Daffodil Lane: It's Spring Break...Pull Out The Sewing Machine!

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March 19, 2007

It's Spring Break...Pull Out The Sewing Machine!

I haven't had time to sit down and do anything crafts or quilting wise since last fall, especially after I had the bright idea to go back to school. This week is my Spring Break and after finishing two midterms from hell in the past couple of days I was more than ready to do something crafty, so today I made up a quilt block:

I actually designed this block before we went to the beach in September and had hoped to work on a quilt while we were there, but I got side tracked with beachy things instead. Today I cut out one block and sewed it together to see how it looked together. I like it!

Click on the extended entry below to see some pictures of it coming together, a rough outline block I made on the computer last September and some fabric "swatches"!

This week I'm hoping to finally finish Alexis travel quilt this week and then cut out more of these blocks!

Each small block has nine patches, which are sewn into 3 strips:

The strips are then sewn together to make one of the smaller blocks:

On each side there are two small blocks that are sewn together with a strip:

And then the two sides are joined with a couple of strips and a square to make the final block:

And just for fun here is the computerized block I made up as a rough idea of how this would come together back in September of 2006:

I took a picture of each fabric and roughly pieced it together using paint. It's a nice way to get a very rough idea of how the block will turn out and as you can see it did give a nice idea.

Photos swatches of the fabrics below: