Hand Sewing Tutorial - Left Handed & Right Handed 4 Patch Quilt Block

https://leahday.com/blogs/free/4-patc... 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. #handsewing #quiltingtutorial #quiltblocks Check out the hand sewing tools and supplies used in this video: Fabric Marking Pen and Pencil - https://leahday.com/products/mark-you... Sewing Thread - https://leahday.com/products/aurifil-... I designed both the purple and green fabrics using watercolors. You can find them both available on Spoonflower: Purple Watercolor - https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric... Green Watercolor - https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric... Pretty patchwork quilt hanging behind me in the video - https://leahday.com/products/illusion... Learn more quilt piecing basics and accurate cutting and piecing techniques in my book How to Piece Perfect Quilts - https://leahday.com/products/how-to-p... 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: https://leahday.com/products/mally-th... 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