This is the block for Week Two of the Jolly Tree Farm Mystery quilt offered by the Fat Quarter Shop. It is made from the Poinsettia and Pear line by Sherri and Chelsi. I set myself a personal challenge to have the houndstooth background all face the same way. The instructions do not go to that level of detail so I carefully figured out myself how to orient the pieces for cutting.
I start out as I always do, cutting out my pieces and labeling them with my Alphabitties and Clover Wonder Clips on my melamine tray.
The first section to sew up is the sawtooth star. The lower and upper houndstooth rectangles were cut horizontally while the side houndstooth rectangles needed to be cut vertically. When I positioning the corners on the houndstooth rectangles I double checked before flipping to be sure the houndstooth print was not "upside down". When assembling the star from the flying geese components, I checked and double checked the orientation on them as well at this step. My paying extra attention paid off. All houndstooth print pieces faced the same way.
On the tree section, the rectangular background pieces needed careful thought before cutting to determine if the rectangles need to be horizontal or vertical in order to orient the houndstooth consistently. Rectangles on either side of the tree boughs needed to be cut vertical. Rectangles on either side of the tree stump needed to be cut horizontal. It was not rocket science — just took a bit of time to pause and think.
The tree bough section yielded me six bonus HSTs. I'd make up four into a pinwheel and save the other two to perhaps use with the scraps from another week. Note the houndstooth print spins within the pinwheel.
Here is my completed Fir-Ever block and bonus pinwheels. Personal note of pride: the houndstooth fabric is all oriented the same way. I hope I can keep this up for week three and week four.
Week Two's unfinished size is 8½” x 11½”. It is not very big, but the cuteness is densely packed in. Week One's unfinished size had been 11½” x 18 ½”, the same height but wider. Here is a running list of blog posts thus far for this wall hanging.
Jolly Tree Farm Week One: Spruced Up 8/31/26
Jolly Tree Farm Week Two: Rejoice Fir-ever (this post 9/14/26)
