We are nearing the end of January, and I'm already thinking ahead to our next color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Lucky for me, Angela announced today that the color for February will be orange. That means I can get a jump start on pulling orange squares and cutting more from scrap strips.
My plan/goal at the beginning of the year was to average making one Square Dance (aka Double Four-Patch) block every day. As of today, I am a little bit ahead of that goal with 28 green blocks finished.
These blocks are the perfect leader and ender project, very easy to construct. There's just one slightly tricky part to be careful about, and I know I'm not the only one who made this mistake on the first block. The small four-patches need to have two squares of the chain fabric, plus one square of each of the contrast fabrics like the first photo below. On my first attempt, I made my small four-patches like the second photo shows, one with two squares of the light green and the other with two squares of the darker green. This doesn't produce the correct layout for the design.
The Square Dance pattern is the 2020 Stash Buster Challenge block at Border Creek Station. Their instructions make a 6" block. My stash had mostly 1.5" and 2.5" squares available, so my blocks will finish at 4". I'm ready to start digging out the orange squares for next month's blocks!
I am linking up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge on Saturday and with Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. Be sure to check out all of the wonderful projects that everyone is sharing!
My plan/goal at the beginning of the year was to average making one Square Dance (aka Double Four-Patch) block every day. As of today, I am a little bit ahead of that goal with 28 green blocks finished.
These blocks are the perfect leader and ender project, very easy to construct. There's just one slightly tricky part to be careful about, and I know I'm not the only one who made this mistake on the first block. The small four-patches need to have two squares of the chain fabric, plus one square of each of the contrast fabrics like the first photo below. On my first attempt, I made my small four-patches like the second photo shows, one with two squares of the light green and the other with two squares of the darker green. This doesn't produce the correct layout for the design.
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| Correct layout of small 4-patches |
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| Incorrect layout of small 4-patches |
I am linking up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge on Saturday and with Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. Be sure to check out all of the wonderful projects that everyone is sharing!
Julie in GA
That’s such a fabulous block! Yours are looking awesome, Julie.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the block construction. It's already looking great and is sure to be an amazing quilt.
ReplyDeleteWow, that’s a lot of blocks! Looking forward to your oranges!
ReplyDeleteJust lovely work your greens look great hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteBrilliant block choice for RSC. It really utilizes both dark, medium and light scraps. Thank you for the helpful tutorial. Inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to make some of those Stashbuster blocks, so appreciate your photos showing the right and wrong way to sew them together! I love the design yours are creating when you put them together!
ReplyDeleteRaising hand and waving wildly, here. Yep! Totally messed up my first block. That awesome wave layout you've got going on makes me want to go try some more!!
ReplyDeleteLove your blocks.. i am debating whether to start a scrappy one with white chain or not. Love the different layouts you can do with this one.
ReplyDeletethanks for the heads up - I haven't made that block yet. I like yours with black
ReplyDeleteThat's going to be a very fun RSC quilt. That's one of those blocks you have to look at the instructions regularly, especially if you skip a day or two.
ReplyDeleteWow! One a day. Your blocks look good altogether like that.
ReplyDeleteWow! Beautiful as usual!
ReplyDeleteYour Square Dance blocks are coming along nicely! I'm getting a head start on February/orange also.
ReplyDeleteThese simple blocks are going to make an amazing quilt. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteThose are really pretty. I'm looking forward to next month's color.
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