Chocolate Hearts Quilt Block Pattern – Tickled Pink

A Heart Quilt Block that Tessellates

Are you singing My Heart Must Go On? That’s because this heart is tessellated! Make one block or 20, they will all fit together and make a great design.

Fabric Requirements for the Chocolate Hearts Quilt Block Pattern

  • (5) 3-1/2″ × 6-1/2″ Background rectangles
  • (2) 3-1/2″ Background squares.
  • (10) 4″ Background squares
  • (1) 3-1/2″ × 6-1/2″ Chocolate rectangle
  • (2) 3-1/2″ Chocolate squares.
  • (10) 4″ Chocolate squares

You will also find a 3-1/2″ Square Ruler very helpful. I am a big fan of the Quilt-in-a-Day Fussy Cut Ruler Set because it has all the sizes you will need.

Making the 20 Half Square Triangle Quilt Blocks (HSTs)

If you are familiar with the Magic Eight method of making Half-Square-Triangle blocks, you can use that here to make the (20) HSTs that you will need.

How to Create and Square Up an HST Quilt Block

If not, the Traditional Method of making Half Square Triangle Blocks (HSTs) is to place a 3-7/8″ × 3-7/8″ dark square right sides together with a 3-7/8″ × 3-7/8″ light square. Draw a diagonal line on the back of one square. Sew 1/4″ on both sides of the line. Cut on the line and press to the dark.


You will have made two blocks that measure exactly 3-1/2″ × 3-1/2″ square. My personal preference is to cut the original squares slightly too large (4″) and square up the HST to 3-1/2″ later on.

Creating the Block

Assemble:

  • (5) 3-1/2″ × 6-1/2″ Background rectangles and (2) 3-1/2″ Background squares.
  • (1) 3-1/2″ × 6-1/2″ Chocolate rectangle and (2) 3-1/2″ Chocolate squares.
  • (20) HSTs

Piece (8) Flying Geese groups, pressing as directed by the arrow, shown below.

Chocolate Hearts Flying Geese Quilt Block

Sew these geese and the other units into columns, pressing as directed by the arrows. Because of the way you pressed your blocks, the column seams will nestle in opposite directions at the intersection, keeping the block flat.

Chocolate Hearts Piecing Column

Press one final time and you are done! Here is my table runner on a Valentine’s Day table. I made three blocks and surrounded them with a 4″ border.

Chocolate Hearts Table Runner.

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19 thoughts on “Chocolate Hearts Quilt Block Pattern – Tickled Pink”

  1. No fair starting out my day showing me chocolate anything! Now I want chocolate for breakfast…LOL!!! Seriously though, this is such a cute pattern. Thank you for the tutorial, I might just have to make one for myself, after I find me some chocolate to eat around here. 🙂

  2. Thank you for the great tutorial on this block. I especially love that you show pressing directions. I’m so tickled pink with your table runner.

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