Themed "Block of the Month" Sign-Up for June

[FrChuckW]

Luna, that block is gorgeous, I would be proud to receive it.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Leepsy I forgot to thank you for the little smile button. I thought it was the cutest thing. Thank you again.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

Luna, your block is so awesome!!!! Very nice work and cool color combo too!!

Sounds like a busy day for you Leeps..and am about 4 or 5 days from my first ripe tomato you lucky duck!!

 

[luvs2garden2000]

Thanks for the pattern, yes I can follow that. Easy peasy.

Ill bite add me to the list. Thanks
Tina

 

[Acre of Blessings]

You've been added

 

[Crumples]

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She's gotta keep up with the big dogs somehow.....right?

for Crumples

Did you get your block yet?

I did get a new machine.
OMG
It is soooooooooooooooooo sweet.

No

I didn't get my block ....

 

[Crumples]

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OMG
He was sooooooooooooooo sweet.
Helped me get the new machine in my sewing machine cabinet.
Helped me rearrange my Office/Sewing Room so that it was more sewing friendly.
He worked alllllllllll Saturday morning.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Hmmmmmmm ... I need suggestions ....
Do I go with "stud muffin" or Just a "Hi" on the briefs?

 

[Crumples]

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What I do is very simple and is less wasteful of fabric.
Often times I see a pattern in a magazine that I really like, but it is for a 9 inch block instead of 12, and all the directions for cutting the pieces is for that 9 inch block.

So I draw off the pattern onto a 12 inch piece of freezer paper (you can cut it easily with a rotary cutter on you matt. This is cake plate from the Fall colors swap. I number the pieces for the colors I will use
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23941_cake_plate.jpg

Then I cut up the pieces and gather together the same color pieces. I then position these onto white fabric. (For this example I'm using a colored fabric so the white paper shows up.) I position them with the seams between and use a ruler to line them up. I iron these to the fabric. What I'm looking for is the most condensed arrangement that yields the pieces with the added seams
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23941_parts_1.jpg

Here I was able to combine three pieces from the corner into one larger triangle.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23941_color_5.jpg

Next I arrange all the same color pieces together on the matt board and make notes of the sizes of the fabric pieces on the original pattern. Now I know how wide to cut my strips for cutting out the component pieces. Here a 7 inch strip will yield the triangle corner and the two rectangles.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23941_saving_fabric.jpg

There were four triangles and a 3 inch square for color 1. By playing with the triangle pieces, I could cut a 5 5/8 inch square to cut on the diagonal twice.
The three inch square with seams would be cut from a 3.5 inch strip. The color 2 I decided to make from a rectangle since I wanted to use two different swatches for those pieces. The two together for each swatch could also be cut from a 3.5 inch strip at 4.5 inch.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23941_colors_1_and_2.jpg

The hour I might spend in the drafting process is worth it. I use old cotton pillow cases or an old sheet for the drafting process so I'm not cutting up my good quilting fabric. I can stitch these pieces together to make a practice blick and tweek the pieces before I ever cut into my good fabrics. I make notes on the original pattern and can use it to sight measure my block as I work with it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23941_layout.jpg

I hope this helps.

This was great.
I could never do this.

 

[Crumples]

A L E R T

Scrambles has a new guy in her life.

Hint: He is younger.
He is short, fuzzy and has wiskers.
O ... he moved in last weekend.

All I'm gonna say ...

 

[Zookeeper9000]

SCRAMBLED what have you been up too. Not telling us about the new guy. Must be those racey red shoes with the high heals.


Shame on you now spill it girl we are all friends here. Even if we don't have whiskers and fur.