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Ok, here’s the first installment of the On Point Block of the Month Showcase project. The first month has two blocks. Block 1 is called Hearth and Home. There are 8 half square triangles and 17 squares. As you can imagine, this block went together lickety-split . . . quick and easy. What a nice beginning.
A few tips . . .
- As you follow the instructions and cut the pieces it’s helpful to cut a small piece of each fabric and make a chart so you can keep track of which fabric matches which number in the instructions.
- I found my fabric stacked in order, which made it easier to figure which was which (nice job, Sandy!) but don’t assume that it will always be that way . . . it’s easy enough to get them mixed up in the packing – or in the unpacking!
- It’s helpful also to look at the color image as you check the fabric, as the darks in the gray scale drawing are not neccessarily the darks in the actual block.
Block 2 is called Broken Dishes. It has 8 small half square triangles and 4 larger half square triangles and 8 squares. It went together nearly as quick and easy as the first block.
The instructions say to cut the fabric for the half square triangles (HST) into squares and then in half diagonally and then sew the resulting triangles together. I found that there was enough fabric to cut the squares a bit larger and draw a line diagonally from corner to corner, sew just under 1/4″ away from this line on either side, and then cut down the line. This made two HST from each pair of squares and there were no bias edges to deal with while sewing. Just be sure to make your seams a bit less than 1/4″ ’cause there’s not much wiggle room! and then trim the HST to the correct finished size (3″ or 3 1/2″ depending on which ones they are).
Each of these blocks finished at 12 1/2″ as will the rest of the blocks with the exception of the center block.
If you are interested in starting the On Point Block of the Month don’t worry that you are too late. You’ll receive the same set of blocks each month that everyone else gets and then you’ll start over until you have all of the months. You can refer back to the posts for the earlier months when you get them. Don’t forget to sent pics of your finished blocks so we can all “oooh” and “aaaah” over them. Send them to kbrown@quiltersshowcase.com . Oh, and be sure to have fun, and soak up the joy of completing such pretty blocks that will be part of a beautiful large quilt.
