A zillion 31/2 inch squares
#23
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Pair up light and dark 3 1/2 blocks right sides together. Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the light. Stitch a 1/4 on both sides of your drawn line then cut on drawn line. You will end up with two HST blocks. You can trim one of them down to be 2 1/2 inches to mix and match with your 2 1/2 squares and you can square the other one up to 3" HST. There are countless things that can be done with a mix of squares and HST blocks. If the quiltville site doesn't give you enough ideas you can invest in a book specifically for scrap quilts or see if you library has one.
Edited to add, I have made the depression block. It looks great when done and is great fun to play with HST. another one along the same lines is Aunt Sukeys choice, simply replace the flying geese unit with two HST. Looks great done scrappy with matching values.
http://www.quilterscache.com/A/AuntS...oiceBlock.html
Edited to add, I have made the depression block. It looks great when done and is great fun to play with HST. another one along the same lines is Aunt Sukeys choice, simply replace the flying geese unit with two HST. Looks great done scrappy with matching values.
http://www.quilterscache.com/A/AuntS...oiceBlock.html
Last edited by feline fanatic; 05-08-2012 at 05:52 AM.
#24
Arkansas Crossroads. I did one with 2.5 squars and just won 3rd place at my guild's judging prior to show. Pretty simpl.
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Depression Block quilt! Here's the link to the pattern at Quilter's Cache. http://www.quilterscache.com/D/DepressionBlock.html
That's what I would make if I had a bunch of squares!
Colleen
That's what I would make if I had a bunch of squares!
Colleen
#28
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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I have a scrappy pattern called "Triple Irish Chain". It is so cool. 16 squares make up one square. The next square would have 3 scrappy squares at each corner with white in the center. The white parts are cut in rectangles to make up that square. Didn't search for the pattern to see if it's out there. Found it an quite old quilt mag. Hope to make it this year. It's keeps calling me. I did make up one of each of the squares, so there's a start.
#29
Check out the variations on a postage stamp quilt at Wedding Dress Blue blog, under "tutorials." www.weddingdressblue.wordpress.com
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I agree...
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