Merry Christmas!

Wow!  Did you hear that one?!  Thunderstorms are not the norm for Christmas time in North Texas.  I hope your sleighs are all safely packed in the garage and that you don't wake up in Kansas....unless of course that is where you expect to be.

I want to remind you that we will NOT be doing the block of the month swap at the December meeting of the Frisco Quilt Guild.  You have until our January meeting to finish the blocks you have.

Sometime between now and Christmas I will sit down and post directions for your bonus blocks....you don't have to make them...I'm just being OCD and giving you a twelfth block. 

Have a spectacular holiday.

God bless,

Cindy 

Happy Thanksgiving

To all of my quilty friends, Have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving holiday. May it be filled with good food and precious family. I thank God for each and every one of you.Cindy

Month 7 - Bonus Block - Forest Flakes

The votes are in....after some slight discussion at the Guild meeting last night it was decided to skip a month.

FQG - the December block, Dancing Tulips will be turned in at our January meeting.  There will be NO BOM swap at the Christmas party in December.

Everyone else - I have decided that I am a little OCD.  It bothers me to skip a month.  It shouldn't...but it is a "block of the month" not a "block of the when I feel like it."  No judgement, just sayin', my issues.  So look for a new pattern toward the end of December.  You can call it my gift to you.

(same block, different color placement)

And the winner is....

Vicky Shortino

Congratulations to Vicky for winning 10 completed blocks, 16 kits, left over yardage, setting suggestions, and a coupon for free quilting from Tops to Treasures.

Month 7?

Hello Quilty Friends,

I have a problem.  My son... that is him in the picture, his name is John... turns 16 on December 20.  (That's not the problem.)  That is also the night of our Christmas party and the date I would release the next block in our series.  (Problem.)

This is the quilt that I have in mind.  Doesn't it look cold?!  Imagine black and white corners with blues and purples in the center....oh yeah....and now imagine silver or blue metallic thread quilting cozy layers together with snow flakes or mittens.  Go light the fire and put on some hot chocolate.

The pattern is the same as Month 5 - November 2011, only the center block is changed to a nine patch.  I've named it Forest Flakes because I can't decide if it is a cold dark forest or a blizard of giant snow flakes.

Here's my question....wanna make it?....wanna chance to win all of the blocks, and free quilting?  Can we provide our own black and white fabric for the corners this time?  (Then I won't have to be at the meeting for this to work....not that I won't, but a boy only turns 16 once and I'd like the option to be with him.)

Leave me a comment - yes you can provide your own fabric for this, no you can not.  (Like that subtle print change hoping to influence your vote?  Sneaky huh.  I'll let you know how the vote goes.

Month 6 - Dec 11/Jan 12 - Dancing Tulips

Dear Frisco Quilt Guild friends - It has been great fun creating this program for you.  You have stunned me with your enthusiasm and ability to follow directions.  I  know that shouldn't shock me...but there always seems to be one in a group of 80 that will ignore a plan.  Whoever it is in our group (Anita maybe?) hasn't digressed very far, and where you have it has been a wonderful addition to the group of blocks. 

General description of block: This is nine patch block reminds me of tulips reaching in from the corners to touch their petals.  When seen as a collection of blocks invokes all of the joy and festivity of a holiday spent with friends and family.  It uses all of the 5 fabrics selected.

Cutting directions: (41 pieces)
FQG - dark and light refer to your kit fabrics

• From dark (red in kit) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.
• From light (green in kit) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.

Since December is such a busy month and we are all buffetted with decisions every time we turn around, and I really like the way the blocks looks in this colorway, lets all do our blocks this way.  Go to your stash and find fabric that reads as teal, white, and dark green.

• From background (teal)-
• cut 1, 4 ½ inch square for center
• cut 4, 4 ½ inch squares for middle edge blocks.
• From 1st contrasting fabric (dark green) -
• cut 4, 2 ½ inch squares for corner blocks
• cut 8, 2 ½ inch squares for middle edge blocks.
• From 2nd contrasting fabric (white) -
• cut 8, 2 ½ inch squares for corner blocks.
• cut 8, 2 ½ inch squares for middle edge blocks.

Piecing directions:

Corners -

• Sew one dark and one light small triangle together to make large triangle.
• Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open.
• Make 4.
• Be careful to sew each set in the same order. The finished large triangles should be identical.

• Sew 3, 2 ½ inch squares into “L” shapes with white (2nd contrasting fabric) on the legs and dark green (1st contrasting fabric) in the corner.
• Iron seams toward white (2nd contrasting fabric).
• Trim “L” shapes 1/4 inch to the outside of the three point intersection. You will be cutting white fabric only. The remaining shape is trianglish with three right corners.
• Align light and dark large triangle center seam along the inner and outer corners of “L” shape, right sides and hypotenuses together.
• Sew along the hypotenuse. Iron seams toward light and dark triangle side of square.
• Trim square to 4 ½ inches.
• Make 4

Middle Edge block -

• Draw a diagonal line on wrong side of all 2 ½ inch squares. (There should be 16)
• Align dark green (1st contrasting) 2 ½ square with a corner of a 4 ½ inch square of teal (background fabric) with right sides together and the drawn line parallel to the corner.
• Sew on diagonal line.
• Fold dark green (1st contrasting fabric) back so piece is 4 ½ inches square. There should be three pieces of fabric meeting in one corner.
• Iron.
• Continue this process in each corner making sure that two contiguous corners are dark green (1st contrasting fabric) and two are white (2nd contrasting fabric).
• Leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance, trim excess fabric from back of block.
• Make 4

Block -

• row 1& 3 - corner square with light & dark side on the outside edge; middle edge block with dark green (1st contrasting fabric) next to dark green (1st contrasting fabric) and white (2nd contrasting fabric) next to white (2nd contrasting fabric); corner square with light & dark side on the outside edge.
• row 2 - middle edge block with white (2nd contrasting fabric) to the outside; teal (background) square; middle edge block with white (2nd contrasting fabric) to the outside.
• Assemble rows so that same fabrics are touching to make one 12 ½ inch block (actual size, including future seam allowances.)

November Kits

13 kits for this blockare still available to members of the Frisco Quilt Guild.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday our November meeting has been moved to November 15.  That is one week earlier than our usual schedual.  Don't wait to the last minute.

And the winner is....

Anne Bartholet!



Anne is the winner of 22 completed blocks (more were turned in after the drawing); 12 kits; leftover yardage; printed setting suggestions; and a coupon to Tops to Treasures for free quilting. 

Congratulations Anne.

Special Sale at FQG

Tonight's guild meeting will be devoted to the garage sale.

However

we will still be doing our block of the month game.

Bring your completed blocks!

Find me near the door when you arrive.

Drop off your block (or unfinished kit) and pick up the kit for next month.

I will not be displaying the blocks at the meeting, but I will draw a name and deliver them to their new owner.

See you there!

Month 5 - November 2011 - Indians & Pilgrims

Dear Frisco Quilt Guild friends - this block is the most difficult one I have given you.  It is not hard, but it will take more time to piece.  Give yourself plenty of time to do it. 

General description of block: This is a nine patch block with Quilty Friend’s signature corners, flying geese, and a square in a square. The overall effect reminds me of the graphic designs used by American Indians in the southwest United States. It also suggests a gathering of friends and family around a large square table. It uses 4 of the 5 selected fabrics.

Cutting directions: (41 pieces)

FQG - dark and light refer to your kit fabrics

• From dark (Red)- cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.
• From light (yellow) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.

Now we’re going to do something different - look at your background and contrasting fabrics. Pick the lightest one. Call it Amos. Pick the darkest one. Call it Bella. (I always wanted to do that. A & B are so boring.) FQG - pick fabrics that coordinate with the fabrics in your kit. DO NOT match the fabrics.  If you have to use a fabric that is similar in hue make it Bella.  Think Fall jewel tones. I think it would be fine to add plum and navy, just make sure that the other fabric is much lighter.

From Bella - (darkest fabric)

• cut 8, 4 ½ x 2 ½ inch rectangles for middle edge blocks
• cut 4, 2 ½ inch squares for center block

From Amos - (lightest fabric)

• cut 2, 5 1/4 inch squares; sub cut them on the diagonal into 4 large triangles for corner blocks.
• cut 1, 4 ½ inch square for center block
• cut 16, 2 ½ inch squares for middle edge blocks.

Piecing directions:

Corners -

• Sew one dark and one light small triangle together to make one large triangle.
• Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open.  Be careful to sew each set in the same order.  The finished large triangles should be identical.
• Using the right angle to align the pieces, sew each two colored triangle to a large Amos (lightest color) triangle. Trim the excess seam allowance (this should be Amos fabric).
• Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams toward Amos.  The finished squares should be identical.
• Trim square to 4 ½ inches.
• Make 4

Middle Edge block - Each edge block is made of two flying goose blocks

• Draw a diagonal line on wrong side of all Amos 2 ½ inch squares. (There should be 16)
• Align 2 ½ square with a corner of a rectangle of Bella fabric with right sides together and the drawn line parallel to the corner.
• Sew next to line.  Place your stitches just to the corner edge of the line.  I used the presser foot as a guide and let the line go under the metal right at the edge of the sewing area. 
• Fold Amos fabric back so piece is a 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch rectangle with a dark corner. There should be three pieces of fabric meeting in one corner.
• Iron toward corner.
• Do this a second time on the corner adjacent along the long edge of the rectangle.
• Leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance, trim excess fabric from back of block.
  Ta-da! You just made a goose. Now make 7 more.
• Sew two goose blocks together, with light triangles pointing in the same direction (Point to long edge.) Each set makes one edge block.
• Iron seam toward Bella.

Center Block - Square in a square.

• Draw diagonal lines on each 2 ½ inch square of Bella. (There should be 4)
• Align 2 ½ square with a corner of the 4 ½ inch square of Amos fabric with right sides together and the drawn line parallel to the corner.
• Sew next to diagonal line. Place your stitches just to the corner edge of the line.  I used the presser foot as a guide and let the line go under the metal right at the edge of the sewing area. 
• Fold Bella fabric back so piece is a 4 ½ inch square with a light corner. There should be three pieces of fabric meeting in one corner.
• Iron toward corner.
• Do this a to each corner of the light square.
• Leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance, trim excess fabric from back of block.
• Trim block to 4 1/2 inches square.

Block-

• row 1& 3 - corner square with light & dark side on the outside edge; middle edge block with geese pointing up; corner square with light & dark side on the outside edge.
• row 2 - middle edge block with geese pointing to the left; background square; middle edge block with geese pointing to the right.
• Assemble rows so that same fabrics are touching to make one 12 ½ inch block (actual size, including future seam allowances.)

Sneak peak - Double Dash

You have 11 days left to complete your blocks for the October 25th meeting. This quilt is going to be a stunner.

And the winner is....

Rosemary Mulkins

Woo-hoo! Rosemary won 16 Wheels of Justice blocks as well as the remaining kits and fabric! Congratulations for an awesome win.

September/October

This month's block is Double Dash.

36 kits were cut, 1 sample made, and 25 kits distributed. That leaves 10 kits in my possession. If you would still like to play, but haven't yet picked up a kit, say the word and I will put one in the mail to you.

Double Dash SAMPLE

Ta-da! Easy as pie. I made our sample block scrappy.

What ya think?

I can't wait to see what you pull out of your scrap boxes.

Month 4 - October 2011 - Double Dash

General description of block: This is a nine patch block, fashioned after the traditional Churn Dash block, with Quilty Friend corners. It uses only 4 of the 5 fabrics selected. I think it looks a bit like a bolt - as in nuts and bolts, not bolt of fabric.

Cutting directions: (21 pieces)
FQG - dark and light refer to the fabric in your kit.

• From dark (brown) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles


• From light (orange)- cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles

FQG - from your stash select two fabrics that coordinate with the dots on the dark fabric. DO NOT use bright orange or the brown that is the background.

• Color 1 (1st contrasting) -




• cut 4, 4 ½ x 2 ½ inch rectangles


• cut 2, 5 1/4 inch squares. Sub-cut these into two triangles each, for a total of 4 large triangles.


• Color 2 (2nd contrasting) -




• cut 4, 4 ½ x 2 ½ inch rectangles


• cut 1, 4 ½ inch square

Piecing directions:

Corners -

• Sew one dark and one light small triangle together to make large triangle. Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open. Be careful to sew each set in the same order. The finished large triangles should be identical.
• Using the right angle to aline the pieces, sew each two colored triangle to large triangle (color 1). Trim excess seam allowance (this should be contrasting fabric). Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open. The finished squares should be identical. Trim to 4 ½ inch squares.

Center side square - sew one contrasting fabric #1 rectangle to one contrasting fabric #2 rectangle along the 4 ½ inch edge. Iron seam open. Make four.

Block -

row 1 - trisected square, solid side in; center side square, contrasting fabric #1 on the bottom; trisected square, solid side in.

row 2 - center side, contrasting fabric #1 to the right; solid contrasting #2 square; center side square, contrasting fabric #1 to the left.

row 3 - trisected square, solid side in; center side square, contrasting fabric #1 on the top; trisected square, solid side in.

Assemble rows to make one 12 ½ inch block (actual size, including future seam allowances.)

Did you make yours yet?

Last month I cut 32 blocks. Actually Gilbert cut them, but I doubt that he will ever read this so I'm taking credit.

I handed out 20 kits at the August meeting. Doesn't it seem like a million years ago?

I have 4 kits in my possession. Aren't they pretty together!

That leaves 16 blocks still at large. I can't wait to see them all.

I've got the packet all ready for the lucky winner. It is going to be some quilt.

And the winner is....

Brenda Stewart!

This picture doesn't do our group justice. The blocks were beautiful...even the one that didn't follow directions...got to love that frog!

Brenda won 16 finished blocks, kits for 18 pinwheels, the leftover uncut yardage, finishing suggestions, and a Popsicle coupon for free labor on quilting the complete top from Tops to Treasures.

6 blocks remain at large. If you are in possession of one of these kits please send either the kit or the finished block to Brenda. She is in the book!

SEPTEMBER... I have 14 kits left. If you would like on give me a call.

September Sample Block

The Wheels of Justice is block #3 in our block of the month series.

I have 32 kits cut for Frisco Quilt Guild members. (As I've only handed out 31 each month I thought cutting fewer was a good idea.). Come to the meeting Tuesday evening, August 23 to get yours!

Month 3 - September 2011 - Wheels of Justice

General description of block: This is a nine patch block similar in appearance to a Court House Steps block but with a Quilty Friends twist. It uses all of the 5 fabrics selected.

Cutting directions: (29 pieces)

FQG - dark and light are refering to your "kit" fabric

• From dark (black) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.
• From light (numbers) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.

FQG - from your stash sellect three fabrics that coordinate with the numbers on the light fabric.  Make one the same color as the numbers background - beige.  This will be the background color for the block.  The other two fabrics can be any color from the print except black.  Think jewel tones and back to school.

• Beige (background) -
• cut 1, 4 ½ inch square.
• cut 4, 2 ½ inch squares.
• Color 1 (1st contrasting) - cut 4, 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch rectangles.
• Color 2 (2nd contrasting) -
• cut 4, 2 ½ x 4 ½ inch rectangles.
• cut 8, 2 ½ inch squares.

Piecing directions:

• Corners -
• Sew one dark and one light small triangle togther to make one large triangle in which the dark side is to the right when the triangle is viewed with it's longest side down.  Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open.  Make 4.  Be careful to sew each set in the same order.  The finished large triangle sshould be identical.
• Sew 3, 2 ½ inch squares into “L” shapes with color 2 (2nd contrasting) fabric on the legs and background fabric in the corner. Iron seams toward color 2 (2nd contrasting) fabric.
• Trim “L” shapes 1/4 inch to the outside of the three point intersection. You will be cutting color 2 (2nd contrasting) fabric only. The remaining shape is trianglish with three right corners.
• Align light and dark large triangle center seam along the inner and outer corners of “L” shape, right sides and hypotenuses together.
• Sew along the hypotenuse.
• Iron seams toward light and dark triangle side of square.
• Trim square to 4 ½ inches.
• Make 4
• Middle Edge block - (like you really need directions for this part...)
• Sew 1 color 1 (1st contrasting) rectangle to 1 color 2 (2nd contrasting) rectangle along the 4 ½ inch edge.
• Iron seam toward color 2 (2nd contrasting) fabric.
• Make 4
• Block -
• row 1& 3 - corner square with light & dark side on the outside, left, edge; middle edge block with color 1 (1st contrasting) fabric next to color 2 (2nd contrasting) fabric; corner square with light & dark side on the outside, right, edge.
• row 2 - middle edge block with color 1 (1st contrasting) fabric to the left; background square; middle edge block with color 1 (1st contrasting) fabric to the right.
• Assemble rows to make one 12 ½ inch block (actual size, including future seam allowances.)

A quilt like this could be yours.....

It will actually look similar to this one...do you like the scrappy look as much as I do? 

Bring your completed block to the September 27th general meeting of the Frisco Quilt Guild to enter the drawing.  You could win all of the blocks entered, left over kit fabric, and written finishing suggestions....and what ever else I decide to through in the pot.

August preview

These blocks have been completed for our swap by Sue Rejmaniak. I think they look awesome together. I believe I have 11 kits left, that means there is a possibility of winning 29 blocks, plus the left over kits and yardage. Will your name be in the pot?

You have 12 more days to get your blocks made! If you haven't gotten a kit and would like one, or more, give me a call.

By George, I think I've got it!!!

With much thanks to the kind people out in the land of blog - most especially Maria Spiller of Essex United Kingdom who blogs here (Please go visit her blog and say thanks for the help!) - I am especially proud to announce that you can now print pages from this blog.

See the little green do-dad in the upper right hand corner of the page?  It says "Print  PDF".  That will let you print the page you are on with out any of the extra junk.  YOU  HAVE TO BE ON THE PAGE YOU WANT TO PRINT for this to work.

To make it even easier to find the monthly patterns, they are now listed under a separate tab.  Look under the title, you will see HOME and PATTERNS.  HOME takes you to the most recent posting.  PATTERNS takes you to a hot list.  Click PATTERNS, then click on the one you want.  You will be redirected to the pattern you asked for.  Once you are there click on the cute little green "Print PDF" button and it will give you options for printing the page....junk free.

Thanks  again to Maria.  If you are ever in Texas look us up.  The guild would be glad to thank you in person....well, I would any how, and I'm sure they would be thrilled to meet my hero!

So, you want to print the directions.... so do I!

Hi all - after much fiddling and tinkering I think I have managed to get what we really wanted in the first place.

At the top of the blog, just below the title you will see two options:  "Home", and "PDF Files."


If you click on "PDF Files" you will be taken to a list of file names.  As of this moment the list only has one item in it...so it really isn't a list yet, but it will be eventually.


Click on the file you want.  This month we are doing "August 2011 - Canoe Trip PDF".  It will redirect you to an adobe file.


You can then print just the directions by clicking on the little picture of a printer in the icon bar at the top of the page.


Hope this helps.

That was irritating. 

FQG Sneak Peak

Can you believe the heat? It is great weather to stay inside....and quilt.
I just got fabric for our October, November, and December blocks. I hope you like them as much as I do.

October, Purchased at Quilt Country, these fabrics are part of a fun new line from Moda. "Meadow Friends" by Deb Strain. Pattern #19486 is the brown, and #19485 is the orange. They remind me of candy corn and pumpkins and lingering days of Indian Summer. (Although, I'm ready for summer to get the heck out of Dodge. Bing on the cold!)

November, Our fabrics are from the collection "Grand Finale" by Sandy Gervais for Moda. Grand Finale Goldenrod Fall Leaves, #17594-16, is being paired with Sandy's Solids Dark Red, #7521-428 to welcome Fall.

Wow oh wow!

We had 31/40 red, white, and blue blocks turned in. Two of those were still in their kit form....thanks to those people for being so brutally honest. Two were I.o.u. blocks, in pieces on a cutting table.

27 completed blocks were won by our friend Anita Gray. If you are the holder of one of the 9 unaccounted for blocks please send the kit, or the completed block to Anita. She's in the book.

Anita also won printed setting ideas, left over yardage from kit making, and the coveted free quilting coupon from Tops to Treasures. Congratulations Anita! There were many who coveted the blocks....including myself. Be sure to bring the finished quilt back to show and tell.

On a different note...I've been approached by Pinwheel Productions....she would like to sponsor a BOM free quilting coupon. How cool is that? More details to come on that bit of good news.

In the mean time....keep cool...and have a Popsicle or two.

You know you want to...

Sneak Peak - month 1

Is your block done? These 7 are...I have one more....that makes at least eight....plus what ever you made. This is going to be one handsome quilt.

After I sent the note telling how many kits I had left, I had people step forward and take them. All 40 kits have been distributed. Will all 40 blocks come back? What a win that will be!

See you Tuesday!

I hear the speaker is bringing a trunk show...53 quilts from all over the world...where does a person store that many quilts?

#**%##@ Computers!

Hello!

I know that there are many people in the world who do not live and breath at the beck and call of their smart phones and computers. I would like to hope that I am one of them...but that is not the issue just now.

You've come to this site hoping to find the directions for the Frisco Quilt Guild's block of the month. YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!

The mechanics of blogdom arrange things in a hierarchy. It makes sense, you can only list so many things on one page. (Don't ask me how many that is. I don't know. But it makes sense that there should be a limit.). When this happens articles seem to disappear. They are not gone. They've been filed...by date...hmmm maybe I need to put the date on the kit labels....any way...

If you can not find Month 1 by scrolling down the page, then look to the bottom right hand corner. You will find a listing of months that have little triangles to the left and (#) to the right. Block one was posted in May. Click on May, and a listing of all postings will appear. Click on Month 1 to get the directions.

FYI the little triangles, carrots, appear in lots of software. Sometimes they are little plus signs. These tell you that there is more information squished inside. They are like magic outline bullets that open and close to save room on the page but keep the information attached. The (#) tell you how many things are squished into that bullet point.

Now...after you have gotten the directions for the block, or maybe before so you remember to do it, go to the top of this blog and enter your email address into the box. You really will get all of this sent right to you each time I post something.

Month 2 - August 2011 - Canoe Trip

General description of block: This is a nine patch block with quartered corners. It uses all of the 5 fabrics selected.

Cutting directions: (21 pieces)

FQG - dark and light are referring to your "kit" fabric

• Purple (dark) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.
• Plaid (light) - cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.

FQG - from your stash select three fabrics that coordinate with the stripes on the plaid.  Make one the same color as the plaid's background - beige.  This will be the background color for the block.  The other two fabrics can be any color from the plaid except the dark purple.  Think Popsicle colors.

 

• Beige (background) - cut 1, 4 ½ inch square.
• Color 1 (1st contrasting)
• cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.
• cut 2, 4 ½ inch squares.
• Color 2 (2nd contrasting) -
• cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles.
• cut 2, 4 ½ inch squares.

Piecing directions:

• Corners -
• This is the hardest part of the block...not that it is hard...you just need to pay attention.  You are going to make four blocks total.  Two of them will be one way (#1) , two of them will be another way (#2).  Follow the pictures and everything should be fine.
• Sew one dark and one light small triangle together to make large triangle in which the dark side is to the right when the triangle is viewed with it's longest side down. Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open. Make 4. Be careful to sew each set in the same order. The finished large triangles should be identical.

#1

Sew one color 1 (1st contrasting) small triangle and one color 2 (2nd contrasting) small triangle together to make large triangle.

Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open.

Note which side of the right corner each fabric is located on...in my picture orange would be to the right if the large triangle were placed with it's longest edge down. Make one more identical triangle, for a total of 2 large triangles with this orientation.

Sew dark & light large triangle to contrasting triangles to make 2 squares. Trim these to 4 ½ inch squares.

#2

Making sure that the small triangles are arranged opposite those in the previous step, sew one color 1 (1st contrasting) small triangle and one COLOR 2 (2nd contrasting) small triangle together to make a large triangle.  In my sample the orange and blue have switched places.  The blue is now on the right if the large triangle were placed with it's long side down.  Make 2.

 

Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open.

 

Sew dark & light large triangle to contrasting triangles to make 2 squares. Trim these to 4 ½ inch squares.

 

 

 

• Block -

row 1& 3 - corner square with  color 2 (2nd contrasting fabric) to the right, color 2 (2nd contrasting) square, corner square with color 2 (2nd contrasting) fabric to the left. (2nd contrasting fabric will form a “canoe.”) Note - Color 1 (1st contrasting) fabric should be on the same edge at each end of the finished rows.

 

row 2 - Color 1 (1st contrasting) square, beige (background) square, color 1 (1st contrasting) square.

 

Assemble rows to make one 12 ½ inch block (actual size, including future seam allowances.)

 

And she sweetens the pot...

Did you know that July has five Sunday's, five Fridays, and five Saturdays in it this year? That hasn't happened in a very long time. If our meetings were on the last Friday of the month you would have an extra week to get your block of the month finished. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. You only have two weeks and a couple of days, not that it will take that long to get it done.

I just counted the kits. I have 11 left. That means that if everyone makes the kit they took, someone will win 29 blocks. That would be a stunning win, and a beautiful quilt. I might even offer to quilt it for free. Of course the blocks would have to be made into a quilt for me to do that....it would be a pretty big quilt too.....with out borders you could make it 70" x "82. That would be 5 x 6 feet/ blocks. You would have to make one more. If you finished out the pinwheels that would add another foot in each direction.

Okay...I'll do it. If you bring back all of the blocks, the winner will receive the magic FREE LABOR coupon from Tops to Treasures. I will quilt the July BOM for free. (Bring the kits back finished or not and I will still count them.)