2017 Block of the Month
Welcome!
As an added extra for my regular attendees of 2017 at The Quilting Patch I have offered them a Block of The Month Quilt Project. It's a sampler quilt with an Irish chain feature to separate the blocks. Usually sampler quilts will have sashings in between the blocks to help frame each block, but I think you'll agree the Irish chain block, that is the alternate block in this quilt, does the same thing. It also makes the blocks appear as though they are set on point.
This sampler would look great in any colour scheme you choose and I cant wait to see what you have come up with! Ill be posting some of the students blocks here too so you can see how they are going.
I have designed this quilt using EQ7.
So lets get into it!
(The Quilt is 80" x 80", finished block size is 12", all seams are 1/4 inch)
Fabric requirements...
I designed this quilt to use scraps, fat quarters, etc. If you choose just 5 or 6 prints and a background, that will work too!
The background will require around 4.5 m according to EQ7.
If you want to cut off the long borders first then cut off 2.1m of fabric
First border - cut 4"
Second border - cut 6"
Set these aside for later, you can now use the remaining background fabric in your blocks
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January...
This month's block is called Key Lime Pie.
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Here is the key and rotary cutting instructions for this block..
A - 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"
B - 5 1/4" square cut twice on the diagonal to yield 4 triangles
C - 2 1/2" square
D - 4 1/2" square
E - 4 7/8" square, cut once on the diagonal to yield 2 triangles
How is it sewn together? If you look back at the Key picture youll notice the block is made up of 3 distinct units. I have numbered them in the layout below.
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1. The centre square ( D from above)
2. Star points
3. Corner units
Now here is where I'm going to make a big assumption that you can sew these units without too much instruction. BUT do let me know if you'd like a bit more advice or step by step photos.
Please feel free to contact me and email me pics of your blocks!
As an added extra for my regular attendees of 2017 at The Quilting Patch I have offered them a Block of The Month Quilt Project. It's a sampler quilt with an Irish chain feature to separate the blocks. Usually sampler quilts will have sashings in between the blocks to help frame each block, but I think you'll agree the Irish chain block, that is the alternate block in this quilt, does the same thing. It also makes the blocks appear as though they are set on point.
This sampler would look great in any colour scheme you choose and I cant wait to see what you have come up with! Ill be posting some of the students blocks here too so you can see how they are going.
I have designed this quilt using EQ7.
So lets get into it!
(The Quilt is 80" x 80", finished block size is 12", all seams are 1/4 inch)
Fabric requirements...
I designed this quilt to use scraps, fat quarters, etc. If you choose just 5 or 6 prints and a background, that will work too!
The background will require around 4.5 m according to EQ7.
If you want to cut off the long borders first then cut off 2.1m of fabric
First border - cut 4"
Second border - cut 6"
Set these aside for later, you can now use the remaining background fabric in your blocks
.JPG)
January...
This month's block is called Key Lime Pie.
.JPG)
Here is the key and rotary cutting instructions for this block..
A - 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"
B - 5 1/4" square cut twice on the diagonal to yield 4 triangles
C - 2 1/2" square
D - 4 1/2" square
E - 4 7/8" square, cut once on the diagonal to yield 2 triangles
How is it sewn together? If you look back at the Key picture youll notice the block is made up of 3 distinct units. I have numbered them in the layout below.
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1. The centre square ( D from above)
2. Star points
3. Corner units
Now here is where I'm going to make a big assumption that you can sew these units without too much instruction. BUT do let me know if you'd like a bit more advice or step by step photos.
Please feel free to contact me and email me pics of your blocks!
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I am going to do this. I think one block at a time will be the perfect speed!
cheers Robyn B
I like the grey for the background...now to find something similar
Just a question, are the finished blocks 12" and will come down to 11 1/2" when sewn together or 12 1/2" down to 12"? If you know what I mean
I'm so pleased to have tempted you to sew it. I will post some pics of my sewn blocks soon. I'm using black homespun and some batiks from my stash, the contrast is great. Look forward to seeing what you make xx