Buzzard's Roost

Once again, cutting this out with Marti Michell templates, A-1 (square), A-4 (large triangle) and A-6 (small triangle). The cropped corners made it easy to piece the triangles together. 24 blocks done, 89 to go.

Butterfly at the Crossroads

This is a 5-patch or 25-patch block, and I can't use Marti Michell templates for it. Boo hoo. so I went with regular paper templates and it took a while to cut this out and piece it too. Maybe I should have paper pieced it, but didn't.

Buckwheat

This block was made using Marti Michell templates B-14 and D-28. Checkerboard also uses these templates.

Broken Sugar Bowl

I used Marti Michell templates B-12 (large square). N-79 (small squares) and B-13 (triangles) for this block

Broken Dishes

I used paper pieced HST for this block. You could also use A-6

Bowtie

Bowtie is a block that can be cut with Marti Michell templates, but needs to have some of the pieces cropped. For a 6" block, use A-1 to cut two background and two bowtie pieces. If you want to use y-seam construction, cut one knot fabric with A-3, or if you want to piece the knot, no Y-seams, cut four knot fabrics with A-6.
Here is one A-1 piece before it is cropped

Use A-6 to crop A-1, it is easier to get the edges lined up if you use another template pushed against the fabric, then gently nudge A-6 against the template, lining up one edge (the far away edge that is harder to see).

Trim the extra triangle away.

You can see that it is smaller than the trimming piece, because of the seam allowance that you want to leave on the cropped A-1.

Since I am using Y-seams, I mark the seam allowance so I know where to stop stitching.

Here is the block before stitching. I noted that the stripes didn't line up nicely, so I cut another piece. I debated about using the same fabric for the knot, but decided not to after all.

Finished bowtie block with Y-seam construction.

Five more Farmer's Wife Sampler blocks

After playing around with these blocks yesterday, today I thought I would just start at the beginning, with #3 Basket (I already made 1 and 2). I modified the block just a bit to make it easier to applique the handle. Once again I used Marti Michell templates, A-5, A-6, A-2 and C-19. I trimmed C-19 with A-6 to get the odd bits of the basket. That is actually a neat trick I learned from the Patchwork Party blocks. To trim, place the appropriate piece such that the part to be trimmed is exposed, the seam lines virtually on top of each other, so the seam allowance is left. Not explaining that well. Next time I'll take a picture.

Then on to #5 Bat wing. This was templates printed from EQ6.

#6 Big dipper was made using the quarter square trick I learned from Jackie Robinson.

#7 Birds in the Air - I used A-2 and D29, but also used HSTs on gridded paper from http://www.blockcentral.com

#8 Bouquet, used MM templates, A-2, A6, and C-19 (trimmed with A-6), then rotary cut the background pieces that didn't have templates.

Have 18 blocks done now!