I visited one of these on a gorgeous June day many years ago, it might even have be this same day of the month even...
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Block #4 is 'The Courthouse'. It is often a major building downtown on main street. And a place many a June bride had a visit, like me!
During our travels we see big and small courthouses and I love the ones on the town square.
TIP:
- For the fabrics where I purchased extra yardage, I'm cutting into the Fat Quarters first for the blocks.
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TIP of the week:
Let's talk fabric selecting. As much as I can try and 'just know' what is right without cutting, sometime the best way to know is to cut the fabric. Case in point is our block this week.
- The strips can look fabulous before sewing them.
- But when you put all the strips together they create a block of fabric again for this block. That means having a vision of 'what' the cut up and resewn fabric will look like.
- The option on the left has the gingham, and I did not want to sew the gingham back together as it would create a messy image to me.
- On the right I traded gingham for the floral. Which works very well to sew back together.
- But the navy squares blend in too much.
TIP:
- The red square would be a fantastic option. But I wanted to see what Green looked like so I could introduce more green into the quilt.
- Switched the squares to green and I was good to go!
- My fabric waste was the red gingham strips and the original navy squares. I put those into my '2.5" scrap system'. so they are not wasted.
And the groups! The cheeky fabric on the left feels like I'm sewing with cotton candy, I love it! Click the photo if you want a larger image.
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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
- FYI - There might be photo from last week this week, just add to it as I look into that. Below is the place to share your quilt. The service I used has made a change, it will work slightly differently
