april block

here, in the eleventh hour is my block. sorry for such a delay from me this month!

It is Almost time for "May" Quilt Block

Who has May? I am excited for the next block. I sure hope Roslyn has all of her blocks. :)

Miss February and Miss March

While at the Post Office today mailing a package to my sister I had the quilt square with me and had the guy weigh it just to see if I had been using the correct postage. Well I had not, I was something like 50 cents off. So I hope that the past two months received their squares because they were never returned, and if you had to pay for the extra postage on your end, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be that tacky :-)


*Robyn

Blue & Green

I took my husband with me to Joann's for this block to help me pick out "boy-ish" fabric. It's when you don't want a floral fabric that you realize that most everything has some sort of flower on it!

I took this one with my phone at night so the colors look a little weird.

The best I can do

Ok I finished the quilt squares.  We had a real hard time with this..................don't know why.  I do hope they are ok.  Rochelle will put them in the mail tomorrow along with last months.  (Sorry we didn't get them in the mail yet)

The First Block

Well, here goes. Being the first block up I hope it is what you expected. The green is a true green. The lighting changed the color of the blocks in some of the pictures I took. I had fun doing this block as always. Hope your son loves his quilt. :)

Dalana's Block

A Little Hint

Just a hint for those of you who haven't started the latest block...(but of course I have because I'm a little bit of a dork).

When I saw the triangle pattern again, I thought back to Rose's block in February, and her method of making the split color squares by drawing the center line and sewing on either side before cutting in half. It sure works for this design as well.

Just thought I'd share, because at least for me, the less I have to line up together, the less mistakes I'm capable of making! (and less use for the trusty seam ripper...haha).

For Abigail

I'm sure I'm the last one, but it's in the mail!Now your work begins. :)

The Eccentric Star - Finally!

Again, I apologize for being so flighty with getting my quilt block explained to you!

Quilting is VERY new to me, but I think I finally have this block down.

* Cut 4, 4-7/8" pieces each of blue and green material.
NOTE: I am not good at the "scant 1/4 inch seam", so I cut mine 5" and you can trim down later if you need to.
*Cut 1, 4-1/2" piece of either the blue or the green

* Cut each 4-7/8" square on the diagonal

You will now have 8 triangles of each color and your 4-1/2" square of your color.

*Place a triangle of each color right sides together and sew a scant 1/4" seam.
*Press seams. My colors were dark, so I pressed them open.
At this point you can trim the squares to 4-1/2 inches, if needed.
You will now have 8 squares.

*Arrange the squares as shown (I picked one color to be the white in the pattern. It made it easier to follow how to arrange the pieces), with the solid color square in the middle.

*Sew pieces together in rows - with scant 1/4" seam.
*Sew rows together - with scant 1/4" seam.

And there you go!
You'll end up with a 12.5" square (giving me my "scant" seam allowance). If it ends up a bit larger, don't worry - you'll give me something to work with!
I think I have to get over my "scant" issue or look for that quilting pressure foot.

I was surprised at how easy it was to do and it only took me about 1/2 hour.

If any of you have already done it and did it with the smaller size - PLEASE don't worry about redoing it. I know how frustrating that can be. I'll boarder it and use it!

Update for the Eccentric Star

As a couple of you noticed the square I chose was a 9". A larger 12" block would be better. Am I correct in calculating that you just have to increase each block by a full inch? since the seam allowances are already accounted for?

That would mean that you should cut each into a 4-7/8" square. I don't know the length of the strips as the directions say, but if you cut a long strip 4-7/8" wide and then just cut the strip down into 4-7/8" long, that should do it.

If I'm completely off, someone let me know.

I promise update with pictures soon. It's my project for this week. - I'll update on this post.

It's still March isn't it?

Rosanne's Block

Sorry it is late... it will be in the mail box on Monday!! April snuck up on me. I hope the grey I chose is ok - it is kinda grey, black and white. I think your quilt is going to be so cute!! Can't wait to see the finished product!