Merrily I Design Along

This is a "Design As I Sew" Quilt

My quilty muse knows where we are going.
I am just following along...
and doing all the cutting and sewing.

I am thinking that the unfinished block size for this quilt may be 9 inches.

This is for the

  New Batik Quilt For My Guy Started Here

Block A 

My first block measures 9.5", unfinished, right now.

The plan is to cut it down to 9" to accommodate other stack and cut pieces

to make a few different blocks that measure 8.5" 

when sewn into the quilt.

Here is the cutting measurements for Block A

This is a layout for a baby size quilt with the 9.5" unfinished blocks.
The blocks are turned randomly to make a scrappy looking quilt.

With a 3.5" border this 4 rows by 5 columns quilt 

would measure 44" by 53" with binding.

It would actually make a nice quilt for a baby using a nursery print

layer cake, 1 yard of fabric for the outer border

and 3/4 yard for the binding. 

It could also make a cute I spy quilt with fussy cut prints in the 6.5" squares. 

To make my block I chose three of the hub's chosen batik squares.

I aligned and pressed the stack with a dry iron.

 Because these are hand cut swap squares, 

they are not all a perfect 10" square,

I used my Perfect 10 Ruler to trim then all to the same size.

Any ruler will work, the idea is to stack, press, trim and square

to uniform 10" squares.

From the the trimmed 10" stack  I cut

One 3.5" by 10" rectangle on one side

Then I cut the large rectangle on the right into:

One 3.5" by 6.5" rectangle

and

One 6.5" square

Then I swapped the pieces to choose the three pieces for my block.

I set my machine to sew a scant 1/4" seam and sewed.

Then I pressed all my seams open.

Using a 9.5" square ruler, I trimmed my block to 9.5" for now

and saved the other cut pieces from the stack
to mix and match for future blocks. 

I will be posting Block B and a layout for that block soon.

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Update:

Finished Quilt Here

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I also sewed my Kinship Sampler Block of the Day this morning.

Here is Block 30 for my 

Kinship Fusion Sampler Quilt

Time to venture out and water the thirsty trees and bushes and flowers.

Have a happy evening wherever you are!