I'm a little late to the linky party this week for the SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin). Brenda at Songbird Designs chose Square in a Square or On Point as this weeks prompt. I was not looking forward to this round.
I first made my Square in a Square with the traditional method as I looked up the charts for the size cuts I needed. For a 4 inch finished blocks, cut the center fabric at 3 3/8 inch and the setting triangles at 3 3/8 inch and cut on the diagonal once. I did that, sewed a few together to check it out and when I went to square up...all points were going to be lost. Ummm...set this project aside.
I then re-cut a few inner squares to 3 1/4 inches and kept the outer triangles the same. Sewed a few together and this moved my points in so they appear to float...to me ~ sorta.
I made a whole slew of these little buggers. Sewed my first border...ummm. too long. Un-sew one block and add a spacer on either side of the row and ta-da! Round 4 is now complete! (It is square ~ my picture is wonky)
It's 48 1/2 inches (square) and my next rounds will be added to the top and bottom to get the lenght required for QOV.
Sharing with Brenda at Songbird Designs
I like how your spacers set off the corners. Yay for you hanging in there to get the blocks how you wanted them.
ReplyDeleteI like those corners, too! You definitely did make a bunch of those blocks - looks great!
ReplyDeleteYes, a quilting friend showed me how to 'float' points for a star or square and I love using it!!! This is looking great!
ReplyDeleteThis is going along beautifully. Love how the S-i-S turned out. Will be a maghificent QOV. Blessings,
ReplyDeleteThis is looking really nice. I had the same issue with my blocks, losing the points. I had to keep redoing them until I got it right. I ended up with four blocks used, but probably made three times that many - LOL.
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh, sorry to hear about the troubles with the SIS blocks. You did end up with a fabulous round after all is said and done AND that is going to be a gorgeous QOV!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds very annoying but your square in square border looks wonderful now it's finished :)
ReplyDeleteYour square in a square borders looks great, Pat! I really like the corner blocks with the spacers. Thanks for joining in with us!
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