Posts Tagged ‘Block of the Month’

  CABANA STRIPES Makes one 12 1/2” unfinished block You will need: White solid – one 2 1/2” X by the following lengths (you will get these out of one strip cut from the width of the fabric) One 2 1/2” square One 4 1/2” long strip One 6 1/2” long strip One 8 1/2”…

DIZZY DAISY   Unfinished size 10” square For this block you will need – Flower petals – Four 5” squares of a modern floral print.  You can cut one layer cake square into four if you have one. Flower centre – Four 2 1/2” squares yellow tone-on-tone or solid, a charm square works perfectly for…

    SHINE ON TILE This pretty block due for the March meeting is reminiscent of a Turkish tile in shades of turquoise, royal blue and emerald green. The prints can have hints of other colours, but please stick to the palette outlined. This block is from the excellent book Modern Quilts Block by Block by Emily…

  QUATREFOIL BLOCK DIRECTIONS   Fabrics required: – Two different red tone on tones – cool reds, not orangey – Two different green tone on tones – forest greens, not blue or olive – NO extra colours except white, and NO Christmas prints please! – Solid white for the background Cutting: From the white, cut…

It’s pumpkin time! This month we have a wonky log cabin pumpkin that is really fun to make. Three or more of these big blocks sewn together would make an awesome fall table runner too. September Block Lotto WONKY LOG CABIN PUMPKIN Unfinished size – 12 1/2” X 14 1/2″ Fabrics and cutting –  Lots…

Star Pinwheel Unfinished size: 12 1/2” square Fabrics –  Pinwheel –  a variety of batiks ONLY in lime green, blue violet or a combination of the two. Avoid additional colours. You will need eight different prints for one block.Background – black solid Cutting –Batiks – cut eight different 4 7/8” squares. Cut these all in…