Honoring Women's Rights ~ Week 42

Cats and Mice

 

 

We are quilting along with Barbara Brackman's

Block of the Week, Grandmother's Choice.

 

http://grandmotherschoice.blogspot.com

 

 

This is how I made my block.  It may

differ from the original instructions.

 

Fabric Requirements:

 

Fabric A; Yellow

1 - 3 1/2'' square

4 - 2  3/8'' squares

 

Fabric B: Blue

2 - 3 1/2'' squares - Mark a

diagonal line on the back.

 

Fabric C: Green

1 - 3 1/2'' square

 

Fabric D: White

1 - 6  9/16'' square - cut on

the diagonal twice.

 

Fabric E: Red

1 - 2 3/8'' square

2 - 2  3/16'' squares - cut

one on the diagonal

 

 

Make Half Square Triangles:

 

Pair 3 1/2'' squares with right sides

together in the following combinations:

 

1 - A/B     1 - B/C

 

Sew 1/4'' away from each side of drawn

line, cut on drawn line.  Press seam to

the Fabric B.  Use for Quarter Square

Triangles.

 

 

Make Quarter Square Triangles:

 

Mark a diagonal line on the back of the

A/B Half Square Triangle unit going from

the opposite corners from the seam.

 

Place an A/B and B/C Half Square Triangle

together with right sides together.  When you

pull back the corner along the seam it should

look like the photo above.  Sew 1/4'' away from

each side of the new drawn line, cut on drawn

line and press seam to the Fabric B.

 

Now we must square this unit to 2 3/8''.

This is a bit tricky since we now will have to

deal with small measurements.  I have marked

my ruler with tape to show the intersection of

the 1  3/16'' lines which is half of 2 3/8''.  Place

the point where these 2 lines intersect on the

middle of the Quarter Square Triangle (where

all the fabrics meet in the middle). Make sure 

the diagonal line of the ruler is on the diagonal

seam line.  Trim the top and right side. 

 

 

Now rotate the block so the untrimmed

edges are on the top and right sides.

Square up the block to 2 3/8''.

Make 4 of these units.

 

 

Layout units as shown and sew together.

Press seams toward the pointed end.

Make 4 of these units.

 

 

Layout above unit and 2 large

triangles as shown and sew together.

Press seams toward the triangles.

Make 2 of these units.

 

 

Layout 2 remaining pointy units and

Fabric E 2 3/8'' square as shown and

sew together.  Make 1 of this unit.

 

 

Sew triangle units to the center diagonal

unit and press seams to the triangle units.

Square to 8 1/2''.

 

Check out everyone's work on Dustin's Flickr site:

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

 

 

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