BLUE AND WHITE SQUARES
These are the same blocks we made August last year in black and white.
Our contributors were very generous and contributed a huge number of blocks.
They have been so useful for making many quilts and can be presented
in SO many ways, creating quite different looking quilts.
Blue and white blocks can be used for Recipients asking for favourite sport teams represented
by these colours and for Sailors and Airmen and Airwomen asking
for their Service to be honoured. They mix with many other Blocks of the Month to
create quilts showing Nature or as a background with other subjects as the main item in the quilt.
COLOURS
BLUE - STRONG BLUES PLEASE.
They can be dark or medium but not light or pale blue.
They can have a pattern printed in white, grey, light blue or black.
Geometric prints and patterns are good.
Bali prints or tone-on-tone prints are good.
Plain blue fabric is good.
These are a few of my blue fabrics that I considered using.
Prints of aircraft or Navy images are good.
WHITE
Plain white fabric is OK.
Tone-on-tone white is great as the texture makes the blocks interesting.
Prints on white are great. The printed colour can be grey, black or blue.
Geometrics, spots and patterns are good.
PLEASE USE ONLY 100% COTTON FABRIC
MAKING THE BLOCK
1/4 inch SEAM ALLOWANCE
CUT THE FABRIC
for a pair of blocks as above
White Fabric
Cut two pieces 3 1/2 inch x 7 1/2 inch
Cut two pieces 3 1/2 inch x 13 1/2 inch
Cut one square 4 x 4 inch
Blue Fabric
(I have used two different blue fabrics)
Cut two pieces 5 1/4 inch x 4 inch
Cut two pieces 5 1/4 inch x 13 1/2 inch
Cut one square 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch
Join the short pieces to a square of the opposite colour
Press the seam allowances to one side
Join the remaining pieces to the corresponding blocks to form a square
Press the seam allowances to one side
And there you have them!
Simple blocks that will make stunning quilts for our Aussie Heroes.
Don't trim.
ALL blocks will be trimmed to the exact size needed for each quilt designed.
Post your blocks to
Sandy Corry
9 Wendouree Court
North Boambee Valley NSW 2450
Include your email address and I'll let you know when your blocks arrive.
Check out the Happy Mail Post each Wednesday to
see the blocks that have arrived in the previous week.
THANK YOU...IMMENSELY...FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
Until next time,
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