Honoring Women's Rights ~ Week 33

Contrary Husband

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 differs from 

the original.  Many of you may know I have 

an aversion to Y-seams, so this gives you the 

same look without them.  You will not be able 

to easily fussy cut on the light outer pieces with

this method but you have a great large center

square which would be perfect for fussy cutting.

It is best to use blendable fabrics for the Fabric A

and Fabric B.

Fabric Requirements:

Fabric A: Light Print

4 - 2 1/2'' squares

4 - 3 1/4'' squares - Mark 

a diagonal line on back.

Fabric B: Red

4 - 3 1/4'' squares

Fabric C: Green 

1 - 4 1/2'' square

Make Half Square Triangles:

Pair Fabric A and Fabric B 3 1/4'' squares

with right sides together.  Sew 1/4'' away from

each side of drawn line.  Cut on drawn line and

press seams to the darker fabric. 

 Square to 2 1/2''.

Assemble Center Side Units:

Layout units as shown and sew together.

Press these seams open to reduce bulk.

Layout units as shown and sew together

in 3 rows.  Press seams in row s 1 & 3 to 

the right and seams in row 2 to the left.

Sew rows together and square to 8 1/2''.

Checkout everyone's work on Dustin's Flickr site:

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

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See you next Sunday!

~Ellen