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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

September - Modern Quilt Challenge Block instructions

September Educational Directions - Improvisational Piecing

You have been given a bag of material "supplies" to begin the education in modern quilting techniques.

Your first task is to create an improvisational piece.
The ONLY directions you have are as follows:
  1. Using the two long strips of fabric lay them RSU (right sides UP - like stack and whack).
  2. Then slice and dice, using your rotary cutter.  Use different widths.  Make the widths wide enough to sew back together ( At least 1 inch wide).  No curves at this point in time please - only straight cuts.
  3. Lay the pieces out on your cutting table.  Alternate the cut strips any way you'd like to "create" TWO new pieced strips - approximate length to be equal.
  4. Using the small additional square of fabric as well as your two new pieced strips, add a solid or a color that reads like a solid from your stash, to create a block which is approximately 12 inches square.  
Be creative in your cutting and piecing.  Remember: no curves.

All joining of fabric pieces MUST BE completed with your sewing machine - not hand pieced.  There should be no appliqué on your project (at this point).

It is OK to do something different - out of your comfort zone.

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