Alrighty! Moving right along with my piecing this week! Above is the August block for the And Sew We Craft Modern Blocks Quilt A Long. The above block was pieced by this month’s tutorial host, Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts, it is the Quatrefoil block from the book Modern Blocks.
Again, I chose to piece fabrics from Juliana Horner’s Rosette line (2013, JoAnns Fabrics). I am much happier with my color combination and color layout of this block compared to last month’s block. I also think I actually like the composition of this block quite a bit more than the July block too.
Below is my handy fabric key for the August block! A key is a really wonderful way to document your work in case you would ever like to duplicate a block. I actually keep my key in a little book with some additional information and a diagram of the block.
This block actually combines a few different piecing techniques, including one of my favorite techniques strip quilting. Another technique, flying geese (Thanks Alyce!), used in this block to create the four points is extremely easy, but it actually create quite a bit of fabric waste which I am not a fan of! I now have dozens of half square triangles with bias edges hanging around… Guess I’ll have to quilt them 😉
See you tomorrow with a little more quilting, I hope!
Erin Myone
Congrats on your quatrefoil block finish; I particularly like your center square’s fabric. I agree with you about liking the composition of this block better than the one we did last month.
Thanks! I am in love with that center square too!
I just call it “flying geese” even if they aren’t traditional flying geese, haha! I have 2 scrap jars full of the triangles leftover from piecing like this – I piece them together as I trim them off. I figure one day I will have a fabulously scrappy half-square triangle quilt!
Excellent! I started sewing my corners from the May block into HST too!
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