Nancy Rink Blog

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This week I am posting two blocks because I have no idea what happened to last week's Block Seven post. Maybe I hit a wrong button, or didn't hit a right button. Who knows? So this week I am doubling up. Block Seven and Eight are both "designer choice" blocks. What that means is that each designer who participated in the Mix It Up Quilt Along, got to design his/her own 12" blocks. Here are mine....

Block Six : Double Geese Hope everyone is sewing away as we head into Fourth of July next week.  If you have a full weekend planned this upcoming week, you may want to get a jump start on Block Seven.  Maybe, at least get it cut out. This week's block is one of the "filler" blocks in our quilt along. You are making six in two color combinations, and you will have this whipped up in...

Can you believe we are already to BLOCK FIVE? This block finishes at 12" square, so it will be 12 1/2" from raw edge to raw edge once you get it sewn together PRIOR to sewing it into the quilt.  Also, you will be making three that are all the same. To fit in with the math theme of my Mix It Up quilt, the block is called THEOREM. The block may look complicated, but it's...

Here we are at Block Four: Times Table. This is an easy to make block, so if you are trying to catch up on blocks 1-3 this is a good time to do it. For my quilt, I made seven of these bocks. Three have the coral center shown above, and four have the gold center shown below. Have you noticed that I lay out all my block patches prior to and during assembly? This method...