Skill Builder Block of the Month
Adapted from “The Modern Quilting Bee Block Party” by Alissa Haight Carlton & Kristen Lejnieks
Approximate finished size: 65” x 90”
Fabric requirements:
Background fabric: 6 yards, solid or low volume
Fabrics for the designs: 2 ½ yards of assorted scraps
-or- 10-12 fat quarters
Cutting:
Background:
- 6 fat quarters (blocks 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12)
- 1 @ 16” x 16” *
- 1 @ 14” x 14” *
- 1 @ 11” x 11” *
- Borders for all blocks: 23 @ 2 ½” x WOF (1 5/8 yd)
* These equal about a 1/2 yard all together
Piecing fabrics: (these are approximated)
- 10 @ 2 ½” x 22” (wonky log cabin) & (no background fabric)
- 6 @ 2 ½” x 22” (quartered log cabin) & (no background fabric)
- 2 @ 12” x 12” (wonky 9-patch) & (no background fabric)
- 6 @ 6” x 6” (wonky triangle) & (FQ background fabric cut to 14” x 18” )
- 15 @ 3” x 5” (string x block) & (11” x 11” background fabric)
- 7-10 @ 3” x 22” (wonky Roman stripe) & (FQ background fabric cut to 17 ½” x 17 ½” )
- 20 @ 3” x 6” plus 5” x 5” for center (modern Dresden plate) & (16” x 16” background fabric)
- 6-12 @ 4” x 4” to 6” x 6” (polka dots) & (FQ background fabric cut to 17 ½” x 21 ½”)
- 10-15 @ 1" to 3” wide x 8” long strips (uneven coins) & (FQ background fabric)
- 6-15 @ 4” x 4” to 10” x 10” (hexagons) & (FQ background fabric cut to 15 ½” x 18 ½”)
- assorted 4” long scraps (wonky stripe) & (14” x 14” background fabric)
- 8-12 @ 1.5” x 1.5” to 6” x 6” (confetti) & (FQ background fabric)
Tips & Ideas for choosing fabrics:
- Always cut with a rotary cutter and ruler so that your seams will be flat
- Save all your scraps from each block to consider adding into the next block
- Skip a block if you don’t like it, double up on a block if you like it a lot!
- Use www.design-seeds.com for color inspiration
- For the background, choose a solid or mostly solid fabric
- For piecing fabrics, choose 4-6 each of solids and prints for at least 10 different fabrics
- Avoid piecing fabrics that contain your background fabric color
- Vary the scale of the prints you choose: some each of large, medium and small scale prints
- Choose within a color temperature zone (warm colors or cool colors), then add a neutral
- Add a “pop” of color by adding a contrasting color to an analogous palette
- Pick a focus fabric you love, then choose other fabrics to coordinate
- Choose all your fabrics from one color family, such as all reds
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