This lovely block uses up lots of little scrap blocks. It is easily adaptable to larger sizes, too. It would be a fantastic leader/ ender project. As it is shown, it finishes at 6 1/2″.
The center square is 2 1/2″. The surrounding rounds are made from 12- 1 1/2″ inner ring blocks and 20- 1 1/2″ outer ring blocks. I used pink and blue to make it easier to see the block rounds. This would be a great block made up in all scraps or other high contrasting rounds. My YouTube speedy Build a Block video can be found here.
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I start by moving the outer round of blocks to the side. I can only focus on one task at a time these days.
If you were doing this as all scrappy you could easily sew all the blocks in sets of two and then make the necessary 4-4 block units and 2-6 block units without worrying about placement.
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Sew blocks that touch the center into 4 pair units. Two of these units will be sewn to the center soon.
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Add the corner blocks to two of those pair units to make 2- four block units.
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To reduce bulk, press seams open.
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Sew both pair units to the center square.
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To reduce bulk, press open…or however you wish to press. No quilt police here!
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Add the 4 block units to the new central unit.
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To reduce bulk, press seams open.
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Sew all of the outer blocks in pairs, then sew pairs together until you have 2- 4 square units and 2- 6 square units.
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Press open to reduce bulk. (You knew I was going to say that, but that doesn’t make you a psychic!)
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I always like to lay out the block at every step, just to make sure I have placement the way I intended it to be when I started. I am fairly quick with the seam ripper these days, but I still don’t enjoy that process.
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Add both of the 4 block units to the sides of the center unit.
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You know what I am going to say! Press seams open to reduce bulk.
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Add the 6 block units to the last two sides of the center unit.
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Not saying…you know!
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Tah-done! Another beautiful scrap block! This one used up LOTS of little pieces.
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I hope that you are enjoying this Build a Block series of simple blocks. I am starting to have a nice little pile of these blocks just by creating ones to picture in these tutorials. I hope you are, too.
Thank you for stopping in to look at my pictures and read my block making narrative. What are you creating today? I hope it is simple and relaxing! I would love to see pictures of your work over on my Facebook page. Come join my group!
Later,
Lorrie