Make Two Blocks ~ Feel Better in the Morning

These are Happy Blocks.

I have been having a bad eye day,

bad day healthwise all around really,

and have not gotten much done.

I needed a  pick-me-up.

So I sewed me some Happy Blocks. 

I first made this block to swap long ago

when every morning 

I grabbed a cup of coffee, turned on my computer and logged in 

to visit with my quilty friends at the once mighty, now defunct

Block Central Forum

... long  before I ever had a blog.

This is the earliest blog post that I can find about

Happy Blocks,
by that time the forum was already gone
but the friends got together elsewhere.

I made and sent and even won many Happy Blocks.

Very often they went into quilts I donated,

spreading their happiness to others.

Here is how to make a Happy Block:

Here are the cutting instructions for making this 8.5" square block.

I press all my pieces and the sew opposite sides.

Press.

Repeat.

Then I press my blocks ...

 I pressed seams open.

I used to press seams outward,

but I know this way they will fit with any other blocks.

Then  I trimmed up my blocks to make perfect 8.5" squares.

Fabrics are an older Fig Tree Quilts line called "Fresh Cottons"

These blocks are for a winner takes all swap in May

in a newly made swap group that includes many of my long time

Happy Block Swapping Friends.

Hoping I am the lucky winner

but I will be just as happy to send them to a friend.

These blocks are like potato chips.

Bet you can't make just one ... ;)