St. Paddy's Field Quilt Along - Step 3

 

St. Paddy’s Field Quilt Along Block B Components

 

Four-Patch Units PDF Link

For this step you will make:

• 64 Dark Four-Patch Units
• 64 Light Four-Patch Units

Each unit will measure 4½" x 4½" unfinished.

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Before You Begin

• Use a ¼" seam allowance for all piecing.
• WOF = Width of Fabric.
• Press carefully to keep units accurate.
• For best results, chain piece your units whenever possible.

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Cutting

All strips are cut 2½" x WOF (Width of Fabric).

Dark Four-Patch Units

Cut:

• 4 Dark Green strips
• 4 Background strips

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Light Four-Patch Units

Cut:

• 2 Medium Green strips
• 6 Background strips

These will be used to create two different strip sets.

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Dark Four-Patch Units

Make the Strip Set

1. Sew one dark green strip to one background strip, right sides together, using a ¼" seam allowance.
2. Press the seam toward the dark fabric.

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3. Cut the strip set into 2½" segments.

Assemble Units

4. Pair two segments together to form the four-patch unit.
5. Sew using a ¼" seam allowance.
6. Spin your seams when you press. See the detailed video on spinning seams. Video Link

Repeat to make 64 Dark Four-Patch Units.

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Light Four-Patch Units

The light four-patch units are made using two strip sets.

Strip Set A

1. Sew one medium green strip to one background strip, right sides together.
2. Press the seam toward the medium fabric.

Strip Set B

1. Sew one background strip to one background strip, right sides together.
2. Press the seam to one side.

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3. Cut both strip sets into 2½" segments.

Assemble Units

4. Pair one segment from Strip Set A with one segment from Strip Set B.
5. Sew using a ¼" seam allowance.
6. Spin your seams when you press. See the detailed video on spinning seams.

Repeat to make 64 Light Four-Patch Units.

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Quilter’s Tip

Chain piecing your four-patch units will make this step go quickly and keep your pieces organized.

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Progress Check

At this stage you should have:

• 64 Dark Four-Patch Units
• 64 Light Four-Patch Units

Each unit should measure 4½" x 4½" unfinished.

Tomorrow we will put the four patch blocks together to finish creating Block B

Happy Halloween Village!

Last weekend, you will remember, my friend Noell Phipps and I went up to Sugar Pine Quilt Shop in Grass Valley. While I was in a fabric frenzie, I notice that Anne was cutting several fabrics and she had a book open on her counter. I asked her what she was doing and she said she was getting fabric ready for a class. I looked at the book and had to have it!  Happy Villages by Karen Eckmeier.

The outside of the book didn't peak my interest, it was what was inside that caught my eye. I never would have picked this up if Anne hadn't had it open to a very cool project. Thumbing through I noticed the Halloween Village and the Christmas Village...CUTE!

This weekend, my friend Brenda Allen came over, she needed some help finishing up the mitered borders on her quilt, so we worked on that and just sewed the day away.  Sometimes it's just great to have that creative synergy of another person to sew with. Anyway, at the end of the day I showed her the book and said...what do you think? Well we were off and running! I was pulling halloween colors last night and so was Brenda, we made our templates and got to cutting...I jumped the gun a little but she caught right up!

Last night I was playing with the bits and getting the basics laid down...this morning I scrapped it and started over...haha!  Fickle.

Brenda came over after church and we really got busy. Scissors flying!

My kitchen is thrashed!  But we are having a ball. The beauty of this project...no sewing, you glue the bits down. There is a process and I would suggest that you get the book and read thoroughly the basic instructions. You are using basic shapes and if you ever played with Colorforms as a kid you will be right at home! Don't be afraid to move things around!  

As you get the basic shapes down and start to embellish them, that is when the fun begins. Here is Brenda's quilt:

The beauty of this project...it's only 16 inches square. You probably have everything you need to make it in your scrap bins or your stash. It goes quickly and you will have immediate gratification. Putting the roofs on is when the fun begins because you start seeing it coming together.

This was the Happy Halloween Village from Karen Eckmeier's book, you can see how much fun you can have embellishing, the sky is the limit.

Finished for today, I'll be adding to this after work each evening I'm sure, as the inspiration hits.  Check back to see the finish!

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