Saturday, August 26, 2023

Little Old Italians


 Old Italian Quilt Blocks
3 inch finished


Yellow is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month. I dug into my bin with 5 inch squares and pulled out all the yellows (and a few orange) ones.  Then I put them into piles of 3.  Then I matched up each pile of 3 yellows with 3 of some other color 5 inch square.   Then in each stack I alternated a yellow square with another color square.   Then I followed the tutorial at My Joyful Journey that uses charm squares to make Old Italian or (X Marks the Spot ) blocks. 


13 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I have never heard that name for the block before

Anonymous said...

wow. I am going to have to try this with some random charm squares! Ceci

Helenchaffin said...

It's interesting the many names of blocks,I've not heard this one called old Italian till now,the colors flow together beautifully

Kathy S. said...

Oh my goodness! these are fun blocks at 3.5". Great way to use those scraps. Can't wait to see how big it gets. I have a feeling it would end up as a square table topper at my house -- but a cute one at that. Thanks for the reference link. Happy Saturday.

Quiltdivajulie said...

I think I need to try this using her tutorial's 10" square option (have a stack of those hanging around).

The Joyful Quilter said...

Such a cheerful set of blocks, Cathy!!

Julierose said...

these are beautiful blocks...thanks for the link...
hugs for a great weekend --
Julierose

gayle said...

I've been admiring your parade of cute little old Italians right along! (And watching them with envy, truth be told!)

Jenny said...

3 inches square? I cant imagine how to make a fiddly pieced block this small, no trouble at all to you though.

Anonymous said...

Wow, such small gorgeous blocks.

Nann said...

Another terrific scrappy array. Thanks for the link to the instructions.

Mystic Quilter said...

Lovely scrappy delights in these blocks and I love the design.

Sara said...

That's a very cute block!