CQF Month 5 - November 2012 - Pow Wow

 

I can't help myself. Every November I think of the same things.

I'm about 7 years old, sitting in my 2nd grade classroom, the trees are near bear and there are crunchy leaves all over the ground, and I listen to the teacher talk about the very first Thanksgiving. Some of us have on paper colars over plain shirts, some have construction paper feathers stuck on our heads, and all of us are thinking, "Wouldn't it be neat to meet a real Indian and have dinner together."

There weren't many in New Jersey 40 years ago. I don't imagine that there are many there now.   We did have neighbors though and a good neighbor with which to share a feast is a grand thing.  I am Thankful for the provisions of God through good neighbors and bountiful harvests throughout the ages. 

General Description of Block:  Pow Wow reminds me of patterns I've seen on old indian blankets.  It is a 9 patch block featuring smaller 9 patches cornering an eight pointed star that seems to explode from the center.

FQG:  Your kit contains fabric for the light blue in the corners and center.  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: (53 pieces, but some will be strip pieced to make it easier.)

• Blue  (FQG Kit fabric)
• 1, 5" x 5" square (FQG - has been cut to size for kit)
• 3, 2" x 8" rectangles (FQG - cut from large rectangle in kit.)
• Green
• 2, 2" x 8" rectangles
• Gold
• 2, 2" x 8" rectangles
• 1, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4 square
• sub-cut twice on the diagonal to make 4 small triangles
• Brown
• 1, 2" x 8" rectangle
• 2, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" square
• sub-cut each square twice on the diagonal to make 8 small triangles
• Red
• 1, 2" x 8" rectangle
• 1, 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" square
• sub-cut twice on the diagonal to make 4 small triangles

 

Piecing Directions:



• Corners:
• Gather
• 9, 2" x 8" rectangles
• Sew strip sets:
• blue, green, brown
• gold, blue, green
• red, gold, blue
• Iron seam allowances
• towards the center when the center strip is blue
• away from the center when blue 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 away from the center
• Trim block to 5" x 5" square
• Repete 3 times to make 4 identical blocks.

 

• Edges:
• Gather
• 16 small triangles
• Sew 4 pair red/brown triangles ,
• Sewing from the right angle toward the point with the brown triangle on the bottom.
• Sew one brown and one red small triangle together along the short side.
• Iron seam allowance toward the brown triangle.
• Repeat 3 times for 4  large red and brown triangles
• Sew 4 pair gold/brown triangles
• Sewing from the right angle toward the point with the brown tirangle on the bottom.
• Sew one brown and one gold small triangle together along the short side.
• Iron seam allowance toward the brown triangle.
• Repeat 3 tims for 4 large gold and brown triangles.
• Sew red/brown triangle to gold/brown 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 squares
• Trim blocks to 5" x 5" square

 

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

Bring your finished block(s) to the November 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....

I like it!  Maybe I will salt the ballot box this month....just kidding!