Rest and Refreshing BOW Civil War Sampler Quilt
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Hi, I have just signed up and am waiting for an email with a link to the first block, but looking at it, it looks like it's made up of 2.5" squares and half sq triangles... I'm sure we can make it without the pattern!! Hugs Jacquie xxx
#44
jacquie, Yes, you are right. They don't appear to be difficult blocks, if you have sewn blocks before. It seems if I miss a week's download, it won't be that hard to make the block, or something similar to it. I wasn't keen on the instructions for this block anyway! It's a method of cutting larger squares, drawing a line diagonally, sewing a seam's width from the line, cutting apart the two triangles, then squaring up the HST. I don't care for the extra steps, or the wasted trimmed-off fabric.
DottyD, I'm looking forward to seeing your coming blocks! They will be a 'rest and refreshing' change from the CW fabrics. :-)
DottyD, I'm looking forward to seeing your coming blocks! They will be a 'rest and refreshing' change from the CW fabrics. :-)
#46
DottyD and Givio, what beautiful piecing! Dotty, your Christmas prints are so pretty. I love the snowflaky WOW.
Givio, love those double pinks!
I don't make the HSTs by dividing a big square, either. I use the Easy Angle ruler, and if you want 2.5" HSTs you start with 2.5" strips. Then you just cut with the angle ruler, down the strip. They come out so accurate with no waste! I learned this from Bonnie Hunter during her Grand Illusion Mystery. She's moved on to her own brand of ruler, but I've stuck with the Easy Angle, because if it works, why change it?
Only two more days til we get a new block!
Givio, love those double pinks!
I don't make the HSTs by dividing a big square, either. I use the Easy Angle ruler, and if you want 2.5" HSTs you start with 2.5" strips. Then you just cut with the angle ruler, down the strip. They come out so accurate with no waste! I learned this from Bonnie Hunter during her Grand Illusion Mystery. She's moved on to her own brand of ruler, but I've stuck with the Easy Angle, because if it works, why change it?
Only two more days til we get a new block!
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