Time to try and remember how to do a blog again!
The October block for the Nurture Circle of do.Good Stitches is super easy! Yay!!
I used the pattern Color Study by Kristene Peterson,
found in Fons and Porter's Scrap Quilts Magazine (Spring 2013)
If you happen to have that magazine, the pattern is on page 26ff.
If you don't, the directions are simple and I have a few photos to help the process.
Here is the finished magazine picture - isn't that pretty?
This quilts uses all solids - no prints, not "kind of solid" - total solids!
Any color, EXCEPT black or white, we want color!
You'll need 3-6 colors, depending on how many blocks you want to make.
I used Kona cotton, if you have that, use it,
otherwise any good 100% cotton fabric will do.
I preshrink before sewing. If you can, please do the same -
otherwise it could bleed or shrink up funny and I'll be grumpy
and then where will my Merry Christmas be?
For each block, you'll need two contrasting colors:
From each color cut:
3 pieces that measure 2.5" x 4.5"
1 piece measuring 2.5" x 6.5"
Lay out the pieces as pictured below,
switching the two middle strips from top of block to bottom,
so you have a contrasting piece in the middle of the 2 other pieces.
(I couldn't have said that more poorly if I tried! Look at the picture)
Sew together the 2.5" x 4.5" pieces long sides together with the
contrasting color in the middle to make a set of three.
Press seams to the darker color throughout.
Lay the 2.5"x 6.5" piece on the top of the block
(color should match color of the outside of your 3 piece strip)
Do the same with the bottom half of the block.
Sew the top strip to the 3 piece strip. That makes half a block.
Now sew the other strip in the same way and
you'll have the other half of the block.
(sorry, changed colors in step 2)
Sew the top to the bottom, matching seams.
(your seams should nest together, making it easy to match them.)
The block should finish at 6" x 12" -
please try to get them as close as possible,
so it will fit together nicely.
Presto! Block done.
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| 1 block done |
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| 2 blocks |
These are so easy, I would like to have 3 from each of you.
You can use a color more than once,
but try not to make any 2 blocks exactly the same.
If you can only do two, that's okay. Here are my 3 blocks.
(they aren't sewn together, that's why they look a little wonky)
After this, I think we get a 2 month break for the holidays!
Please send your blocks to me as soon as you can and then I won't
be working on them in the middle of my own holiday.
Thanks so much quilters - you're the best!
Any questions? E-mail me at d.kafleezer@hotmail.com -
put Nurture Circle in the subject line please.
Louise will pass on my address to you.
(I don't want to put it in a public blog)
