February Block

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS FEBRUARY ALREADY!!

TIME TO GET STARTED -

IS EVERYONE EXCITED LIKE I AM?!?!

HERE WE GO...

Ok, so I am going explain the tutorial as plain as day as I can, I hope it is easy to follow and understand. This block is very simple but I love it!! I hope you enjoy sewing it! The technical name of this block is "Churn Dash".

You will need a scrap of red fabric and of a white/cream color fabric, about the size of a fat quarter. (Feel free to use whatever scraps of red and white you have)

First, cut the red fabric into 4 - 4 7/8 inch squares.

Then, cut the white/cream colored fabric into 5 - 4 7/8 inch squares.

Take 1 of each color and stack them face-side together.

Draw a line from corner to corner...

Using a 1/4 inch seam allowance, sew a line on both sides of the line you drew.

Then go back and cut on the line you drew...

Open and press flat with an iron.

(You should have two red and white/cream colored diagonal blocks)

Repeat the steps above and you will end up with four blocks that look like this:

Using the same concept, you are going to make 4 more squares that look like this:

*Instead of drawing a line from corner to corner you will want to draw a line down the middle of your squares (about 2 3/8 inches will be the middle)

Sew on each side of your drawn line and then go back and cut on the line you drew.

When you are done with all 8 blocks square them down to 4 1/2 inches.

Line up your squares like the picture below. You will have one left over white/cream colored square. You will want to square it down to 4 1/2 inches as well. That block is for the middle.

Sew into three rows:

Then sew your rows together...

and TA DA!!

You have a 12 1/2 inch Churn Dash square!

When I first stared sewing my block my baby was playing in the living room. I was checking on him every few minutes because he loves to get into EVERYTHING!

This is where I found him! Needless to say, I had to wait until his nap to finish my block and write my blog post. He says HI from UNDER his toy..lol

I hope you enjoy sewing this block!!

creating

this quote from this talk has been on my mind a lot lately as i have been at home more and as i approach something totally new for me (like making a quilt)!!!

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.

Everyone can create . You don’t need money, position, or influence

in order to create something of substance or beauty.

Creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty..."

"...Isn’t it remarkable to think that your very spirits are fashioned by an endlessly creative and eternally compassionate God? Think about it—your spirit body is a masterpiece, created with a beauty, function, and capacity beyond imagination.

But to what end were we created?

We were created with the express purpose and potential of experiencing a fullness of joy.

Our birthright—and the purpose of our great voyage on this earth—

is to seek and experience eternal happiness.

One of the ways we find this is by creating things."

---Dieter F. Uchtdorf