Honoring Women's Rights ~ Week 27

Grandmother's Dream

 

 

We are quilting along with Barbara Brackman's

Block of the Week, Grandmother's Choice.

http://grandmotherschoice.blogspot.com

 

 

This is how I made my block, it is different from the

original instructions.  I'm a quilter that says "why?"

to Y-seams ~ I don't like them and try to come up

with ways to avoid them...

 

 

Fabric Requirements:

 

Fabric A: Light

4 - 2 1/2'' squares

 

Fabric B:  Blue Print

2 - 2 1/2'' x 3 1/2'' rectangles

1 - 2 1/2'' x 8 1/2'' rectangle

 

Fabric C:  Red

4 - 1 1/2'' x 2 1/2'' rectangles

4 - 1 1/2'' x 3 1/2'' rectangles

8 - 1 1/2'' squares - Mark a

diagonal line on back

 

 

Place a Fabric C 1 1/2'' square in the left corner of a

Fabric B small rectangle with right sides together.

Sew a thread width above drawn line and press to the

corner.  Trim back 2 layers of fabric to 1/4'' in the

corner.  Repeat process to right hand side as shown.

Square to 2 1/2'' x 3 1/2''.  Make 2.

 

 

Repeat the above process to each end of the Fabric B

large rectangle.  Square to 2 1/2'' x 8 1/2''.

 

 

Make Corner Units:

 

Sew a Fabric C 1 1/2'' x 2 1/2'' rectangle to the left

side of a Fabric A square.  Press seam to the outside.

Sew a Fabric C 1 1/2'' x 3 1/2'' rectangle to the top of

unit and press seam to the outside. Square to 3 1/2''.

Make 4.

 

 

Layout 2 corner units and a small Fabric B rectangle

unit as shown and sew together.  Press seams open

to reduce bulk.  Make 2.

 

 

Layout 3 units as shown,

 

 

and sew together, press seams to the outside.

Square to 8 1/2''.

 

Check out everyone's work on Dustin's Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/grandmotherschoice/

 

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See you next Sunday.

~Ellen