Seven Shirt Quilt Along- Part3
This is a series of the process of making a
quilt from 7 men shirts.
An idea from "The Thrifty Quilter" blog that has been deleted from the internet.
This post shows how to piece together the center of the quilt top.
The 9 Patch Block
You will need 24 IDENTICAL blocks.
Each unfinished block is 6½ inches square.
make 3 strip sets that are 60 inches long as shown above.
Strip set A is 2 different darks with light in middle.
Strip set B is 2 different lights with the highlight color in the center. (Mine is red)
Strip set C used the other 2 darks and the other light in middle.
All 24 will be identical.
The only requirement for this layout is the highlight color (red) goes in the center.
Press.
Snowball Blocks.
Make 12 IDENTICAL blocks from each light.
They must match up with the corners of the 9 patch.
I used the following method:
but it will later be rotated to match the 9 patch block corners.
will match the sides of the 6½ inch block.
Then use your favorite method to stitch from corner to corner
of the 2½ inch block.
press the remaining part of the 2½ block outward.
Do the other light the same way and you will have 24 Snowballs.
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Making the Center of the Quilt
Lay out blocks 6 across and 8 rows.
Follow the pattern you see below,
making sure corners of blocks match.
Sew together.
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Next, the borders will be added.
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