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Chunky
Churndash!
(Click
HERE for printer-friendly version)
What could
be more fun than simple little 6" blocks
repeated
in favorite scrap fabrics?
For each chunky churndash block you will need:
Assembly:
This pic shows several of the blocks I assembled..the pile is growing!
Oooh look! it isn't so boring now!!
The whole center on my living room floor :cD
This pic shows a closeup of borders, after trying several different ones!
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Chunky
Churndash!
(Click
HERE for printer-friendly version)What could
be more fun than simple little 6" blocks
repeated
in favorite scrap fabrics?
We
are all familiar with the
traditional 'churn dash' block
that
has half square triangles in the corners. It has long been a quilter's
favorite. What if we were to leave those triangles out and piece the
corners as squares instead? The result is TOO CUTE!
I have a system of cutting down leftover fabrics into strips in widths of 1.5", 2", 2.5", 3", and 3.5". Anything smaller than a 'strip' gets cut into squares of the same various sizes. This gives me a way to keep things always at hand, always ready to sew together when inspiration hits me!
This darling quilt was made using strips from the 1.5" bin and the 2.5" bin. The centers for the blocks came from the bin of light scrap 2.5" squares, though you could just as easily cut them from your strips if you wanted.
I have a system of cutting down leftover fabrics into strips in widths of 1.5", 2", 2.5", 3", and 3.5". Anything smaller than a 'strip' gets cut into squares of the same various sizes. This gives me a way to keep things always at hand, always ready to sew together when inspiration hits me!
This darling quilt was made using strips from the 1.5" bin and the 2.5" bin. The centers for the blocks came from the bin of light scrap 2.5" squares, though you could just as easily cut them from your strips if you wanted.
For each chunky churndash block you will need:
1.5" X
11" strip of
background
1.5" X 11" strip of 'rail' fabric
(4) 2.5" squares for block corners
(1) 2.5" center background square (can be scrappy or can match the other backgorund strip.)
1.5" X 11" strip of 'rail' fabric
(4) 2.5" squares for block corners
(1) 2.5" center background square (can be scrappy or can match the other backgorund strip.)
Assembly:
Start
by sewing the 11"
strips with right sides together along one long
side. I like using a screw-on seam guide on my machine bed pushed up
against the 1/4" presser foot on my bernina. It really helps me keep a
good consistant seam!
Press the strips open with the seam allowance going towards the darker fabric.
Press the strips open with the seam allowance going towards the darker fabric.
Fold
the pieced strip in half
and square off one edge. Using your
rotory cutter and ruler, cut the strip into (4) 2.5" sub sections.
Lay out
your block pieces as
shown and sew the block together as you
would a 9 patch....sew the block pieces into three rows, and then sew
the three rows together. Don't you agree these blocks are just TOO
CUTE?!? :cD
This pic shows several of the blocks I assembled..the pile is growing!
This
quilt has 61 chunky
churn dash blocks, and 60 hour glass alternate
blocks.
Hour glass alternate blocks are GREAT because they make the blocks look like they are set 'on point', when they aren't! Try this block with other blocks you make too. :c)
To make the alternate blocks you will need:
(30) 7 1/4" squares light background
(30) 7 1/4" squares dark focal fabric.
Cut these squares corner to corner twice with an X. You will get 4 triangles from each square. Pieces are cut this way so that when the triangles are sewn into the hour glass blocks, the straight grain of the fabric is on the outside edge of the block all the way around.
Hour glass alternate blocks are GREAT because they make the blocks look like they are set 'on point', when they aren't! Try this block with other blocks you make too. :c)
To make the alternate blocks you will need:
(30) 7 1/4" squares light background
(30) 7 1/4" squares dark focal fabric.
Cut these squares corner to corner twice with an X. You will get 4 triangles from each square. Pieces are cut this way so that when the triangles are sewn into the hour glass blocks, the straight grain of the fabric is on the outside edge of the block all the way around.
This was
the most boring part
of the quilt for me! I like working with
scraps, working with just TWO fabrics for the alternate blocks really
tested my patience.. :cD I chain sewed these as above...sewing a light
triangle to a dark triangle, feeding all the triangles through this
way. When you have them all chained together, take them to your
ironing board and press them all towards the dark. I press first, and
then clip between the triangles. Be sure to also slip off the little
'dog ears' that hang out of the seam allowance. These can get in the
way when you are piecing the blocks together and make it harder to
match points, etc.
To
sew the block halves
together, flip half of them the other way, so
that darks are touching lights and lights are touching darks, making
the hour glass block as above. Chain sew all the 1/2 blocks together.
As soon as you get this boring part done, then you can play with the
layout of your fun scrappy blocks!
This
is how the hour glas
blocks fit next to the chunky churndash
blocks! Can you see how it is coming together now? (Even
if the hour glass blocks were the boring part!!)
Oooh look! it isn't so boring now!!
The whole center on my living room floor :cD
This pic shows a closeup of borders, after trying several different ones!
It's not
a quilt until it's
quilted! I machine quilted this quilt using
an edge to edge design by Willow Leaf Studios called
"Rhapsody".
If
you make this quilt with
your group or by yourself
and
want to send
me a picture, I'd be happy to include it in the quilt gallery!
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or Comments? I would love to hear from you!! © Bonnie K Hunter & Quiltville.com 1997-2011 All Rights Reserved. No part may be used, copied, sold, distributed or otherwise
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