Summer Sampler | Week Four

Using your block tool make the following 4" blocks

Monkey Wrench 52 | Broken Dish 18

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Bonus Block | Nine Patch
cut 5 | 1-7/8" dark squares and 4 | 1-7/8" light squares

 Piece together using photo for layout.

Bonus Block | Shoofly

cut 4 | 1-7/8" light squares and 1 | 1-7/8" dark square 

cut 2 | 2-3/8" from light and dark.

1. Make half square triangles by drawing a diagonal line on wrong

side of light square | sew 1/4" on each side of line | 

cut on line | press toward dark | square units to 1-7/8"
2. Layout and piece block using photo placement.

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Summer Sampler | Week Three

Using your block tool make the following 4" blocks

Snowball 82 | Arkansas Crossroads 3 | Walking Star 96 | Flying Geese 33

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Summer Sampler | Week Two

Using your block tool make the following 4" blocks

Homeward Bound 42 | Signature Friendship 79 | Indian Star 44

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Bonus Block | Pinwheel Four Patch
cut 2 | 2-1/2" dark squares

cut 4 | 2" squares dark and light
1. Make half square triangles by drawing a diagonal line on wrong

side of light square | sew 1/4" on each side of line | 

cut on line | press toward dark | square units to 1-1/2"
Check out this tutorial for a visual of this technique.

Layout block using photo.

Flag Day

Tomorrow is Flag Day so I thought a re-post of
 this little project would be perfect. Enjoy!

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Make our little quilted flag.

- Chose 9 blue prints and cut a 1" strip

of each. Piece a 9-patch.

- Chose 4 red prints and 3 light prints.

cut a 1" strip of each.

- Top section - strip piece a red-light-red

unit and cut 4" long, attach to 9-patch

- Bottom section - strip piece a

light-red-light-red unit and cut 5-1/2"

 long. Attach to top section.

- Quilt as desired and bind with a single

thickness binding.

- Attach to a dowel or twig from your yard.

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Summer Sampler | Week One

 Using your block tool make the following 4" blocks

Sawtooth Star 77 | New Album 55 | Ribbon Star 69

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Bonus Block | 16 Patch
cut 8 | 1-1/2" light and dark squares. Piece in a checkerboard.

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Insta | Sew Along

Join us on Instagram for a fun Summer Sew Along.

This great quilt will serve as inspiration.