Thursday, June 14, 2012

Summer Sampler Series Swap Blocks

The Austin Modern Quilt Guild held it's June meeting tonight. It was a great time, and I was happy to show up with my two blocks: one to swap and one to contribute to a donation quilt. The idea was to use black and white with a pop of color for these two Summer Sampler Series blocks. I actually had to buy some black fabric for these blocks, because I didn't own any. Oops. I like color.


This block was a tedious lesson in patience, especially as I squared up a gazillion half square triangles. I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Though, I'm tempted to try the alternate piecing method when I make one for myself. Would that be so lazy?


This one wasn't too bad, and the block has so much movement in it. I'll make one out of Kate Spain's Terrain fabric to keep for myself sooner rather than later!

The tutorials for these two blocks were fantastic. Have you fallen in love with any tutorials lately?

Happy Crafting!

5 comments:

  1. Hi Claire....I find the Easy Angle ruler to be the BEST for HST. Quick and accurate. No more squaring if you do it right. I'm loving your blocks and I, too, think "Lucky Pieces" would look great in some Terrain (which I just happen to have a ton of right now....yeah!)

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    1. I looked up the ruler! That is so interesting. I had to read through the directions a few times, but I'm sure the cutting makes more sense when you're actually doing it. I'm going to add this ruler to my wish list!

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  2. They both look great! I have to admit, anything improv floats my boat right now, I do not like triangles lol

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  3. I'm doing the summer sampler for my own guild quilt in August and can't wait! Good blocks!

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    1. Thanks so much! I've definitely picked up some skills doing these blocks, which is a bonus :-D I've made some of them a few times for donation quilt blocks, and they're fun to make every time.

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