FWQAL Week 2—Blocks #41, 48, 73

“In for a penny, in for a pound” seems apt for my current participation. I wasn’t going to start for a while, but then I needed a break last week, and found myself doing another set of three last night. These were all simple enough to finish without diving into the templates, so I have some notes to share on measurements.

#41 — Friendship Star

Simplify the block

Instead of the individual squares and triangles, cut the following:
Star fabric: one 2.5″ square, two 2 7⁄8″ squares,
Background fabric: one 2.5″ × 10″ strip (subcut into squares), two 2 7⁄8″ squares.

Create half-square triangle units out of the larger squares:
Place two different colors right-sides together, and mark a diagonal line down the center of the top one. Sew ¼” away from each side of the line, then cut along the line.

#48 — Homeward Bound

Simplify the block

You can strip cut these a bit easier:
Dark: one 1.5″ × 6″ strip,
Light: three 1.5″ × 6″ strips,
Med: one 2.5″ × 10″ strip (subcut into squares).

Sew one dark and light strip along the long side, and two light strips along the long side. Cut each resulting strip unit into four 1.5″ × 2.5″ units, then piece for the four-patch corners.

Complete the rest of the square according to the book’s diagram.

#74 — Rainbow Flowers

Simplify the block

The basic unit for this is a 1.5″ finished square, so all strips are multiples of that. Fabric numbered lightest (1) to darkest (4).

Cut:
1: one 2″ square,
2: one 2″ × 6″ strip (subcut into 2″ squares),
3: one 2″ × 9″ strip (subcut into a 2″ square, two 2″ × 3.5″ strips),
4: one 2″ × 12″ strip (subcut into a 2″ square, two 2″ × 5″ strips).

Sew together as indicated in the book’s diagram.

What is this all about?

A group of quilters are working their way through The Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird, trying to complete two blocks a week and posting them all to the group Flickr pool.

Check out our progress:

You can see all of my progress on the Farmer’s Wife Quilt tag page.