October's block for quilts around the world

 

 

 

 

 

 

October's block is called "Scrappy Granny Square Quilt Block" and this was made for the Queen Bee that live in Tucson Arizona .

 

The criteria was bright colours with a white background and boarded in a solid colour. We could choose any 2 main colours and then have shades of those colour to make up the block. Again the block finished as to be 12.5 inches square.

 

The reason mine is doubled sashed (boarded) is I did not have enough blue fabric to make a wide boarder so I added the red. Which the Queen Bee loves and the block is very different from the others I have seen.

 

but this is the fun of doing a quilt from around the world each block will be so different.

 

I have never made a block like this and it was fun. So far all but one block is new to me and I have learn so much while taking part in quilts fro around the world.

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by ...... see you soon.....

 

Keep sewing .........

 

August's quilt block for quilts around the world.

 

 

The block requested from the August Queen Bee was the Japanese + and x block.

I have never made this block before, so I was excited to try something new. All the blocks I have made so far are blocks I have never made, this is why its such fun to sew with people around the world, you get to try something new very month!!!!!!

 

 The instruction were some great scrappy print or text fabric, bright or neutral colours but no pastels.

 

So off I went to my trays and trays of fabric to look for text fabric to start then bright print fabric. And here we have it......

 

These are my fabric choices, I have cut out into my pattern pieces.

I have 4; 5.5 x 5.5 inch squares

8; 3.5 x 3.5 inch squares

4; 2.5 x 3.5 inch rectangles

2; 2.5 x 2.5 inch squares

1; 2.5 x 6.5 inch rectangle

 

Then I made the corner squares and joined the rectangles to the squares. Finished bits to other bits. 

 

 

Joined them altogether and finished block.

 

The pattern instructions came from portlandmodernquiltguild.blogspot.com if you fancy having ago.

 

This was such a fun block to put together, the longest part was cutting the pieces out.

 

Just can't wait for Septembers block now.... Soooon be my turn!!! well January will be here soon.!!!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by............... see you soon

 

Keep sewing...