Block 19 ( #117) Her Whole Heart, Civil War Anniversary Quilts

Block 19 ( #117) Her Whole Heart, page 247 and 101 Civil War Anniversary Quilts

4 fabrics

A Center, image on point, 3 ¼”

B 4 cream (in photo page 247) @ 2 ¼”, draw diagonal line on each

 

C 4 grey (in photo page 247) @ 2 ¼”

D Corners, 2 navy @ 3’ cut on 1 diagonal

Sides, 1 3 ½” cut on both diagonals, quarter triangles

1. With a B and a C right sides together, sew ¼” on each side of the diagonal line, cut apart, repeat with other 3 B and C squares, makes 8 HSTs at 1 7/8”

2. Looking at photo for correct placement, sew 2 of the HST together (be careful here), sew appropriate units to top right and bottom left on center image square

3. add smaller (quarter) D triangles to each side of top left and bottom right double HST units, add to center square (see picture)

4. Sew larger D triangles to double HST units and square block to 6 ½

I actually used 3 ½” (since I just cut a 3 ½” strip) for all the navy squares, including the corner ones, and trimmed down after sewing to block, but 3” should be enough.

Block 18, Poisoned Missals (Civil War Letter Quilt)

Block 18 (#116) Poisoned Missals, Civil War Letter Quilt from Civil War Anniversary Quilts, Page 246 & 100 (adapted from instructions by Jo Crabtree)

3 fabrics-A, B, C

A. Cut one 3 7/8" square

B. Cut one 3 7/8" square

C. Cut two 3 7/8" squares

Put one C and one B square right sides together. Draw diagonal line and sew 1/4" on

either side of line. Cut on line to make two HSTs. Repeat with remaining C and A

squares

Refer to picture on page 246 for assembly.


 

Block 17 Good Spirits (Civil War Anniversary quilt #3)

Block 17 (#115) Good Spirits, see page 245 & 100 from Civil War Anniversary, Rosemary Youngs (Civil War Letters, quilt #3)

3 fabrics

A Center Image fabric, cut 4 ¾ with image ‘on point’

B Pink, cut 4 ¼” square and cut on both diagonals

C Tan, cut 4 ¼” square and cut on both diagonals

1. Matching square corners of B & C quarter square triangles, sew together keeping C fabric (tan) on right side when open. (see picture.) Make 4

2. Mark center-point of each side of center. Matching the seam of unit 1 to center point, sew to each side of center square.

 

I won!!!

Copied from Jo's Country Junction (http://www.joscountryjunction.com/) "Oh and last week’s winner of Martingale and Company‘s, “Civil War Legacies” by Carol Hopkins is…..Sally from Sally’s Quilts."
Now how cool is that?!!  I'm jazzed--I love Civil War repro fabric and patterns, this is perfect for me!!

See, this is why I follow logs like Jo's!    Thanks Jo and Martingale & Co.

Have the Blues Sometimes, Block 16, Civil War Letter Quilt

Block 16 (# 114, page 244 from Civil War Anniversay by Rosemary Youngs)

Here we go again. The best way to make this is by paper pieceing.

Given that:

4 colors

Cream: 2 5/8" square

Cheddar: cut strips 7/8" X 2 3/4", you'll need 12

2 @ 2 1/4" square cut on 1 diagonal

Indigo: cut strips 7/8" X 3 14", you'll need 12

2 @ 2 1/4" square cut on 1 diagonal

Grey:

Round 1: 2 @ 1 1/2" square cut on 1 diagonal

Round 2: 2 @ 1 7/8" square cut on 1 diagonal

Round 3: 2 @ 2 3/8" square cut on 1 diagonal

Round 4: 2 @ 2 5/8" square cut on 1 diagonal

Round 5: 2 @ 2 3/4" square cut on 1 diagonal

Round 6: 2 @ 3 1/4" square cut on 1 diagonal

1. Sew Cheddar strips to opposite sides of square. Then sew indigo to other sides. Add right triangle of grey from 1 1/2" square to each corner--making sure to sew to but not past the cream point. With Cheddar strip at top, square up unit to 3 1/4"

2. Sew Cheddar strips to opposite sides of square, centering strip. Then sew indigo to other sides. Add right triangle of grey from 1 7/8" square to each corner--making sure to sew to but not past the cream point. Square up unit to 4".

3. Sew Cheddar strips to opposite sides of square, centering strip. Then sew indigo to other sides. Add right triangle of grey from 2 3/8" square to each corner--making sure to sew to but not past the cream point. Square up unit to 4 3/4".

4. Sew Cheddar strips to opposite sides of square, centering strip. Then sew indigo to other sides. Add right triangle of grey from 2 5/8" square to each corner--making sure to sew to but not past the cream point. Square up unit to 5 1/2".

5. Sew Cheddar strips to opposite sides of square, centering strip. Then sew indigo to other sides. Add right triangle of grey from 2 3/4" square to each corner--making sure to sew to but not past the cream point. Square up unit to 6 1/8

6. Sew Cheddar strips to opposite sides of square, centering strip. Then sew indigo to other sides. Add right triangle of grey from 3 1/4" square to each corner--making sure to sew to but not past the cream point. Square up unit to 6 3/4"

7. Add Cheddar and Indigo triangles made from 2 1/4" squares to each corner (Cheddar to cheddar and Indigo to indigo).

Turn block so grey is at top, square block to 6 1/2".

(now, go make a copy of the picture in the book and do some paper piecing, not just the best way--it's also the easiest!)


　

A Verse or Two of Poetry, Civil War Letters block 15,

Block 15, #113 p. 243, A Verse or Two of Poetry

First off let me say that the best way to make this is by paper piecing. Copy picture, cut on both diagonals to see the ¼ quarter square triangle that is 1 unit. Don’t forget to add in the ¼” on the cuter lines.

The next best way is by making templates from the picture in book, drawing the shapes and drawing ¼” seam allowance round them.

That said, for any die-hards out there, here’s rotary cutting instructions. I’ll even post my block (before I fixed it) that’s a bit wonky so you can see what you’re up against!

3 colors, A (red), B (yellow tan). C (cream)

A (red in photo) --Cut 4 squares 2 ¾” and 4 rectangles 2 1/8” X 4 3/8”

B (yellow tan) 1 3/8” strip at least 26” long, cut 2

C (cream) 1 3/8” by at least 26” long, cut 2

1. place red square ‘on point’, measure done 1 3/8” from the top point on each side and make a mark. Cut from the mark to the bottom point on each side=1 kite shape, make 4

2. Sew the A and B strips together along long edge. Press seam open. Sub-cut into 2 1/8” X 3 ¼” rectangles. Placing yellow tan on the right side/cream on left cut from outside top corner points to center seam at the bottom on both sides. Repeat 7 more times.

3. Take red rectangles and put wrong sides together in pairs. Keep in pairs. Cut diagonally from upper left to lower right making mirror image triangles. Place triangle with short edge running across the top. Measure 1 ¼” down diagonal from top and make a dot. Measure 3/8” from right angle (where long straight leg meets short leg) towards the diagonal cut and make dot. Cut from dot to dot. Make 8 total ‘half-kites’.

Sew a yellow tan/cream triangle to each side of kite shape from step 1, extending the triangle shape above kite by about ¼”. Then sew red ‘half kite’ to each side of kite-triangles. Make 4. Sew 2 together matching kite/triangle and half-kite seams (picture is before I re-sewed to fix this--I didn’t pin to start with! LOL). Sew these 2 units together so that all the ‘kite’ shapes meet in the center, and triangles too--

Congrats if you get thru this one, it is not easy!!

Grandmother's Choice, new BOW

Barbara Brackman's newest freebie.  She'll be posting a new block every Saturday (see button to the right)  This will be 49 blocks with the theme of The Fight for Women's Rights:  suffragists on both sides of the pond, and Austrailia too!
http://grandmotherschoice.blogspot.com/
She's including the number from Block Base so you can easily make them 4" or 12", etc if you want with No Math! (I bought Block Base last week, what the heck--of course, Like EQ 7, it's not actually opened yet.......never did open EQ5) I'm doing 8" and will be using poison green, chrome yellow, chrome orange, other assorted greens and cheddars with shirtings, I think....we'll see if I have enough to get through the year! there will be 49 blocks.
Here's #1 Grandmother's Choice (of course!)

Block 14, A Pleasant Trip, from Civil War Letters Quilt

Block 14, A Pleasant Trip (#112, page 242)

3 colors:

A light: (center) 2 ½” square

B medium, total 4 2 ½“ squares cut on one diagonal:

2 @ 2 ½” square cut on 1 diagonal for center square in a square and

4 @ 2 ½” squares cut on one diagonal for the ‘border’

C dark 4 @ 3” square cut on 1 diagonal and 2 @ 2 ½ “ square cut on one diagonal

1. Sew medium triangles to each side of the light square, centering diagonal on opposite sides, press out and repeat on other two sides. Trim resulting ‘square in a square’ to 3 3/8”.

2. Repeat step 1 with the dark triangles from 3” squares for a ‘square-in-a-square-in-a-square’, trim to 4 ½”

3. Take 2 medium triangles and 1 dark triangle from 2 ½’” squares and sew along short sides so that the long diagonal edge is along longer length (med + dark + medium). Trim this unit to 1 ½” wide (triangles are oversized as you’ll have to off-set the triangles to make it straight with ‘¼” ears above and below triangles.) Didn’t measure the length--should be around 5 ½”

4. Sew units from step 3 above to each side of the unit in step two, the 4 ½” ‘square-in-a-square-in-a-square’.

5. Add corner triangles (from 3” dark squares) to the corners and trim to 6 ½”.
Here's mine: