Cozy Home Bunting
- Abby Luchsinger
- 5 days ago
- 6 min read
Autumn is just around the corner, which means all the pretty winter fabric collections are arriving at your favorite quilt shops. It's a great time to start thinking about what to make with those fun new prints coming out and it just so happens that I've got the perfect project to show them off.
The Cozy Home Quilt Block is a sweet little design that I keep coming back to year after year. I've made it as a stand-alone block and into darling little ornaments, but this year I decided to make it into something that could keep my home cozy all winter long - the sweetest little bunting for my mantle. And what could be a better fit for a little winter bunting than the new Frost & Fir collection from Art Gallery Fabrics designed by yours truly and my fellow Sewcial Bee Collective designers!
Ready to make your own Cozy Home Bunting? Let's do it.
Here's what you need to get started:
Supplies
Frosty Fir Quilt Block Templates (available FREE below)
Bunting Template (available FREE below)
Fabric A and F: 1/2 yard PE408 White Linen
Fabrics B, C, D, and E: 1 FE (or 1/4 yard) of each of the following
SBC-FF-3111 Quilted Pines
SBC-FF-3112 Frostvine
SBC-FF-3113 Ski Run
SBC-FF-3131 Winterberry
SBC-FF-3132 Mistletoe Season
SBC-FF-3133 Morning Frost
SBC-FF-3141 Love Knit
SBC-FF-3143 Snow Speckle
SBC-FF-3151 Cozy Stitches
SBC-FF-3153 Winter Flurry
Backing: 2/3 yard SBC-FF-3134 Winterful Town
Batting
Batting, Backing & Binding Prep
Batting: Cut 7 rectangles 11" tall x 8" wide.
Backing: Cut 2 strips 11" x WOF; subcut into 7 rectangles 11" x 8".
Binding: Cut 3 strips 2" x WOF; sew together end-to-end and press the seams open for chain binding.
Cozy Home Blocks
Start by planning out what combinations of FE fabrics you want to use to make 5 different Cozy Home blocks. You can also refer to the photos to match the fabric combinations I chose. Fabric A and F will be the same for all 5 blocks.
Follow the cutting instructions for the 6" block size and cut 5 sets of B, C, D, and E pieces from the FE fabrics with the following changes:
Decide which block will be your center cozy home on the bunting and cut 2 rectangles 1.5" x 3" for E2 and E3. This will allow you to center the chimney on the home at the middle of the bunting.
For all 5 blocks, cut an additional piece from Fabric E measuring 2" x 6.5" and label as E5.
Additionally, for all 5 blocks, do not follow the pattern cutting instructions for piece F1. Instead, substitute 1 rectangle 3.5" x 6.5" for F1.
Follow the Cozy Home pattern instruction to make 5 cozy home bunting blocks. If desired, you place pieces E2 and E3 on the opposite sides of the chimney to make 2 blocks with the chimney on the left side, in addition to the 2 standard blocks with the chimney on the right side and the middle block with the chimney centered. This adds a bit of variety and balance to the bunting.
Finish each block by sewing the coordinating E5 rectangle to the top of each block and press the seams toward E5. This additional piece, along with the larger F1 piece at the bottom of each block should result in 5 cozy home bunting blocks measuring 10" tall by 6.5" wide. Set aside.
Frosty Fir Blocks
Plan out which combination of FE fabrics you want to use to make 2 different Frosty Fir blocks. The fabric used for the tree trunk and the fabric used for the snow will be the same for both blocks.
Cuttings Instructions:
Cut the following pieces for each block using the Frosty Fir Quilt Block Templates and the measurements listed below:
Tree: (1) Template A (TA)
Stem: 1 square 1" x 1" (B1)
Background:
1 Template B (TB)
1 Template C (TC)
1 rectangle 2.5" x 6.5" (C3)
2 rectangles 5" x 1.5" (C2)
2 rectangles 1" x 2.25" (C1)
Snow (Fabric A): 1 rectangle 3.5" x 6.5" (A1)
Block Assembly:
Arrange 1 of each Template A, B, and C as shown below.
Place the TB triangle RST with the TA triangle aligning the diagonal edges as shown with the bottom corners meeting and the top corner of TB overlapping the top corner of TA by 1/4". Sew 1/4" seam and press toward TB.
Repeat Step 2 with the TC triangle on the opposite side of the TA triangle.
Trim the block to 4.5" square making sure to center the block and leaving 1/4" seam allowance at the tip of the triangle as well as ensuring that the diagonal seam aligns 1/4" in from both the bottom and side on both sides. Set aside.
Sew 1 C1 rectangle to either side of the B1 square. Press the seams open.
Sew the Step 5 unit to the bottom of the Step 4 unit. Press the seam open or toward the Step 5 unit.
Sew 1 C2 rectangle to either side of the Step 6 unit. Press the seams toward C2.
Sew 1 C3 rectangle to the top of the Step 7 unit and sew 1 A1 rectangle to the bottom of the unit. Press the seams toward C3 and A1 to complete a Frosty Fir bunting block.
Repeat Steps 1-8 to make a second Frosty Fir bunting block.
Bunting Assembly
Make a quilt sandwich with each of the 7 bunting blocks by centering a bunting block, right side up, on top of a batting rectangle. Baste the layers together with safety pins or basting spray and quilt all 7 bunting blocks as desired. Small projects like this are a great opportunity to try out different quilting techniques. Some ideas to consider could be hand quilting, free motion quilting, stitch-in-the-ditch to outline the homes and trees, or testing out some of the fun specialty stitches your machine may have built in. I chose to add some texture with a pretty snowflake stitch on the background and then some denser straight line and stitch-in-the-ditch quilting around the homes and trees.
Center the Bunting Template along the bottom edge of each quilted block, aligning the seam between the snow and the home or tree on each block with the line across the template. Trace the curve of the template from where it meets the right edge of the block to where it meets the left edge of the block. Trim away the excess batting from the perimeter of the the blocks. Then cut on the marked line to round the bottom corners of each bunting block.
Now place each bunting block right sides together with a backing piece aligning the top edges of the block and backing. Pin the block and the backing together and then sew a seam 1/4" from the edge of the block down one side, around the curved bottom edge, and up the other side of the block. Be sure not to sew across the top edge of the block.
Trim away the excess backing fabric. Then clip the curved seams or trim the seam allowance with pinking shears, taking care not to clip through the seam. Turn each block right side out and use a point turner or another pointed (but not sharp) object to help push the curved seams out so the curves are nice and smooth. Press each block and then sew a seam 1/8" from edge of the block down one side, around the curved bottom edge, and up the other side of the block. You do not need to sew across the top edge of the block.
Take chain binding and fold the 2 short raw edges to the wrong side by 1/4". Press and sew 1/8" from the raw edge. Then fold the binding in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Fold in half, short ends together, and mark the center point.
Arrange the quilted blocks in your preferred order, right sides up. The order shown here is right chimney home, tree, left chimney home, centered chimney home, right chimney home, tree, left chimney home.
Line up the center of the middle cozy home block with the mark on the binding, aligning the raw edge of the block to the raw edge of the binding (the block should be on top of the binding). Pin in place. Then align and pin the remaining blocks to the binding leaving 1" between the blocks.
Sew the blocks to the binding, sewing through both layers of binding. Continue the seam in both directions along the binding sewing 1/4" from the raw edges.
Fold and press the edge of the binding over to the right side of the bunting. Sew 1/8" from the folded edge along the entire length of the binding to secure it in the place and complete the Cozy Home Bunting.
Now all that's left to do is find the perfect place to put it on display! Mine will be strung above the mantle in my living room all winter long. Here's to a very cozy winter ahead.
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