TO BE OR KNOT TO BE?

Presented by Lori Green and Shauna Moulton, drafted by Pat Goulet

(Pattern inspired by Bonnie Hunter’s Garlic Knot)

FABRIC SELECTION:

Fabric 1  low volume small print white with black or gray

Fabric 2  medium tone gray solid or small print that reads as solid

Fabric 3  black solid or small print that reads as solid

Fabric 4  color pop solid or small print that reads as solid

CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS:

Fabric 1 Two  2 ½ X 4 ½ inch rectangles

Four 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares

Fabric 2 Three 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares

Fabric 3 Three 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares

Fabric 4 Two 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares

SEWING INSTRUCTIONS:

¼ inch seam

Finished block 8 ½

Splish Splash

Presented by Mickey Beebe

Designed by Anita Grossman Solomon, you can download the free pattern on Robert Kaufman Fabrics

This BOTEOM will follow the Pantone 2021 Color(s) of the year, which Mickey presented at our April Meeting: PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating (yellow)

Mickey has made the Splish Splash block in the Pantone colors for our BOTEOM

Directions:

Cut one 10″ square from one of the two colors

Cut one 5″ square from the other of the two colors

Cut each square twice diagonally. Note that you will only use 2 of the small triangles to complete the block.

Measure and make a mark 2-1/8” down from the point on the large triangles, then draw a horizontal line on both large triangles.

Align and center one small triangle under the lines.

Stitch 1/4″ from each small triangle edge.

Press small triangle up. Trim by setting a square ruler on top of the large triangle and trim overlapping small triangle.

Trim away extra large triangle and press seam open.

Sew pieces together and press

Trim block to 8-1/2″ square

Final 8-1/2″ Splish Splash block!

INTERSECTIONS, Presented by Lynne

With a Tutorial by Film in the Fridge 

https://filminthefridge.com/2014/11/19/intersection-block-a-tutorial/

Color Palette:

Kona Peony
Kona Taupe
Kona K001-956-Foxglove
Kona K001-1091-Crimson
Kona Sky
Kona Ivory
Kona K001-486-Cobblestone

Note that each set makes one 10.5 inch block

Making the blocks

intersection block – a tutorial

This month’s BOTEOM is “Split Rail Fence.” Elizabeth McInnis put the directions together for us!

Colors

In December we voted on the color scheme put together by Mickey Beebe: Georgia won, which is based on a Georgia O’Keeffe painting with Jade Green, Capri, Snow White, Titanium, Silver, and Blue Jay

Cutting

From each of 5 colors, cut an 8” x 2” strip

From a sixth color, cut a 1”x 10” strip

Assembly

1. Sew the 8 x 2” strips together to make a rail fence block. Press.
2. Make a cut across all four strips
3. Sew the 1×10 strip to the cut edges. Make sure the ‘rails’ still line up.
4. Press and trim the block to 8” square

That’s all!

Ideally, the insert will contrast with the parallel rails.

Let’s do this with fabrics that read as a single palette color.

This month’s BOTEOM is “Cornered Block” and is the MQG block study for October-November-December designed by Jamie Siel for MQG, colors and organization by Mickey Beebe for SBAMQG.

The color pallet that won the August vote is “New Mexico.” We postponed the winning color to November in favor of having our Community Quilt block be our BOTEOM for November. For this block, please use solids; they do not need to be these exact colors from Kona, but try to remain close to this palette.

Examples from Mickey:

The “Cornered Block” is on the MQG website –  here (you will need to log in) – or click on Resources and it’s 3/4 down the page.
This block is easy to cut out (most of the pieces are cut from 2 1/2” strips) and quick and fun to make.

Pick 4 out of the 6 colors in this month’s color palette: Celestial, Blue Jay, Grass Green, Lime, Tangerine, and Grellow.

Follow the directions on the MQG website. Press all the seams open.
For a chance to win all the blocks you need to return the entire block, which consists of 3 completed inner block elements and the 2 pieces of sashing. Don’t sew your three blocks together, but if you already did, it’s okay, turn it in as is!

The blocks are due at our January 5th meeting.