It's September?!? Are you sure? Ack!
Well, it's my month for the String Me Along Bee. It took me ages to decide what block to make & which fabric to use, but I finally decided.
As many of you know, Sew Mama Sew hosts Giveaway Days twice a year. In May I won some fat eighths of Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms from Don't Call Me Betsy (who happens to be in the String Me Along Bee too). I thought these fabrics would be perfect to send out to my fellow hive members.
The next decision was what type of block to do. Since Bree just had her baby a few weeks ago I wanted to choose a block that would be easy to make, but still utilize the creativity of the group. That's when I decided on HST's (half square triangle). The basic pieces are simple, but you can create all sorts of fun patterns with them.
Here's a quick little tutorial for my block:
Gather your fabric. For this tute I'm using a 2.5" collection for Aneela Hoey's Little Apples & some solid white for the coordinating fabric. My fellow hive members will be receiving 4.25" blocks.
Cut your coordinating fabric to the same size as the other squares. Draw a diagonal line (corner to corner) along the wrong side of your patterned fabric.
Match up 1 patterned square & 1 coordinating square, right sides together. Stitch 2 - 1/4" seams parallel to the line.
Cut along the drawn line.
Press your seams open. You can cut the tails if you like. I don't because I'm lazy. :P
Play with the pattern of your 16 blocks until you find a design that you like.
Once you've chosen the layout you'd like to use sew your pieces into rows & sew the rows together. That's it! :)
4 comments:
Very cute, cannot wait to see more. Did you go with the last layout or is it a surprise
Cute, nice tutorial! I like the last layout and the first one as well. :)
You certainly didn't have to pick this because of me, but I won't say I don't appreciate an easy block! ;)
These are lovely!
And gosh you are lucky when it comes to giveaways :)
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