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Jingle Bell Pines Block – Party Block 8 Tree Topper

September 11, 2025September 25, 2025 Post a comment

Hi Friends!

We are down to our last 2 blocks for the quilt and this week it is Block 8 Tree Topper!!!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a holiday quilt in red white, blue, yellow and green with a light blue background.

If you are new to the party, Kris Poor and I have been sharing tips about the blocks in our new block of the month quilt pattern Jingle Bell Pines! Click here to see the introduction post.

Block 8 Tree Topper

What kind of ornament do you put on top of your tree? A star? An angel? Do you mix it up every year or is it always the same one?

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a star quilt block in red, white, dark blue, and yellow with a light blue background.

We had a couple of different tree toppers… an angel with a plaid skirt, a metal twisty star… while we had many ornaments that were sentimental and the same every year, the topper we mixed up a bit.

Our tree topper quilt block is kind of a star, in a star, on top of a star!

Other Colorations

Here is block 9 Holiday Lights with the navy background!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a star quilt block in red, white, dark blue, and yellow with a navy blue background.

And here it is with the khaki background!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a star quilt block in red, white, dark blue, and yellow with a khaki background.

Piecing Tips

When you make a partial QST unit, you will cut some squares into quarter square triangles and some into half square triangles. You can choose to oversize them, or not. I like to oversize!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is white and red fabrics cut into 4 quarter square triangles and a blue square cut into half square triangles.

Then you sew the quarter square triangles together. When you over size, the half square triangle will be larger than the 2 quarter triangle unit. That’s OK!

Just be sure to center the 2 pieces together and align along the long diagonal seam.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a blue half square triangle and red and white quarter square triangles ready to sew together.

Once sewn together and pressed, use the center of the unit and the long diagonal seam to trim.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a blue, red and white partial square triangle unit before trimming.

You will trim a bit more off the half square triangle but will trim a little on all sides.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a blue, red and white partial quarter square triangle unit with trimmed edges showing.

Ta-done! A perfect partial QST!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party Block 8 Tree Topper. Image is a blue, red and white quilt partial square triangle unit.

For more information – check out my blog post on QSTs. Click here.

Be sure to check out Kris’ posts – I think she has a lot of helpful images for you.

Have fun and next week we will work on Block 9!

happy quilting,

Kate

Please note: we are not sharing any cutting information or sizes; you must have the pattern to make the block.

 

Looking for all the Block Party Posts? Links to all the posts below!

Post 1 – Santa’s Hat

Post 2 – Tannenbaum

Post 3 – Winter Star

Post 4 – Gifts Galore

Post 5 – Jingle Socks

Post 6 – Tree Farm Truck

Post 7 – Rose Star

Post 9 – Holiday Lights

Post 10 – Setting

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