sure to use #thebeehivequilts and @blossomheartquilts so we can find your awesome work!
If you are in a swarm for The Bee Hive, please see the quilting bee etiquette post for answers to any questions you may have. If it’s Tic Tac Toe specific regarding the block construction, please ask in the comments on this post and I will answer it here so that everyone can benefit from the question/answer.
Ilse says
Hi
Love the block so I am going to try and do yours over the 12 months.
I was just wondering is there a pdf file anywhere so I can print them off
Thanks for the free blocks
Ilse
Alyce says
Hi Ilse,
There are no PDFs for the patterns, but you can print the webpage from your browser, or copy & paste it into a Word document and print like that too.
Cate Boeth says
Hi, I am in Briawna’s swarm. Now that the tutorial’s here, I should be hearing from my queen bee for this month with the directions for fabric choices for their tic tac toe block, right? So far I haven’t. Is there a separate place we go?
Also, I am supposed to “pick my block,” but I am April’s queen bee so wouldn’t that automatically mean “pinwheel”? I can only see the blocks from Jan to April in terms of images. Any guidance there would be appreciated! Cate Boeth
Alyce says
Hi Cate,
The first queen bee has a couple more weeks to choose still, as she may choose to do the next block tutorial in January! And just because you are in April, it does not mean you have to do April’s block. It just means you can only choose from all of the blocks released so far. So if you wanted to do this one, you could.
Any further bee/Briawna-swarm questions, please email Briawna directly as she knows better what’s happening for your group 🙂
Ashley says
Thank you for sharing this tutorial! I’m not in the swap but I love the way the assembled quilt mock-up looks!! 🙂