Day 3 is my turn to jump into the hop. Each day of the hop Inspired by Fabric will be giving away a FQ bundle, so be sure to go and sign up to follow their blog, either by email or blog reader, and then come back and leave a comment on my blog. I will give away an e-book of my book “Sew, Slice, Spin and Sash” from all the comments.
It was hard to choose from all the patterns, but I finally chose to make the Dutchmans Puzzle block.
It’s made using 8 flying geese (FG) units and my favorite way to make FG is doing the no waste method.
Let’s get started.
From blue print cut 1- 7 1/4″ x 7 1/4″ square
From the pink and blue print cut 1- 7 1/4″ x 7 1/4″ square
From the background cut 8- 3 7/8″ x 3 7/8″ squares
(oops, I marked the BG squares before taking the picture)
On the background squares, using a mechanical pencil, mark either a diagonal line from corner to corner, or do the double line, like what is shown below. If you make the single line, sew 1/4″ on both sides of the line.
Place two of the background squares onto each of the large squares.
Sew just to the side of the marked line.
After sewing all 4 lines, cut apart between the sewn lines.
Press away from the large triangle.
Take the remaining background squares and place on the large triangles.
Sew on the drawn lines, cut apart.
Press away from the large triangle.
You now have four FQ units of each color.
At this point, I like to trim off those little pieces sticking out.
You now have everything ready to sew your block together. Using a dark and a light goose, make 4 blocks with the dark goose on the bottom. Press toward the top goose.
Sew 2 blocks together. Make 2 sets. Press toward the blue goose in the upper right hand square in the picture below.
Now sew the two sets together, and your block is done!
When pressing the final seam, make the little twist in the center, so that your seams will lay nice and flat.
Here’s the other colorway I chose.
Don’t forget to leave a comment to get in on the drawing.
Have fun hopping!!!Next stop is Pat Speth!
Theresa
—-Blog Hop schedule and blogs—-
Friday 11/4: Barb Eikmeier @Barb’s Favorites
Monday 11/7: Donna Lynn Thomas @DonnaLynnThomasQuilter
Tuesday 11/8:Theresa Ward @AlwaysQuilts
Wednesday 11/9: Pat Speth @NickelQuilts
Thursday 11/10: Reeze Hanson @MorningGloryDesigns
Friday 11/11: Kelly Ashton @KellyQuilter
And here’s the link to Inspired by Fabric, our blog host
I’ve been working on another string quilt and finally have it ready to assemble into rows. I’m not real sure about it……..but I used up more strings!!
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