FWS BOW#10 - 93: Streak of Lightening

A somewhat longer post than I would typically do for this block. It was rotary cut, and not correctly the first time, I cut a few a bit too long, as is evident in the first photo. There shoud be:
3 light and 3 dark 1 1/2" squares
7 light and 8 dark 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" rectangles
Then I proceeded to lay them out wrong. It is always a good idea to look at the picture, which I neglected this time. So I cut out an extra dark rectangle, thinking I hadn't counted right.

I actually pieced the whole block before realizing my mistake, and came up with this new block

I proceeded to rip apart part of the block, I could actually use five of the rows, and only needed to dissamble (rip-it) one row and use that extra light piece I thought I had cut in error. After re-arranging I came up with this:

And finally a Streak of Lightening block.

Christmas wall hanging

Taking a break from small blocks, sort of. I made a Christmas wall hanging using a pre-printed panel from Clothwork Fabrics (Peppermint Cottage by Diane Knott for CF). It will go in my cubicle for the holiday season. It only has six 6" blocks in it :), which I did make using Marti Michell templates. Just can't seem to not use these when they are available.

Calico Puzzle, Churn Dash, Cats & Mice, Checkerboard

Calico Puzzle was pretty straightforward, used Marti Michell Templates B-12 and B-13

Then I skipped a few to do another nine patch, with the same templates, more or less. I strip pieced the bars, then trimmed with B-12.


Went back and did Cats and Mice, a block I had messed up when I did it for Sylvia's Bridal Sampler (I ripped and fixed it), so I was careful to get the fabrics in the right spot. Used Marti Michell templates G-11, D28, and D29

And while I had those templates out I madeCheckerboard with B-14, D28 and D29.

28 blocks done!

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