This week we are studying Miriam. With careful placement of colors, this block creates a pinwheel design. You can also create a star pattern by not repeating the rectangle colors in the adjoining triangles. There is no easy way to piece the half rectangles, so I drew a simple pattern for paper piecing. On white paper, draw…
This block is also called “Sun and Shadows Basket” so I chose blue for the water, yellow for the sun and orange for the basket. Cutting: (3) squares of blue – 2 inches (1) square of yellow – 2-1/4 inches, cut on the diagonal (1) square of blue – 3-3/4 inches, cut on the diagonal…
Lots of small pieces again! Tania wrote me and said she was losing the points on her blocks…join the club! You can try to use a narrower seam allowance so that you sew over the intersection where the point is. Make sure your cutting is accurate and you use a consistent seam allowance as close…
Yay, this week is a very easy paper pieced block. I used two colors – a cream and a solid green. You will need to print the pattern and cut it in half along the diagonal. I started with three strips of each fabric, about 2 inches by 7 inches. It seems obvious, but I…
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