BLOCK OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2019

Block of the Month

OCTOBER 2019

GREEN AND GOLD DIAMOND BLOCK

This block makes great quilts!

And...it is not a difficult block to make.

It's the same block we made around this time last year in red and blue.

These patriotic colours will make quilts that have a very Aussie flavour!

GREEN FABRIC

Use strong greens.  

No lime green or pastel green please.

Patterned fabrics give texture and are great.  

Plains fabrics, geometric prints, any suitable prints, Batiks and tone-on-tone fabrics are all great.  

Gender neutral prints please.

These are some of the greens in my collection that would be suitable.

GOLD FABRIC

The gold fabrics were so tricky to photograph! :-(

Think of golden yellow as the colour to use.

No pale/pastel/baby yellow or mustard yellow please.

Patterned fabrics give texture and are great.  

Plain fabrics, geometric prints,  any suitable prints, Batiks and tone-on-tone fabrics are all great.  

Gender neutral prints please.

1/4 inch seam allowance

Let's get started...

From both the green fabric and the golden yellow fabric cut...

a strip of fabric about 15 inch long x 3 1/4 inch wide

and

one square 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch

Sew the two long strips together along the long side, with right sides together

Press the seam allowance to one side

Trim a small section from one end and then cut four pieces 3 1/4 inch wide

Join two of the pieces together to make a square and then make a second square

Press the seam allowances to one side

Take the two large squares of fabric and on the WRONG SIDE of whichever

fabric will best show a drawn line, drawn a line from corner to corner as shown below

This will later be the cutting line

Pin the green and the gold squares together, with right sides together

Position pins as shown, well to the sides of the drawn line

Sew a seam on both sides of the line, with the 1/4 patchwork foot position along the line

Remove the pins and cut along the drawn line

Open out the squares and press the seam allowance of both squares

towards the green, taking care to keep them square and not make "kites" ;-)

Lay out the four squares as shown

NOTE  Follow this procedure to avoid unpicking squares sewn along the incorrect side

Pin the first two squares together as shown by flipping the right hand square over the 

left hand square at their adjoining edge

Then pin the remaining two squares 

Stitch the seams and press the seam allowances into the square made up of 

four little squares  - this will give locked seams making the next seam easier

Lay out the half block pieces

Pin with right sides together - the centre seam of the block should lock together well 

if the seam allowances are pressed as described above

Press the seam allowances to one side

And there you have it...

the Green and Gold Diamond Block

Please don't trim any uneven edges as ALL blocks will be trimmed to make them 

the size required for each quilt that is designed to meet the individual 

Requirements of each Aussie Hero.

THANK YOU...immensely

for contributing your time and resources to make these blocks

used to make the quilts.

A PDF version of this BOM can be found HERE

Please send your blocks to...

Sandy Corry

9 Wendouree Court

North Boambee Valley   NSW   2450

Remember to include your email address and I will let you know when they arrive.

Watch the Happy Mail Post on the Blog each Wednesday to

see the blocks that have been received in the previous week.

Until next time,

Sandy