Hand Piecing Tutorial - How to Piece a 4 Patch Quilt Block by Hand!

leahday.com/blogs/free/4-patch-quilt-pattern Learn how to piece the simplest and easiest quilt block - a 4-patch quilt block - by hand! Instructions are included for left handed and right handed sewing.

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Check out the hand sewing tools and supplies used in this video:

Fabric Marking Pen and Pencil - leahday.com/products/mark-your-quilt-kit

Sewing Thread - leahday.com/products/aurifil-cotton-thread

I designed both the purple and green fabrics using watercolors. You can find them both available on Spoonflower:

Purple Watercolor - spoonflower.com/en/fabric/7691932?size=YARD
Green Watercolor - spoonflower.com/en/fabric/7623070?size=YARD

Pretty patchwork quilt hanging behind me in the video - leahday.com/products/illusion-mosaic-quilt

Learn more quilt piecing basics and accurate cutting and piecing techniques in my book How to Piece Perfect Quilts - leahday.com/products/how-to-piece-perfect-quilt…

This video is part of a series promoting my fantasy adventure novel Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt. This is a story about a 10 year old girl and her adventures in a magical quilt world. Within the book, Mally has to stitch her way out of several sticky situations and hand sewing and building skills through practice is a major theme of this book.

The very first quilt block Mally learns how to hand sew is a 4 Patch quilt block! Would you like to go on a quilting adventure with Leah Day and Mally the Maker? Read more about this quilt fiction series here: leahday.com/products/mally-the-maker

Jump ahead in this hand sewing tutorial:
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Hand Sewing Supplies
02:38 Mark Stitching Line
03:46 Stack Squares
04:41 Pin to Secure
05:11 Thread the Needle
05:52 How to Tie Overhand Knot
07:11 Hand Sewing Left Handed
08:42 Rock Stitching
12:12 Aim for Consistent Stitches
12:33 Prep for Right Handed Sewing
13:26 Hand Sewing Right Handed
17:18 Check your stitches
18:14 Tie off sewing thread
20:09 Press Seam Allowances
22:22 Sew Two Sets of Blocks Together
24:10 Hand Sew Over Seams
26:08 Take Multiple Rock Stitches
27:31 Pressing Seams
28:15 Finished 4 Patch Quilt Block