And the winner is......

Sue Rejmaniak

Congratulations to Sue for winning 9 finished blocks, 14 kits , and the remaining fabric.

If you have a block or kit that didn't make it to the guild meeting last night please send it to Sue.  She is in the book!

Month 12 - Saw Blades

I have 14 kits left for the final installment of Frisco Quilt Guild's 2011/2012 Bock of the month program. 

Does anyone else see sesame seeds in this top?

If you would like to participate, let me know and I will pop a kit in the mail to you.

Month 12 - June 2012 - Saw Blades

General description of block: This nine patch block is similar in construction to a Friendship Star (month 11) with two exceptions.  1) It turns in the opposite directions and 2) the points of the star are extended and bent creating a silhouette reminiscent of a saw blade.  It seemed the perfect pattern to end this series with...a tribute to the wonderful men we often create quilts for.

FQG - Your kit contains a rust solid and measuring tapes.  Use the solid for dark and the tapes for light.  Use your own fabric for the background and blade silhouettes - make sure the fabrics you select coordinate with the kit without blending in to it.

Cutting directions: (21 pieces)

• From dark -
•  cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles
• From light -
• cut 1, 5 1/4 inch square. Sub-cut this square diagonally into 4 small triangles
• For Blade silhouette -
• cut 4, 5 1/4 inch squares. Sub-cut these into two triangles each, for a total of 8 large triangles.
• cut 1, 4 ½ inch square for center
• For background -
• cut 2, 5 1/4 inch squares. Sub-cut these into two triangle each, for a total of 4 large triangles.

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 align the pieces, sew each two colored triangle to large triangle of Blade fabric.
• Trim excess seam allowance (this should be Blade fabric).
• Being careful not to warp the triangles, iron seams open.
• The finished squares should be identical.
• Trim to 4 ½ inch squares.
• Make 4

Center side square -

• sew one Blade triangle to one background triangle along the hypotenuse. (Long edge).
• Iron seam open.
• Trim to 4 ½ inch square.
• 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.