These two blocks will finish at twelve inches instead of eight. So that means that there will need to be two more of these OR a group of four inch blocks added to make up the difference. Two nine patches that finish at twelve inches would work just fine. A friendship star is a simple nine patch, so it would work well. There are lots and lots of possibilities. The big trick is that I am cutting these 12 inch blocks with a Go! Qube 8 inch set. It is simply one and a half of the size. Since the Qube 8" set has pieces that finish at both 4 and 2 inches it will work out. Each section of a 12 inch nine-patch should finish at 4 inches. I learned this from Beaquilter, her site is also where I found these two blocks. I confess that I simplified the top one just a bit. I replaced corners that were four pieces with a single half square triangle unit.
Remember as you are piecing that it is YOUR quilt and you can change anything that you want to change.
Until Next Time,
Stay Creative
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6 comments:
Nice blocks, Gene! The top one looks like it would make an interesting secondary design if you made a bunch of them and placed them block to block with no sashing Using an 8" Qube set to cut pieces for a 12" block is clever - ;))
I really love that first block. It is so amazing and would make a very beautiful quilt.
And I really like that first block.
How fun - using the 8" Cube dies to make 12" blocks! Bea is certainly a wonderful resource!
I, too, like the first block! The 2nd block is nice too!
Have fun creating this quilt!
Happy Quilting! :-)
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The first block seems to be a favorite with others, it’s my favorite also. The orange is more muted and the batiks are showcased more to my eye. Beautiful!
Plus, I’ve never seen that block before. It’s a Gene original!
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