A Quilter's Pantry Block for the Honey Pot Bee

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Put those novelty fabrics to use to make jars of yummy treats, sewing notions, or surprises that you would only find in a quilter’s pantry!

Fabric

For this block, you need:

- a fun novelty print to make your jar

- a light solid or tone on tone fabric for the background

- a dark solid or tone on tone fabric for the lid and the shelf

Cutting instructions

Novelty print: 

1 x 5 ½” by 6 ½” rectangle

Background fabric: 

2 x 1 ½” squares of background fabric

2 x 7 ¼” by 2 ½” strips of background fabric

1 x 2 ½” by 9 ½” strip of background fabric

Dark fabric:

1 x 5 ½” by 1 ¼” strip of dark fabric for the lid

1 x 2” by 9 ½” strip of dark fabric for the shelf

Assembly

Draw a line on the WRONG SIDE of the 1 ½ ” squares of background fabric.  Place the squares right sides together with two top corners of the novelty fabric rectangle and stitch on the line.  Trim away the excess fabric ¼” away from your stitching line and press the corners out.

Add the 5 ½” by 1 ¼” strip of dark grey fabric to the top of the block, and press.  Add a 7 ¼” by 2 ½” strip of background fabric to each side and press.  Add a 2 ½” by 9 ½” strip of background fabric to the top, and a 2” by 9 ½” strip of dark grey to the bottom.  Press for the final time.  The block should finish at 9 ½” by 10 ¾”.