Free Tutorial for the All Hallows Quilt Block, a Beautiful Star Block for any Season
Let's take a look at how to sew the All Hallows quilt block. This traditional star block makes a beautiful secondary Pinwheel design when multiple blocks are sewn together. It uses only Half Square Triangles, Square in a Square and Flying Geese units to construct but there are a lot of points to match up! Originally it is made with only three colors but I had to add in two more to really get the secondary design to pop. Let's get started!
![all hallows quilt block](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_24_240x240.jpg?v=1699901753)
Fabric Requirements for a 12" Finished All Hallows Quilt Block:
- Light/White: 4 - 4.5" squares, 4 - 3" squares, and 4 - 2.5" squares
- Medium/Green: 2 - 3" squares, and 4 - 2.5" squares
- Medium/Purple: 2 - 3" squares, and 4 - 2.5" x 4.5" rectangles
- Dark/Green: 2 - 3" squares, and 4 - 2.5" squares
- Dark/Purple: 2 - 3" squares, and 12 - 2.5" squares
![all hallows fabric requirements](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_fabric_requirements_480x480.jpg?v=1699901753)
Sewing Directions:
Half Square Triangle Units:
Step 1:
Using a Light/White 3" square and a Dark/Purple 3" square sew together a Half Square Triangle unit as follows:
- Mark a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of the Light/White square.
- Match up a Light/White and a Dark/Purple 3" square, right sides together, and sew 1/4" (or a little less) on each side of the marked line.
- Cut along the diagonal line. You will have two half-square triangle patches.
- Open up the patch and press the seam allowance toward the darker fabric.
- Trim the unit to 2.5" square.
You can see these steps in the picture below.
For a detailed tutorial check out my blog post at https://fabric406.com/blogs/fabric406-blog/how-to-sew-a-basic-half-square-triangle-block.
![all hallows 1](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_1_480x480.jpg?v=1699901687)
Step 2:
![all hallows 2](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_2_480x480.jpg?v=1699901687)
Step 3:
![all hallows 3](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_3_480x480.jpg?v=1699901687)
Step 4:
![all hallows 4](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_4_480x480.jpg?v=1699901687)
Flying Geese Units:
Step 5:
![all hallows 5](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_5_480x480.jpg?v=1699901687)
Step 6:
![all hallows 6](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_6_480x480.jpg?v=1699901687)
Step 7:
![all hallows 7](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_7_480x480.jpg?v=1699901687)
Corner Units:
Step 8:
![all hallows 8](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_8_480x480.jpg?v=1699901705)
Step 9:
![all hallows 9](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_9_480x480.jpg?v=1699901706)
Step 10:
![all hallows 10](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_11_480x480.jpg?v=1699901706)
Step 11:
![all hallows 11](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_12_480x480.jpg?v=1699901706)
Square in a Square Units:
Step 12:
![all hallows 12](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_13_480x480.jpg?v=1699901706)
Step 13:
![all hallows 14](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_14_480x480.jpg?v=1699901706)
Step 14:
![all hallows 14](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_15_480x480.jpg?v=1699901728)
Center Pinwheel Unit:
Step 15:
Lay out the Step 4 Half Square Triangle units as shown in the picture below.
![all hallows 15](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_16_480x480.jpg?v=1699901728)
Step 16:
![all hallows 16](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_17_480x480.jpg?v=1699901728)
Step 17:
![all hallows 17](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_18_480x480.jpg?v=1699901728)
Step 18:
![all hallows 18](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_19_480x480.jpg?v=1699901728)
Step 19:
![all hallows 19](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_20_480x480.jpg?v=1699901728)
Putting It All Together:
Step 20:
![all hallows 20](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_21_480x480.jpg?v=1699901729)
Step 21:
![all hallows 21](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_22_480x480.jpg?v=1699901753)
Step 22:
![all hallows 22](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_23_480x480.jpg?v=1699901753)
Step 23:
![all hallows 23](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_24_480x480.jpg?v=1699901753)
Step 24:
![all hallows 24](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/480_all_hallows_25_480x480.jpg?v=1699901753)
Layout Ideas:
![quilt 1](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/quilt_1_8ff85b19-3953-4fe8-9768-bfb509bd4351_480x480.jpg?v=1699907754)
![quilt 2](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/quilt_2_2826e4fd-5165-4f45-bf82-0f55bc682ca7_480x480.jpg?v=1699907754)
![quilt 3](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/quilt_3_1637513e-46d6-4796-b468-51ba628bfaf3_480x480.jpg?v=1699907754)
![quilt 4](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/5895/2502/files/quilt_4_5452b070-2783-4817-a3f9-6fb637ee63c0_480x480.jpg?v=1699907754)
Conclusion:
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Happy Quilting!
Elaine
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