Dog Gone Cute Blog Hop and Bone Tutorial

Remember this?

 

 

Yes, it's my turn on the Dog Gone Cute blog hop! Thank you Lorna for inviting me to participate!

 

I've enjoyed visiting my fellow bloggers posts with all of the adorable dogs. Although I am not a dog person, I definitely found their creations cute. If you want to visit my blog hop friends for the day, visit them here:

Teje of Nero’s Patch and Post

Valerie of Val’s Quilting Studio

Ellen of Georgia Florida Studio

Cristina of Pretty Little Quilts

 

And if you want to make your own, all of the instructions are on the Sew Fresh Quilt blog.

 

So now, for the main event of the dog bone tutorial!

 

Here are the pieces you will need.

 

And when you are finished, it will look like this! It finishes at 6 by 12 inches.

 

Now on to the details.

 

Step 1.

 

After you have cut all of your pieces, take your four B pieces and four E pieces. Draw a diagonal line across each of your E piece and sew them each to a B piece. Notice that two are sewn on the top right side, and two are sewn on the top left. When you reorganise them, you'll have one on each corner.

 

 

Trim the extra on the corners, leaving your 1/4 inch seam allowance and flip them to end up with the blocks above. Now you have four corner blocks.

 

Step 2.

 

This one is a little trickier, so pay close attention!

Take a block from step 1 and put it right side down.

On the long edge, across from your triangle, measure 1 1/4 inch from the edge and draw a line from that point to the nearest corner. Repeat on the three other blocks.

 

 

Step 3.

 

Another tricky bit, but hang in there, it will be easier.

 

Take one D piece and one each of the corner blocks (one with the corner on the left, and the other with a corner on the right). On the long bottom edge of the D piece, measure 1 1/4 inches from the corner, then take a corner block with a triangle on the top left. Right sides together, align your corner piece so that the marked corner is at the 1 1/4 inch mark on piece D, and that the other end of the line meets the corner of the D piece.

 

It's a bit difficult to explain, but the picture below is so much easier to follow!

 

 

Repeat with the corner block that has the triangle on the top right on the right edge of the D piece.

 

Repeat Step 3 again with your remaining corner blocks and D piece, so that you have the two blocks below.

 

 

Step 4.

 

Take one F piece and two C pieces. Create a half square triangle using one F and one C piece, trim. Take the second C piece, place it right sides with the half square triangle, then sew across to form the piece below. Repeat.

 

Step 5.

 

Sew each of the blocks from step 4 on either end of block A, with the background triangles facing out. Then all is left to do is to assemble your three strip.

 

And there you have it, a bone block to accompany your dog blocks!

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

 

Do not hesitate to write if you have any issues understanding the directions. If you do make one, or two, or more, feel free to share your pictures below.

 

OMQG - Quilt Bee 2014/15 - January - Leggings block

I've mentionned before that I'm in a quilt bee for the guild I belong to. I made a tutorial for my month back in December. I received them all back in January and have put them together as pinwheels, but I still have to put the borders around them, so I don't have anything to show on those for now.

However, I am glad to show you the January blocks I made and handed in to M-R on Monday. M-R blogs over at Quilt Matters and made a great tutorial. It's really easy to follow and she even gave examples of different layouts.

 Go check it out! It makes for a faboulously fast quilt!


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Pinwheel Squared Tutorial

Here it is, my first tutorial. I hope I will be able to convey my vision in an easy to understand way. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask in the comments section or by e-mail.

I am a part of a modern quilt guild and I am mostly making this tutorial for my month of the quilt bee, I can't wait to see all of the pieces come together!

This is what one quilt block looks like.  The directions are to make two blocks.

First, you will need nine 5 by 5 blocks (charms) and one 12 7/8th square block.

 

The goal is to make a square of 6 blocks by 6 blocks, with each block measuring 2 inches square (finished). You can do this my cutting the charms in four and then piecing them together in a grid. However, since I dislike piecing little blocks and try to keep them straight, I use a different method. Either way should yield similar results, and it's up to you which method you use. Here is the method I use.

 

First, but the charms in half. This will yield 5 inch by 2 1/2 inch rectangles.

 

 

Second, mix the rectangles so no two the same are together and piece them in pairs, sewing on the long edge.

 

Third, press the seams open. I am not a fan of open seams, however, this will make piecing easier later.

After this, you will end up with nine pieces as seen below. Plan them out in three columns as you would like to piece them. making sure that no two of the same are together.

 

Sew the blocks in columns, then cut them in half. You will then have six rows of six squares.

 

 

 Rearrange the rows and sew them together.

 

Now, you have it, a 6 by 6 grid. Take your solid fabric and cut it in half diagonally. Do the same with the patchwork piece.

 

 

Sew the triangles of one piece or patwork and one piece of solid together to recreate a square.

 

My goal when I get the blocks back will be to set them up as a pinwheel. I will have four pinwheels that I plan on sashing for a nice summer lap quilt.

I can't wait to show you the finished top, in a  month or so from now!

P.S. If you'd like to see another finished block, visit my fellow quilter M-R at Quilt Matters