Monday, September 06, 2010

the letter H



Over at her wonderful blog Exuberant Color, Wanda Hansen (from whom I took a workshop many years ago) shows how to make an "H" block. I also saw a more primitive blocky version in an old quilt. Which to use? Well, since I am blessed with both a mother Henrietta, and a niece Hannah, I decided to make two quilts using my scraps of solid Kona cottons and the thirties repros that don't ever seem to take less space, no matter how many quilts I make from them.

Wanda's H makes a 7 1/2 inch finished block with pieces cut from 2 inch strips--8 inch and 3 1/2 inch rectangles, 2 inch squares.
Primitive H makes a 6 inch finished block with pieces cut from 2 1/2 inch strips--6 1/2 inch rectangles, 2 1/2 inch squares.

2 comments:

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

Two at a time sounds like fun. Will you use the same fabrics in both of them?

slimjohnson said...

How to make an H block? Is that where the tight end comes out to take out the strong side linebacker? Really nice work, Lynn.