Put an End to UFO's

Don't let this beautiful quilt

become a UFO!

Bring your block back to guild in two weeks.

All 30 kits were taken!!
Let's see if we can get 30 blocks
for our winner.

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And the Winner is...

 

 

Angie Agens

won

22 finished blocks

5 kits returned

a remnant of focus fabric

and

a coupon for free edge to edge quilting from

Tops to Treasures

 

 

Well done Frisco Quilt Guild.

27/30 blocks were returned.

If you are in possession of one of the 3 missing blocks please forward it to Angie.  She is in the book.

 (I'm sure she would love to get them back finished.) 

CQF Month 11 - May 2013 - Wonky Stars

General Description of Block: This nine patch block is made from two sets of four identical blocks, (one on the corners, and one of the edges) with a third block in the center.

The edge blocks are made by "free" piecing.  It is a step outside of our normal box - one where exact measurements and edges are king - but I think we can do it.  I love the wonky starbursts that it creates.  I hope you do too.

FQG: Your block contains fabric for the green (K-Green) and aqua (K-Aqua) in the corners. You need to add your own green or blue and white.

Cutting Directions: (49 pieces, but some will be strip pieced to make it easier.)

• From white
• cut 1, 2" x 8" rectangles (corners)
• cut 1, 5" x 5" squares (center block)
• cut 8*, 2 1/2" x 5" rectangles (star points)  The star points of this block are "free" pieced.  The dimensions above are only a suggestion.  It is the smallest size you can use to piece these corners without teaching your family and pets new words.  Cut these pieces larger if you want your points to reach to the edge of the block.
• From your background color (YBC)
• cut 3, 2" x 8" rectangles (corners)
• cut 4, 5" x 5" square (edge blocks)
• From K-Green (FQG kit fabric)
• cut 3, 2" x 8" rectangles (corners)
• From K-Aqua (FQG kit fabric)
• cut 2, 2" x 8" rectangles (corners)

Piecing Directions:
Corners: Make 4 identical blocks

• Gather 9, 2" x 8 1/4" rectangles (1 white, 2 K-Aqua, 3 K-Green, and 3 YBC)
• Sew 3 sets in the following orders:
• white, K-Aqua, K-Green
• K-Aqua, K-Green, YBC
• K-Green, YBC, YBC
   
• Iron seams away from the K-Green. On sets where K-Green is on the outside iron both seams towards the inside.
• Cut sets, perpendicular to the seams, into 4, 2" x 5" strips.
• Sew long edges of strips together, with the center blocks arranged K-Aqua, K-Green, YBC.
• Iron seams towards outside.
• Trim to 5" x 5" squares.

Edges: Make 4 blocks

 

• Gather
• 4, 5" x 5" YBC squares
• 8 white rectangles
• a small ruler
• a marking tool

Mark the right side of each 5" x 5" YBC square on the center of one side.

 

 

With right sides together, align a white rectangle with the long edge touching the marking.  You should have a tiny triangle hanging over the edge about 1/4".   The body of the rectangle should be in the center of the square.  Angle it as you like, but make sure there is enough fabric to reach the corner when it is flipped over.

 

 

Sew  1/4" from the long edge of the white rectangle.

 

 

Iron open.

 

 

 

Flip piecing over and trim back to 5" x 5" square.

 

 

 

Mark the front again.

 

 

 

Repeat process for second point.  Try altering the angle you use to make your star more wonky.

 

Trim piece to 5" x 5" square.

Repeat to make 4, 5"x5" edges

Assemble Block:

• Gather 9, 5" blocks (4 corners, 4 edges, 1 center)
• Arrange corners so that the white corner patch is farthest from the center block.
• Arrange edges so that the white triangles meet beside the center block. The YBC shapes should be pointing toward the center.
• Sew blocks together to make three rows.
• Rows 1 & 3: corner block with white corner in upper left, edge block with YBC shape pointing down, corner block with white corner in upper right.
• Row 2: Edge block with YBC shape pointing to the right, center block, edge block with YBC shape pointing to the left.
• Sew rows together to make block.
 



This is a sample of what 12 blocks would look like. This quilt would measure 43.5" x 57".

Each month there are 29 kits up for grabs at the general meeting of the Frisco Quilt Guild. Use a kit, make a block, and return it at the next general meeting to be eligible to win all of the blocks created and any kits that were not made. The winner is randomly selected from those eligible.



 

Gentle Reminder - April 2013

 

All 30 kits were taken for this one, so someone is in for a perfectly purple treat when they win all the blocks!!

As of today you have two weeks to get your block done.

 

See you on the 23rd!!

 

 

ps.  Today is our guild presidents' birthday.  Why don't you drop her a note and wish her well.

And the winner is....

Tedda Hazelbaker

Congratulations to Tedda on winning:

20 finished blocks

9 kits

29" of width of fabric background fabric

&

A coupon to Tops to Treasures for free labor on one quilt

 

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CQF Month 10 - April 2013 - Boxed Star

 

You've seen this block before, almost.  Last November (CQF 5 - November 2012 - Pow Wow) we made a block that is very similar.  The difference is in the center block.  Where Pow Wow had a simple patch, Block Star has a pieced square in a square.


General Description of Block:  Boxed Star redresses our old friend  in a tonal theme that moves the emphasis from the star to the boxes in the middle.  The result is new and fresh.

FQG: Your kit contains fabric for the dark purple in the center and corner blocks.  There will be more than one piece of fabric in the kit.  Please be careful to choose the right piece for the right job.  You need to add coordinating fabrics for the rest of the block. Let's try to position the colors like they are in the picture above.

Cutting Directions: (57 pieces, but some will be strip pieced to make it easier.)

• Dark Purple  (FQG Kit fabric)
• 1, 5" x 5" square (FQG this is already cut for you)
• 2, 2" x 8" rectangles 
• Medium Purple
• 3, 2" x 8" rectangle
• 1, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" square
• sub-cut twice on the diagonal to make 4 small triangles
• Palest Purple
• 1, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4 square
• sub-cut twice on the diagonal to make 4 small triangles
• White
• 4, 2" x 8" rectangles
• 2, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" square
• sub-cut each square twice on the diagonal to make 8 small triangles
• 4, 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" squares

Piecing Directions:

 



• Corners:
• Gather
• 9, 2" x 8" rectangles
• Sew strip sets:
• dark purple, white, medium purple
• white, medium purple, white
• dark purple, white, medium purple
• Iron seam allowances
• towards the center when the center strip is medium purple
• away from the center when medium purple is on the end.
• Cut each strip set into 4, 2" x width of set segments
• Sew one segment from each set together along the long edge to make one 5" square. It should look like the picture at the beginning of this section.
• Iron seam allowances open
• Trim block to 5" x 5" square
• Repeat 3 times to make 4 identical blocks.

• Edges:
• Gather
• 16 small triangles
• Sew 4 pair palest purple/white triangles,
• Sewing from the right angle toward the point with the white triangle on the bottom.
• Sew one white and one palest purple small triangle together along the short side.
• Iron seam allowance toward the white triangle.
• Repeat 3 times for 4 large palest purple/white triangles
• Sew 4 pair medium purple/white triangles
• Sewing from the right angle toward the point with the white triangle on the bottom.
• Sew one white and one medium purple small triangle together along the short side.
• Iron seam allowance toward the white triangle.
• Repeat 3 times for 4 large medium purple/white triangles.
• Sew palest purple/white triangle to medium purple/white triangle along the hypotenuse
• be careful not to stretch the pieces
• snuggle seams together at center.
• Pop center seam and iron seam allowances in a swirl.
• Repeat 3 times for 4 blocks.
• Trim blocks to 5" x 5" square

• Center:
• Gather:
• 4 white 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" squares
• 1 dark purple 5" x 5" square
• Draw a diagonal line on the back of each white square
• Align white square with corner of dark purple square with drawn line parallel to the corner, right sides together.
• Sew next to and to the outside of the drawn line. 
• Iron so that the white square gets folded in half along your stitching line creating a dark purple square with one white corner.
• Repeat process on next three corners in succession to make one dark square with four white corners.
• Trim block to 5" x 5"

• Assemble block:
• Iron seam allowances toward edges made from large triangles.

Bring your finished block(s) to the April meeting of the Frisco Quilt Guild to be eligible for the drawing.

The winner of the drawing will receive all of the blocks submitted and be able to make a quilt that looks something like these....

 

Made from 16 blocks with two borders.

 

Made from 30 blocks.

 

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