Civil War Remembered ~ Block 9

Birds in the Air

We are in Week 9 of Barbara

Brackman's 2011 Civil War Quilt. 

This is how I made my block.

 Cut 2 dark & 3 light 3 1/2"

squares, then cut on the diagonal.

Then cut 1 - 8 7/8" square &

cut on the diagonal.

Sew 3 light and dark squares as

shown, mine squared up to 3 1/8".

Sew units together as shown.

I found that pressing seams

as shown above is the best

option to achieve precise points.

Especially that center seam, notice

those seams are pressed in opposite

directions, they will lock together

when you pin the seam.  After

sewing this seam, I pressed the

seam open to reduce bulk.

Sew the final light triangle to

the light & dark unit.  Next you

have to trim the long edge of this

triangle, take care to leave 1/4"

from the points of the dark triangles.

Then sew the above units together

along the long edge of the triangles.

Press seam to the solid triangle

and square to 8 1/2".

Here is another one I made

using different fabrics for the

dark triangles.

This is another with

different fabrics.

Check out everyone's blocks

at Dustin's site:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/civilwarquilts2011/