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JUNE?? Really? Where does the time go....
Before we go too much further, its time to remind you to make sure you have enough of your background fabric to use for the plain borders.
I did talk about this in the fabric reqs at the very beginning of this project - so this is just a timely reminder if you havent because you'll be running out of lenghthy background soon!
Here's what I said...
"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"
This Months block is called Ornate Star.
Here is the key and rotary cutting instructions for this block..
So reading off the "map" of our block
A - 2 7/8 " Squares ,cut once on the diagonal to yield 2 triangles ( background)
B - 5 1/4" Squares, cut twice on the diagonal to yield 4 triangles (background, main and accent)
C - 4 1/2" squares ( 1 in accent colour)
D - 3 3/8" squares ( 4 in accent colour)
Putting this block together should be a breeze - you all seem to be coping really well with the general construction so far.
Its made in rows, like many of the other blocks.
Here is the layout.
Here are my sewing pics for the units ..
These are made like last months block - ( pin the edge you want to sew and you wont muck it up)
Then join them together and your star points are made. Youll be making 4 like this.
The other 4 blocks are "square in a square" blocks.
Once you have them made, grab your centre square and start making rows.
And the finished block...
Next months block is a similar construction. Heres a look at it.
Its the same block, without the detail in the corners.
Lets see who gets it made before I put the instructions up....
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
January...
This month's block is called Key Lime Pie.
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.
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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