MadQuilter's Scrappy 1st block
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I wanted to see what the 2X5 inch rectangles would look like sewn into a block. I do intend to put the quilt top together in rows but I think I will make blocks at my leisure for later assembly. I find when working on a scrap quilt, I end up searching for more scraps to finish. If I sew the top as I go, the new additions look obvious at the end. The strips sewn into a block works out to a perfect 8X8 size which is a plus! I am not keeping the cut off triangles.[ATTACH=CONFIG]524344[/ATTACH]
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Oh No!!! now i want to start one....but I have a king size quilt on the LA frame, and one on line for a customer and another to finish for a quilt show in Sept....Tartan, you have troubled my mind
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In this size the triangles sewn into a square come out at 1 inch. I am putting them in the garbage. For the bigger size (3X9) half square triangles I would save them for the Split 9 Patch design free pattern off Bonnie Hunter's site.
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So......you are sewing together a lite/dark 2x5 strip....like you would joining binding strips...to get the diagonal seam? Three with dark to left, two with lite to left...then sewing 5 alternately beginning with left dark to make the 8x8 block? I like the idea of doing it in blocks.....
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