Check this page for each block of the month pattern.
April 2013: San Antonio Fiesta Flower Block
Credits:
Based on the August 2011 Violet block from blocklotto.com. http://www.blocklotto.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/VioletBlockDirections.pdf
Fabric Requirements and Cutting Instructions:
8 – 1 ½” squares in white for the background (this
means solid white, no pattern)
4 – 2 ½” squares in the flower petal color of your
choice (fiesta flower colors are purple, lavender, mango, yellow, aqua, orange,
green, red, pink, and magenta.)
4 – 1” squares in yellow or mango for the center of
the flower
Block Size – 4 1/4”, how many can you make before the
next meeting? The person who makes
the most wins a prize at the meeting!
Try making multiple colors.
1. Read all of the instructions first! Just like in cooking!
3. Trim the four blocks leaving ¼” seam on the
outside of the seam line toward the upper left corner. Press the seam toward the darker
fabric.
4. Similarly to step 2, align a BACKGROUND
square, rights sides together, with the upper right corner of the FLOWER PETAL
square from step 3. Draw a
diagonal line on the BACKGROUND square from the top left corner to the bottom
right corner. Sew along the line. Repeat this process for the remaining
three FLOWER PETAL squares.
5. Trim the four blocks leaving ¼” seam on the
outside of the seam line toward the top right corner. Press the seam toward the darker fabric.
6. FLOWER CENTER: Take the four FLOWER PETAL
blocks and orient them on your work surface like little houses with the points
on top. Take a CENTER square and
with right sides together align it with the bottom right corner of the FLOWER
PETAL block. Draw a diagonal line
on the CENTER square from the top right corner to the bottom left corner. Sew along the line. Repeat this process for the remaining
three FLOWER PETAL blocks.
7. Trim the four blocks leaving ¼” seam on the
outside of the seam line toward the bottom right corner. Press seam toward the darker fabric.
8. Assemble the final block by orienting the
four PETAL blocks with the CENTER fabric making a diamond at the center of the
four-patch block. Sew the four
blocks together and press the seams.
9. Pin your name to your block for the drawing at the May
Guild meeting.
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March 2013: Stretch
Credits:
Based on It’s a Stretch block, pages 92-93 in Modern Blocks – 99 Quilt Blocks from Your Favorite Designers Compiled by Susanne Woods.
Fabric Requirements and Cutting Instructions:
¼ yard of black fabric (this means solid black, no pattern) – cut into 1”
wide strips
1 – 2”x7 ½” strip solid yellow fabric
¼ yard of 4 different shades of the same solid color of your choice – cut into
2” wide strips
2. Start with the 2”x7 ½” solid yellow strip.
3. Use the 1” black strips to sew a border
completely around the yellow strip using the courthouse steps method. If you are not familiar with this
method, this means start by sewing a black strip to each of the long sides of
the yellow strip. Then cap the
short ends of the yellow strip with two more black strips. Use ¼” seams.
4. Use the first solid shade of your choice and
sew these 2” strips to the center of the block started in step 3 continuing
with the courthouse steps method.
5. Repeat step 4, except using more of the 1”
black strips.
6. Continue repeating step 4 alternating with
one of the solid shades and then with black strips.
7. Your block is complete when you have used
each of the 4 shades of your solid color and ended with a black border.
8. Pin your name to your block for the drawing at the April
Guild meeting.
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February 2013: Scrappy Hexagons
Block pieced by member Kelli Saffell.
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January 2013: Frank's Block
Credits: This block is based on the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s design for a concrete block house for the Millard family. I took his design for the concrete blocks and converted it into a quilt pattern. Pictures of the Millard house can be found here: http://millardhouse.com/main-house/ and a detail picture of the concrete block can be found here: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/usonian/33902031/
Picture #1
Picture #2
December 2012: Triangulate
To see a finished quilt using these blocks follow this link: http://2hippos.blogspot.com/2012/02/tutorial-triangle-in-triangle-blocks.html
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November 2012: Mini Quilts - Modern Tree
Credits: Based on Providence Handmade’s Patchwork Tree: http://www.flickr.com/photos/providencehandmade/4095389345/in/set-72157600259779488
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October 2012: Polaroids
Fabric Cutting Instructions:
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September 2012: Spooky Stripes (Halloween Block)
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February 2013: Scrappy Hexagons
Block pieced by member Kelli Saffell.
Credits:
Based on Brighton Rock Quilt, pages 12-17 in Material Obsession 2 – More Modern Quilts with Traditional Roots by
Kathy Doughty & Sarah Fielke.
Fabric Scrap Requirements:
1 – fat quarter for center of hexagon of your
choice
4 – different 1/8 yard cuts of fabric of your
choice
1. Read all of the instructions first! Just like in cooking!
2. Cut out the paper triangle template on the
hand-out you received at the February Guild meeting or, use the dimensions on
the photo below to draft your own template. If you have plastic template material, you can transfer the
triangle to the plastic and cut out a sturdier template.
3. Use the triangle template to cut six
triangles from your fat quarter.
4. Trim the selvage from the 4, 1/8 yard cuts
of fabric. Then cut 2, 1.5”xwidth
of fabric strips from each of the 4 different fabrics.
5. To make the center of the hexagon, start
with two triangles, place them right-sides-together matching up the blunt ends
of the triangles. Stitch along one
side of the triangle and press open.
Sew a third triangle to the opposite side of the center triangle to make
the bottom of a hexagon. Repeat
this process with the remaining three triangles. Trim the dog ears to cut out the extra bulk, then take the
two sides of the hexagon and place them right-sides-together and stitch along
the longest side. Press open being
careful not to distort the fabric.
6. To sew the border strips, take one, 1.5”
strip of your choice and position it right-sides-together, so that there is a
2” overhang at the start of the seam.
Stitch along the first edge of the hexagon using ¼” seam and press
open. Using a ruler, align the
ruler along the second edge of the hexagon to trim the tail of the first strip,
do not cut the 2” leading strip at the start of the first edge. Accurate trimming and sewing of ¼”
seams are important to maintain the hexagon shape.
7. Move to the second side of the hexagon and
repeat the above step. Continue
repeating for each edge until the last side of the hexagon is reached. Trim the tails to make a complete
hexagon.
8. Using the three remaining fabrics, repeat
steps 6 and 7 so that your hexagon center has four borders.
9. Your hexagon is now complete!
10. Pin your name to your block for the drawing
at the March Guild meeting.
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January 2013: Frank's Block
Credits: This block is based on the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s design for a concrete block house for the Millard family. I took his design for the concrete blocks and converted it into a quilt pattern. Pictures of the Millard house can be found here: http://millardhouse.com/main-house/ and a detail picture of the concrete block can be found here: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/usonian/33902031/
Fabric Kit Includes:
1 Kona White square - 7”x7”
1 Kona Deep Red strip – 2.5”x10”
1 Curry with gray dots strip – 2.5”x11”
1 Curry with gray dots strip – 2.5”x12.5”
1 Kona Steel (gray) strip – 7.5”x44”
1 Kona Steel (gray) strip – 2.5”x22”
Cutting Instructions:
1. Cut the red strip into four 2.5”x2.5”
squares.
2. Cut the 2.5”x11” curry strip in half into
two 2.5”x5.5” strips.
3. Cut the gray strips into the following:
a.
Cut four 2.5”x9” strips.
b. Cut four 2.5”x2.5” squares.
b. Cut four 2.5”x2.5” squares.
c.
Cut two 1.5”x9” strips.
d.
Cut two 1.5”x7” strips.
e.
Cut two 1.5”x15” strips.
f.
Cut two 1.5”x13” strips.
Finished Block Size: 16.5” square.
1. Read all of the instructions first! Just like in cooking!
2. You may need to iron the fabric if it is
wrinkled from the kit.
3. Cut the fabric in your kit using the
instructions above.
4. Sew the two 1.5”x7” gray strips to opposite
sides of the 7”x7” white square and press the seams to the dark side.
5. Sew the two 1.5”x9” gray strips to the other
two sides of the 7”x7” white square and press the seams to the dark side.
6. Sew two of the 2.5”x9” gray strips to the
block on opposite sides from each other and press the seams. Set the block aside.
7. Take the other two 2.5”x9” gray strips and
sew a 2.5”x2.5” red square to each end of the strips. Press the seams. Take these strips and sew them to the
opposite sides of the block from the last gray strips you pieced in step 6. Press the seams.
8. Sew the two 1.5”x13” gray strips to opposite
sides of the block and press the seams.
9. Sew the two 1.5”x15” gray strips to the
opposite sides of the block from those pieced in step 8. Press the seams.
10. At this point, you should have a 15”x15”
unfinished block that looks like picture #1 below. Cut this block into four 7.5”x7.5” blocks like in picture #2.
11. Take one of the 2.5”x5.5” curry strips and
sew one 2.5”x2.5” gray square to one end.
Repeat for the other 2.5”x5.5” curry strip. Press the seams to the dark side. Sew these curry strips to the 7.5”x7.5” blocks from step 10
as shown in picture #3. Press the
seams and then set these pieces aside.
12. Take the 2.5”x12.5” curry strip and sew a
2.5”x2.5” gray square to each end.
Press the seams. Sew this
strip to join the pieces from step 11 as shown in the picture above. Press the seams and your block is now
complete!
13. Pin your name to your block for the drawing
at the February Guild meeting.
Picture #1
Picture #2
Picture #3
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December 2012: Triangulate
Fabric Kit Includes:
1 equilateral triangle
Finished Block Size: 12.5” measured from any the
tip of the equilateral triangle to the opposite side (This is a line bisecting
the triangle, not an outer edge of the triangle).
1. Read all of the instructions first! Just like in cooking!
2. Follow the link above for the rest of the
instructions on how to create this month’s block using the equilateral triangle
from the kit and fabric scraps from your own stash. Please use modern fabrics, not scraps from 1985. The scraps do not have to match. Try not to think too hard about this
block. It should be scrappy!
3. Pin your name to your block for the drawing
at the January Guild meeting.
To see a finished quilt using these blocks follow this link: http://2hippos.blogspot.com/2012/02/tutorial-triangle-in-triangle-blocks.html
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November 2012: Mini Quilts - Modern Tree
Credits: Based on Providence Handmade’s Patchwork Tree: http://www.flickr.com/photos/providencehandmade/4095389345/in/set-72157600259779488
Fabric Cutting Instructions:
Tree: 7 – Green scrappy strips of your choice
between 2”-8” long by 1 ½”-2 ½” tall.
Trunk: 1 – Brown scrappy strip of your choice 1 ½”
wide by 3” tall.
Star: 1 – 2”x2” yellow scrap of your choice.
Background:
1 fat quarter of your choice, I used linen. Cut the following:
1 – 12 1/2” x 1 ½” strip
for below trunk strip
1 – 12 ½” x 4” strip for
star
16 – strips 6” long by
height of each green strip and two the height of the trunk (3”). (two 6” strips
of background fabric per green strip)
Backing: Fabric of your choice roughly 16” wide x
18” tall.
Batting: Same size as your backing fabric.
Binding: Binding of your choice, I made 84” worth,
but you won’t need all of it.
Thread for piecing
Coordinating thread for quilting
Finished Quilt Size: 12” wide x 15” tall
approximately.
1.
Read all of the instructions first! Just like in cooking!
2.
Arrange your green strips into a scrappy
stacked tree, play with the strips until you find a layout you are happy with.
3.
Sew a 6” long background strip to each end
of your green strips.
4.
Sew a 6” long x 3” tall background strip to
each side of the brown trunk piece.
5.
Sew all of the green strips and the trunk
strip together to make your tree, being careful to center the strips on top of
each other when sewing, use pins!
The background strips will be all different lengths, but don’t worry,
you will trim this in the next step.
6.
Trim the block down to 12 ½” to even up the
background strips, but make sure to measure from the center point of your
longest green strip so that the tree is centered in the block.
7.
Sew the 12 ½” x 1 ½” background strip to the
block below the trunk strip.
8.
Sew the 12 ½” x 4” background strip to the
block above the top strip of the tree.
9.
Cut a wonky star from the 2” x 2” yellow
scrap and machine appliqué it to the top of the tree on the 12 ½” x 4”
background strip. I top-stitched
mine to leave the edges to fray.
10.
Create your quilt sandwich and pin to hold
it together.
11.
Quilt your mini quilt in the pattern of your
choice, I used straight lines ¼” apart.
12.
Apply your binding and you’re done!
13.
Bring your mini quilt to show off at the December
Guild meeting then hang it in your house for the holidays.
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Based on Little Miss Shabby’s Polaroids block. http://www.littlemissshabby.com/?s=polaroid
1 – 3.75” wide x 4” tall fussy cut block of your
choice for the “Photo”
2 – 1”x4” strips of white fabric
1 – 1”x4.75” strip of white fabric
1 – 1.5”x4.75” strip of white fabric
1 solid color fat quarter of your choice, cut 4 –
5.5”x18” strips from the fat quarter
Unfinished Block Size: 9 ½” x 9 ½”
1. Read all of the instructions first! Just like in cooking!
2. Sew the 1”x4” white strips to either side of
the “photo.
3. Sew the 1”x4.75” white strip to the top of the “photo.”
3. Sew the 1”x4.75” white strip to the top of the “photo.”
4. Sew the 1.5”x4.75” white strip to the bottom
of the “photo.”
5. Sew the 5.5” solid strips to each side of
the “Polaroid.”
6. Trim the block to 9 ½” x 9 ½”. You can trim it where the Polaroid is wonky or straight.
7. Pin your name to your block for the drawing at the November Guild meeting.
6. Trim the block to 9 ½” x 9 ½”. You can trim it where the Polaroid is wonky or straight.
7. Pin your name to your block for the drawing at the November Guild meeting.
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September 2012: Spooky Stripes (Halloween Block)
Based on
Elizabeth Hartman’s Wonky Stripe Block, pages 86-90 in Block Party – The Modern Quilting Bee by Alissa Haight Carlton and
Kristen Lejnieks
Fabric Included in the Free Kit handed out at the September meeting:
1 - 14”x14” black background block
Small scraps for spooky stripes
Unfinished Block Size: 12 ½” x 12 ½”
1. Read all of the instructions first! Just like in cooking!
2. Cut the black background square into two
rectangles of any size, they do not have to be the same size, one can be larger
than the other.
3. Sew the scraps into a strip at least 14”
long. The width of the strip is up
to you, but I would not make it smaller than ¾”.
4. Trim the sides of the strip so that they are
straight and parallel removing all the uneven edges. Again, the finished width of the strip is up to you.
5. Sew the pieced strip between the two black
background pieces.
6. Trim the block to 12 ½” x 12 ½”.
7. Pin your name to your block for the drawing
at the October Guild meeting.
Note: for more interest, your block can have more
than one spooky stripe. Each strip
can be a different size. For
example, to make a block with 2 stripes, cut your background square into 3
rectangles.
