Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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.

Monday, September 26, 2011

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.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

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.