APRIL Monthly LOTTO - Flower Basket
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:46 am
Hello Pals - YES it is almost APRIL!!! The cold wintery weather seams to give me a yearning for SPRING Colors With Mother's Day coming closer I remember the beautiful flowers my kids sent me. My mother was born in 1932 so I thought it would be nice to go Stash Diving for 1930's Scraps and/or Fabrics in your Stash!!
If you don't have any, please let me/us know so there will be some on the way to you in time to make some blocks. Let's have some FUN sewing Mother's Day Flower blocks!!!
This is one of the many Flower Basket blocks to make but I love this one because of the squares in the middle and the HST's on the outside. It is a ...
* 12.5" block: This is a great block to practice, practice, practice 1/4" Seams and Points. They are very important in piecing this block. Even though you need to watch these seams and points it is a FUN block to make.
There are some tips to follow as you make the block.
*** Measure each block as you sew a row and then sew it to another row to make sure they MEASURE 2"s
*** The outside strips - cut at 2 3/8" to give you room.
*** Sew the triangles on to the Strip and then sew a larger triangle to the bottom right corner. I need to change mine. Your ...
* Fabrics: 1930's light to medium-light flowers
* Background: Any white to light tan with any tiny prints (Mine is light tan with green polka dots)
* Your Basket does not need to be 1930's as long as it looks like a Basket (so many kinds to choose from)
* NO SOLIDS - - NO DARKS
* Here is my first block BUT until I can fix it Please DISREGARD the way the bottom right corner is finished. Please Sew the Basket Triangles on to the Outside Strips. Then measure and cut ??? Square to cut diagonally and sew to the bottom right corner. *** I also need to fix the Basket top to meet with the points of the squares. Then my block will measure 12.5" My apologies
https://i.postimg.cc/Bvy4H1RJ/APRIL-LOTTO.jpg
WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED - - -
* Each of the Blocks are = 12.5" unfinished blocks. PLEASE Make adjustments to get to at least 12.5"
* Make sure you MEASURE a 12.5" block that has 1/4" points on the edges.
* Please MEASURE to check the block size - BUT DO NOT SQUARE THEM UP
* Attach a name label to the upper FRONT Top Corner
* Please have them TO ME by the LAST DAY of the month.
WAYS to EARN TICKETS
* 1 ticket = Signups
* 1 ticket = Share a picture of your block
* 2 tickets = if your blocks measure 12.5"
HAPPY STITCHING!!!! Let the Flowers Have their DAY!!!!!
TeresaK - Teresa ... 4 blocks
Marilynsgrammy - Chriss
WeSignificant - Valerie
If you don't have any, please let me/us know so there will be some on the way to you in time to make some blocks. Let's have some FUN sewing Mother's Day Flower blocks!!!
This is one of the many Flower Basket blocks to make but I love this one because of the squares in the middle and the HST's on the outside. It is a ...
* 12.5" block: This is a great block to practice, practice, practice 1/4" Seams and Points. They are very important in piecing this block. Even though you need to watch these seams and points it is a FUN block to make.
There are some tips to follow as you make the block.
*** Measure each block as you sew a row and then sew it to another row to make sure they MEASURE 2"s
*** The outside strips - cut at 2 3/8" to give you room.
*** Sew the triangles on to the Strip and then sew a larger triangle to the bottom right corner. I need to change mine. Your ...
* Fabrics: 1930's light to medium-light flowers
* Background: Any white to light tan with any tiny prints (Mine is light tan with green polka dots)
* Your Basket does not need to be 1930's as long as it looks like a Basket (so many kinds to choose from)
* NO SOLIDS - - NO DARKS
* Here is my first block BUT until I can fix it Please DISREGARD the way the bottom right corner is finished. Please Sew the Basket Triangles on to the Outside Strips. Then measure and cut ??? Square to cut diagonally and sew to the bottom right corner. *** I also need to fix the Basket top to meet with the points of the squares. Then my block will measure 12.5" My apologies
https://i.postimg.cc/Bvy4H1RJ/APRIL-LOTTO.jpg
WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED - - -
* Each of the Blocks are = 12.5" unfinished blocks. PLEASE Make adjustments to get to at least 12.5"
* Make sure you MEASURE a 12.5" block that has 1/4" points on the edges.
* Please MEASURE to check the block size - BUT DO NOT SQUARE THEM UP
* Attach a name label to the upper FRONT Top Corner
* Please have them TO ME by the LAST DAY of the month.
WAYS to EARN TICKETS
* 1 ticket = Signups
* 1 ticket = Share a picture of your block
* 2 tickets = if your blocks measure 12.5"
HAPPY STITCHING!!!! Let the Flowers Have their DAY!!!!!
TeresaK - Teresa ... 4 blocks
Marilynsgrammy - Chriss
WeSignificant - Valerie