ModernQAL Month 8: Crosswalk

It's month 8 of Modern QAL already and it's my turn to share with you how I put this block together.

This month block is Crosswalk and it was designed by Angela Pingel.

The block was pretty straight forward to put together. I used a piece of cardboard to mark out the fussy cut pieces. It worked, kinda, but I really do need to work on my fussy cutting technique...

Cut all pieces as per the picture below:

Make sure you layout all of your pieces correctly and then work in rows to piece together.

Construct your block in the following manner:

Piece each of the 8 units around the middle square by sewing strip B to either side of a fussy cut C rectangle. Press seams and sew an A strip to the outer end of each B/C/B unit. 

Sew the 3 units in Row 1 together and press the seams in one directions. 

Sew the 3 units in Row 2 and press the seams in the opposite direction of row 1.

Sew the units in row 3 together and press the seams in the opposite direction of row 2. 

With right sides together sew rows 1 and 2 together then sew row 3 to row 2. 

Trim to 12.5 x 12.5.

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#ModernQAL- My progress so far.

We are at the 6 month mark for the Modern Blocks Quilt Along over at ASWC and I wanted to share my blocks for far.

Now I am a little behind with some of them. I am supposed to be making 2 blocks of each month, one in print and one in solid. But for the past few months I have only been making one or the other. I am hoping to get completely up to date this month and maybe even start piecing some of the top together...

I have them all up on my wall in my sewing room so I can see where I am up to at all times.

And I am starting to imagine what the finished quilts will look like!

Are you taking part in ModernQAL? How are you going with it?

Catching up

These past few weeks have been crazy busy and my sewing time hasn't taken priority so I am so so behind in my BOMs.

I really really wanted to finish the 2012 Fat Quarter Shop Block of the Months before the 2013 kits started to arrive, but alas that didn't happen and whilst I have started cutting the finishing kit I only just completed the 12 block this morning.

And you can tell it has been a while since I have made a pinwheel...

But it feels good to have it done.

And I even finished my one of my August blocks for the Modern Blocks quilt a long. I can't share the full block yet, but here is a little sneak peek-

I still have to make my solids version though. Maybe tonight!

It feels good to have them done, but I think my sewing will be limited for the next two weeks. We have visitors! Yay!

ModernQAL Block 3: Megan's Star

It's time for Block 3 in the And Sew We Craft Modern Blocks QAL! This month Samelia's Mum is showing us how to put together this fab block.

As usual I have created this block in solids and in prints. 

Below is my solids version.

And here is my Little Apples version.

I really like this block. And can see a quilt made up of just this block in my near future! And by then I would actually fussy cut the middle block properly! But hey at least I am learning from my mistakes. 

For all the info on the QAL head here.

Modern Blocks QAL Block 2- Spool

It's already time for us to be sharing our second #modernQAL blocks! This month is being hosted over at The Crafty Mummy and she picked the Spool block.

And here are my two versions of Spool.

One in solids:

And one using Little Apples:

Pop on over to And Sew We Craft to see what fabric everyone else used and to get the links to the tutorial for this month's block.

Modern Blocks Quilt-A-Long #modernqal

Today is the first day of the Modern Blocks QAL over at And Sew We Craft.

The first block is Follow the Leader and I am sharing a little tutorial of how I put it together over at ASWC.

I made two Follow the Leader Blocks. One with Little Apples and another in Kona Solids.

To check both of them out make sure you pop over to And Sew We Craft.