Pat Sloan's I Love To Make Quilts

Let's Stroll Main Street for Block #1

The excitement of starting a fun and easy Summer sew along has been swirling!!  I personally LOVE starting new things.

Are you ready for Main street Block #1?

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My Mystery Block Wednesday is very easy this summer with a very wonderful theme!  We'll be chatting about our favorite things on Main Street. Many of you told me you don't have a town, but I bet there is a place, like a plaza or a shop, that everyone gathered. Maybe the local roller rink, or grocery store is where you see your neighbors and catch up on things. That is what we'll celebrate this summer!

THE DOWNLOAD is at the end of my article HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK, so keep reading

In each pattern I have a memory or story of my own. When You share your block at my Facebook group, or when you leave me a comment after posting your block, share YOUR memory with me!

The local 5 & 10 starts off our Main Street Adventures, I can't wait to hear about Main street!

PLEASE READ INFO:

• Blocks are ALL 12.5" for this project
• At the end of ALL my Block Wednesday sew alongs I give you a BONUS layout using multiples of the block. 
• For this sew along I'm using making two of the same quilt with different fabrics, much like I did for Christmas Fig. 
• Fabrics I'm using are beloe

TIP:

• Some weeks I'll have a tip. The units for this block are interchangeable. So you can decide placement before you sew.
• Make the Half Square Triangle Unit first
• Layout out the blocks until you have them the way you like them. These are 2 options for my General Store quilt

General Store quilt, fabric buying below

Cheeky quilt, fabric buying below

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Download Pat Sloan Block 1 Main Street pattern

Download Pat Sloan Half Square Triangle (HST) directions

Project page with supply list

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Cheeky Fabrics version:

• Cheeky Fat Quarter Bundle - 28 FQs in this bundle
• 1.5 yds of white with little red dots
• 1 yd red dots that is in the FQ bundle is now sold out. So if you want to do similar to me select another red print or just wait until you make a few blocks and decide. 
• 2 yds Roses & dots to use as a full border. The quilt layout will not have a solid border but I will put a solid border on this one as I love this dot and rose print! - pick the shade you love. OR wait and see the border option.  This fabric will go quickly
• ** to see ALL Cheeky Fabric

General Store Fabrics version:

• get  33 FQ, the BUNDLE is sold out, so purchase by FQ,  I won't use them all but don't know which i will use yet
• 1.5 yds of soft carnation background
• 1 yd red gingham
• 1 yd stripe

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• The anti slip on both sides is a really cool feature, other similar products don't have that. You either have to use the sticky dots, or sandpaper dots or a double sided tape to help keep the ruler in place.
• You use the ruler by pressing down on it to move the quilt as you follow the design, so if the ruler moves around or slips then that's trickier! With the anti-slip on both sides you can mirror image quilting designs, flipping the ruler over and it still staying put. It actually feels pretty nice, especially if it's warm and your fingers may get a bit sticky, the anti slip also helps with that.
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  The rulers are 1/8" thick
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  So you need a foot also, and the sewing machine manual (or google) will tell them whether their machine is low or high shank, and the ones we have are universal for most machines. 

ORDER the RULERS, and there are the special foot, gloves and a few sales fabrics on my link 

My good friend Jen walks you through all the details.

She also explains the foot and how to tell if you need a low or high shank and why you need the foot. Then watch her quilt several designs.

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Foot Info:

• You need a ruler freemotion foot, for either a low or a high shank machine.  See your sewing machine manual (or our best friend, google) to tell you whether your machine is low or high shank. The ones Crafter’s Companion have are universal for most machines.
• Here is an up close of the freemotion foot I have for my Baby lock.
• You can see that the foot is width is thick, unlike your regular freemotion foot. That is so it will snug up along side your ruler. 

These are the Rulers I'm going to be playing around with on some samples, there are several other styles to pick from.

Get a orphan block and make a little quilt sandwich to play with the ruler. it's perfect for trying all the styles, which each ruler package shows you!

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