Piper Pouch ... by CloBird Designs. Basic Skills Necessary: Basic Sewing Skills Zipper installation helpful, but not required Pattern Description: One of the first items I designed, if you can call it designing, was Piper. Truly, just a "happy accident" with staying power! These little pouches come in quite handy for the beach, park, camping or hiking. The materials used are durable and easy to keep clean with just a damp cloth.
You might also enjoy our FB group ~ where there is inspiration, help, fabrics, and friendships: Sizing / Finished Measurements: 8" wide x 6" tall Materials: 1 piece laminated cotton [8 1/2? You Will Also Need: 9? Untitled. Disappearing 4-patch. This month's block for the Block Lotto is a disappearing 4-Patch or a 4 to 9-patch. What a cute block! And the red and white color scheme - love! My kids' school colors are red and white and I can just see an adorable, cuddly quilt wrapped around my legs and hiney at hockey games and track meets. I think I need to win this batch (Sophie! Help a sista out!) This tutorial originally comes from the Sew Wonderful blog - but there are a ton of variations on this block out there. This quilt is also a perfect project for charm packs - this block starts with 5" squares!
Start with four 5" squares. Then, with a scant 1/4" seam, sew these four squares together. Place your 4-patch on a smaller cutting mat so that you can turn the mat as you make the cuts for the 9-patch: With a quilting ruler, line up the RIGHT edge so that it's 1" from the center seam: Cut along the edge: Turn your mat a quarter turn to make the next cut. Keep making quarter turns until you have cut four times: And easy, too!
Have fun! Old Maid's Puzzle. Sometimes a block has many names and this is one of them. It was called Old Maid's Puzzle in the American Farmer's Magazine in ladies section called “The Farm House” when it was published in 1895. Other names include Jacks on Six, Double X, Three and Six, Cat's Cradle, Kindergarten Block. For a two color 6 inch finished block you will need: From a background (white) cut three 2 7/8 inch squares and three 2 1/2 inch squares From a medium or dark (blue) cut three 2 7/8 inch squares We will be making triangle squares for this block. (Triangle squares, diagonal half squares, or half square triangles. We will make two blue and white triangle squares first. If not, you will have to draw a second line on either side, exactly 1/4 inch from the first line.
You will now have two triangle squares, which should measure exactly 2 1/2 inches. Repeat with the remaining 2 7/8 inch squares, you need a total of six triangle squares. Make two units that look like this. And one unit that looks like this. BOMs. Log Cabin. Second round completed should measure 9 1/2 inches. Double Monkey Wrench (a.k.a. Churn Dash) Place the background and dark strips right sides together, and sew using a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Cut into four 4 1/2 inch segments. To make the corner units, place a background and medium 4 7/8 inch square right sides together. Mark a line diagonally from corner to corner, and then mark a second line 1/4 inch on either side of that line. The first line is your cutting line, and the second two will be where you sew. Sew on the two sewing lines, cut on the cutting line, and open up your squares. Now sew the rows together as shown in this diagram to finish your double monkey wrench block.
This pattern can be used for personal use only and can not be used commercially without the owner's permission. Double Monkey Wrench © Delaware Quilts February 2003. Friendship Star. This is a very simple block, and a very popular one too. I will give you directions on how to make a 12 1/2 inch star here, but at the bottom of the page will give you cuts to make a variety of different sizes. For the Friendship Star block you will need: from your first color, I chose red, cut two 4 7/8 inch squares and one 4 1/2 inch square. From your second color, I'm using white, cut two 4 7/8 inch squares and four 4 1/2 inch squares.
We will be making triangle squares for this block. (Triangle squares, diagonal half squares, or half square triangles. They are all the same thing, just different names.) We will make the red and white triangle squares first. If not, you will have to draw a second line on either side, exactly 1/4 inch from the first line. You will now have two diagonal half-squares, which should measure exactly 4 1/2 inches. Now you can assemble your block. Make one set like this. | Home | Family | Relay | Quilts | Blocks | Projects | Retreat | Email | Quasar Quilt Block. A quasar is a spinning star. That seemed an appropriate name for this block, designed specially for the Desperate Housewife’s Quilt-as-you-wish-Along. Don’t be put off by the number of pieces. It goes together fairly easily (just watch seam allowance) and makes good use of scrap or that honeybun you bought because it was so cute and haven’t known what to do with it.
By the way, you can make 30 of these blocks out of a single honeybun plus background fabric. That is enough for a nice size quilt, particularly if you use alternate setting blocks or an on-point setting. Jane suggested we say a little about design inspiration. Well, I love stars and pinwheels, too. My design software is usually the back of junk mail envelopes or 1/4-sheets of scrap paper I keep lying around the house. The problem with that block was that it really and truly had too many pieces and each section had to be assembled differently.
Then I realized that I could make one pattern four times and spin them. 1. 2. 3. 4. Rail Fence. Here's one sample layout, using nine blocks as we made them above. You'll find there are MANY different layouts possible though, by alternating the order in which your strips are sewn together, adding extra colors etc. This is a great one to plan out on graph paper! Happy Quilting! Marcia :o) ...on to Page 2 for Supplies Needed! Here's Michele's!