Monday, September 25, 2023

Old World Quilt Blocks





When I followed the link and saw the block I was in love at first sight. Although I rarely watch Youtube videos because my laptop and phone are too old for videos to load properly, I did manage to watch it and take notes on making the block. 

I felt like a little challenge and felt like using up some aging civil war repro scraps and short pieces of yardage. So I made 6 blocks to see if I wanted to continue.   I do. 

I figured I would like to make 30 of these 13.5 inch finished blocks. 

So for my next step I went through my little baggie of 2.5 inch scraps and cut center squares and sides for 24 Square in Square (SIS) blocks -- the centers of each Old World block.  I will sew those as leader/enders. 

And sew on...



 

5 comments:

Julie in GA said...

Interesting blocks! They each look so different depending on your color placement.

Nann said...

A great scrap buster! Isn't the math a little tricky? (I'm sure I can figure it out.)

gayle said...

There you go again! (And here I was thinking that SOMEDAY I would get to the end of my make-me-next list...)

Helenchaffin said...

I luv this! where do you find the civil war prints?

Melisa- pinkernpunkinquilting said...

Ooh these fabrics speak to me. Enjoy working on your new project. I look forward to following your progress, Cathy.