Saturday, May 04, 2019

puss-in-two-corners

I've been drawing and playing with this block for some time. And now I see a similar one showing up on Pinterest as "Chandelier" from Vanessa Goertzen's Charm School book.
Mine is also based on the puss-in-the-corner block. But with different proportions from Vanessa's delightful block.
And different proportions from the traditional puss-in-the-corner block.
The puss-in-the corner is a 4-patch grid of 1:2:1. Mine is a 1:1.5:1 grid.

7 inch finished block
I plan to set these on-point so will probably make 128 blocks set 8 by 9 with 30 setting triangles and 4 corner triangles.

Solid: cut one 3 1/2inch  square, two 2 1/2 inch square
Print: cut two 2 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch rectangles, two 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch rectangles

Setting triangles:
I like my on-point quilts to have a float, so I over-cut these to about 9 inches on the sides.

Pressing:
Press pieces all to the solids
Then press seams to one side.
Rotate blocks so the seams nest when sewing rows.
Press alternating rows right or left so all the seams nest.

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