Scrappy Heart Quilt Block Pattern

Heart Quilt Blocks

The Heart Quilt block comes with a free printable pattern / template and includes two different sized heart blocks. A small and large size heart so you can easily vary the look of your projects.

The heart quilt mock up below is put together with 10 small hearts, 10 large hearts, 2.5 inch white sashing and a 4 inch white border. Makes about a 60.5 by 74 inch quilt.

Or how about a table runner? The table runner mock up is made with all small hearts and would be about 46 inches by 11.5 inches.

And let me tell you, since my missy won’t wear pink dresses anymore, I have enough pink fabric in my stash to make all these quilts!

In fact, a few of the fabrics I used in today’s project, were also used in my Ombre Herringbone Quilt Pattern.

I am making pillows with today’s two blocks. I will sash the heart with white fabric and finish the edge with bias tape from the striped fabric. I’m not sure about the smaller heart. I might add some patchwork or possibly solid sashing and coordinating back.

We’ll see.

There are just so many things that can be done with this heart quilt block tutorial.

I just love the pink patchwork!

Skill Level: Beginner friendly

Time Needed: About an hour

Block Details: Unfinished, the block is 12 inches. Finished into a pillow, quilt, etc, the block will be 11.5 inches square.

For this tutorial, I will refer to the scrap colors as “red” and “other”.

Step 1: Cut your squares

For the small heart block, you need:

• 4 – 3 inch red squares
• 4 – 3 inch other squares
• 6 – 2.5 inch red squares
• 22 – 2.5 inch other squares

For the large heart block, you need:

• 5 – 3 inch red squares
• 5 – 3 inch other squares
• 20 – 2.5 inch red squares
• 6 – 2.5 inch other squares

Step 2: Make the half square triangles.

1. Line up one red and one other 3 inch square. Draw a line from corner. Sew a quarter inch seam allowance on each side of the line you drew.

2. Cut the triangles in half along the line.

3. Press the half square triangles open seam towards the colored side.

4. Trim off the corners and square square them up with a ruler. (Should be 2.5 inches.) I absolutely adore using the June Tailor Perfect Half Square Triangle Ruler for this. It’s so easy to use and turns a potentially wonky square into a perfect half square triangle block.

Step 3: Line up your squares.

Line up and arrange your red and white squares according to the Scrappy Heart Quilt Block pattern. Take this time to move around any of the squares for the best “flow.”

Step 4. Sew pieces together.

Starting with the top row, sew the squares together. Repeat for the next 5 rows.

Step 5: Sew rows together.

Sew the rows together, taking care to line up the squares as much as possible. I like to put a pin in the middle to start, then adjust as needed to get the farthest left and farthest right square to line up. Nesting the seams really helps line up squares that might be just a tiny bit off.

Give the Heart Block a good press and you are done! Unfinished, the block is 12 inches. Finished into a pillow, quilt, etc, the block will be 11.5 inches square.