January 13, 2010

Building Blocks

I joined a Quilting Bee and needed to come up with an idea for my quilt I want the ladies to make for me. My month is February and I need to be getting things ready so I can mail the packages out the last week of January. I am really excited about this Bee. I already made and sent Donna’s block (she was January). I thought it might be fun to take you on the journey of deciding on my block :)

First you need inspiration…

I knew the minute I saw these that this is what I wanted to do.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40237352@N06/galleries/72157622910682844/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40237352@N06/galleries/72157622967892992/

I collect crosses and have them all over my house…

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Those are just the ones I have have out…there are several more that I haven’t found a place for since the move.

Can you see why I am choosing to have the GIRLS make me cross blocks???

So now the hard part…I need to decide on fabric and make a test block to see how much is needed. Ok, so where do you find patterns for cross blocks (besides boring ones)? You can’t. So I am asking the girls to make up their own.

This is the block that I have designed…

The rough draft (very rough)

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and here is my block after being drawn out in EQ6…

Cross Block

Here is my Diagram and Paper Piecing Foundations…

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Designing the Block and Foundations Pieces was really fun :)

Here are my block pieces…

oops, I forgot to take pictures of all the block pieces I had after getting them sewn and cut out…there were about 22 pieces all together.

here is the back of the block after sewing the pieces together…

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here it is the front (paper still on)

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and here it is after removing the paper, starched and pressed (It got a little stretched from removing the paper) But over all I am very pleased. It is the 1st time I have ever designed something myself, so I am just thrilled that it came out and it looks the way I had imagined it would :)

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I am going to make a few more sample blocks too :) The next ones will be a little simpler!

5 comments:

CJ said...

Your block looks GREAT!!! Yeah for you!!
I love all the crosses you have around the house too.

Kim B said...

Wow Rene! That block is amazing! And thank you so much for sharing your cross collection with us! I have been wanting to collect crosses for a long while myself.

Michelle said...

Wow! I love it!!!

Rene' said...

Rene, just amazing! Love your cross collection. You did a wonderful job in designing the cross quilt block.

Pat said...

Rene, The cross block is very pretty. I like the deaign. It's nice that you collect crosses. Couldn't think of a better thing to collect. Nice job. I enjoy your blog.

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