Blocks for Good - She Sheds (Little Houses)

Blocks will be collected at the monthly CMQG meetings until January 2026

We’ve found another great way to use your scraps—this fun little house block! ✂️ There are many patterns out there, but we’ve chosen this one for its simplicity and charm.

👉 Follow the YouTube tutorial by Quilting in the Loft (May 2, 2021) for step-by-step instructions.

These cheerful houses will come together into a warm quilt for our Community Giving program. 💛 We’ll be collecting blocks until January.

Fabrics: Please use quality quilting cotton in any colour or pattern for the house and details, and white fabric that reads as white or a white-on-white print for the sky. To keep quilts flexible for recipient organizations, avoid prints with problematic content (weapons, gambling, alcohol, religious symbols, etc.).

Cutting Instructions:

This pattern uses 4 fabrics for each house block:

Fabric A:  House:  Cut 2 -   2” X 3” pieces for walls

                               Cut 1      1 1/2 “X 4 1/2 “top of house

Fabric B:  Door     Cut 1       1 ½” X 3 “

Fabric C:  Roof       Cut 1        2 ½” X 4 ½”

Fabric D    Background/sky   Cut 2     2 ½ “X 2 ½” squares (Use white or white on white) fabric 

Sewing Instructions:

• Roof

  • Draw a diagonal line across the 2 ½″ white fabric squares.

  • Sew one square to each side of the roof fabric to create a peaked roof.

  • Trim and press after adding each side.

  • Trim roof unit to 2 ½″ × 4 ½″.

• House

  • Sew each 2″ × 3″ piece to the 1 ½″ × 3″ door fabric.

  • Add the 1 ½″ × 4 ½″ piece to the top of the house.

• Finish

  • Sew the roof unit onto the house unit.

  • Final block size: 4 ½″ × 6″.

Tree Blocks

You can add some variety to the quilt by making a tree block. Here’s how:

• Tree Top

  • Cut 2 pieces of green fabric, 2 ½″ × 4 ½″.

  • Cut 4 squares of white fabric, 2 ½″ square.

  • Sew the 2 green pieces in the same manner as making the roof tops.

• Tree Trunk

  • Cut 1 piece of white fabric, 2 ½″ × 4 ½″.

  • Cut 1 piece of brown fabric, 1″ × 2 ½″.

  • Cut the white fabric in half vertically and insert the brown trunk.

  • Add this piece to the bottom of the tree top.

• Finish

  • Trim block to 4 ½″ × 6″.

Note:  To make things easier for members who put the quilt top together, consider sewing a strip of 4  unique house blocks together.