Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Tips & Tricks ~ Bonus Block for March!

Ready for a fun bonus block? I thought it might be fun to piece some 6” finished blocks to use in our quilt top. 6” blocks are so versatile – you can put 4 together as a 4-patch to make a 12” block, you can also use them as setting blocks. Right now my plan is to use them as setting blocks which would mean we’d need eight in total by December. The choice is all yours…there will be 7 more bonus 6” blocks during this quilt along for you!

Since this is a bonus block, the tutorial will be here, without so many tips along the way. This is meant to be fast and fun!

So, the first 6” block is my favorite, the Friendship Star. At the beginning of the month we learned about HSTs right? Here’s the post. This is where you can put them into another block!

Please read thru the directions to the end first, and then start your block. (Getting sick of me saying that yet?)

Pick out your fabrics  – here is what I used:

  • Lights – cut 4 each 2 1/2” squares  AND cut 2 each 3” squares
  • Medium or Dark – cut 1 each 2 1/2” square AND cut 2 each 3” squares

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

Cut to size…

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

At the start of this month we learned how to make a half-square triangle HST. See this post for that information.

Make 4 HSTs using the 3” squares of light and dark fabrics – you will end up with 4 HSTs that measure 2 1/2” square. Here are my photos of how I did it (detailed directions are in the earlier post)

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

…pressing seams away from the HST toward the square…

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

   

Layout your block….Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

Piece your rows first….

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

And then each row to one another… 

Tips and Tricks March 2011 BONUS BLOCK

Square to 6 1/2” and….

…you’re done! You’ve completed a Friendship Star block!

See you again soon!clip_image017

©2011, Carrie Graziano, crickets studio

3 comments:

The Mussertons said...

I am probably missing something somewhere, but I can't get to the original March block. Can someone post a link? Thanks!

crickets said...

Hi! Well, Blogger posted this a week early ~ see the date? Today is the 8th and the post date is March 15th! Whoa - and my original March 1st post with the March T&T block had been deleted.

Good news - I just re-posted it, and I updated the Tips & Tricks tab so the PDF files are also under there for both March blocks.

Thx for asking - I so appreciate it {smile}.

The Mussertons said...

Thanks! I have had blogger do something similar to a scheduled post too. It was a fun block!

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