New Jersey Quilt Block

Celebrate “Be Nice to New Jersey Week” with this quilt block created in the official state colors of New Jersey.

To save time this block has been sewn together using a strip sewing technique instead of cutting individual strips for each patch in the block.

Peaceful Piecing!

Penny

Does Double Duty Quilt Block

This is truly a beginner quilt block since it uses only square patches and is very easy to sew together.

This is the type of block that will create a secondary design in your quilt simply by placing the blocks next to each other.

Peaceful Piecing!

Penny

Crossroads Quilt Block with strips

Earlier this month, I explored methods of replacing rectangles with strips of fabric, making a quilt block a little more lively and interesting.

Yesterday, I decided to take a relatively simple block and replace some of its patches with strips of fabric.

In this week’s block, you’ll see how it worked.

It was much easier than I thought. I had given up creating the pattern in my software – the math just wasn’t working out right.

But when I measured the rectangle I wanted to replace and just started cutting and sewing strips, somehow the math problems evaporated!

I like it when that happens.

Learn more about piecing with strips:

http://how-to-quilt.com/articles/2028-strip-piecing.php

Peaceful Piecing!

Penny