Chock-A-Block Wednesday

Redbud 2012 Block of the Month ~ July

Album Block

This is the July Block of the Month for the

Redbud Quilt Guild.  Each month I will show

how I made my block.  I was not able to attend

this month's meeting and did not see the demo

on how to make this.  So I just made the flying

geese units the old fashioned way because that

seemed so much easier.

Fabric Requirements:

Fabric A:  Cream or gold

4 - 3 1/2" squares

4 - 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles

Fabric B:  Red

8 - 3 1/2" squares - Mark a

diagonal line on back.

Fabric C:  Blue

2 - 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles

Fabric D:  Star fabric

1 - 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangle

Make Flying Geese Units:

Place Fabric B 3 1/2" square on the left

side of a Fabric A rectangle.  Sew a thread

width below the drawn line, press seam to

the corner.  Trim back 2 layers of fabric to

1/4".  Repeat process on the right side as

shown.  Square to 3 1/2" x 6 1/2".

Make 4.

Make Center Unit:

Layout Fabric C and D rectangles as shown

and sew together. Press seams to the outside.

Square to 6 1/2".

Assemble Block:

Layout units as shown and sew together in

3 rows.  Press seams in rows 1 and 3 to the

outside and seams in row 2 to the inside.

Sew rows together and press final seams

open to reduce bulk.  Square to 12 1/2".