I always know that pieces that are cut less than an inch, are going to try my patience when sewing them into a block. And I wasn't wrong!
This week's Blockheads block is a delight for the eyes, but a pain to sew. I chose to leave off the 32 Flying Geese border for the Christmas version. The house section in the 18" block pattern came out at 12.5" without those borders. That's the size I'm making all of the Christmas blocks. The hardest part was making the window units with 7/8" cuts and getting them to line up properly.
So far we have 5 blocks, which I'm satisfied with. I'm digging into the Christmas scraps as well as some fat quarters I've been hoarding.
The Bright (Tula & Kaffe) version of the block is going to finish at 24", and I'll be doing those borders. Picking my fabrics has been a challenge. I think that Kaffe print at the top will be the roof of the house, with the actual house done in that purple. There is a similar piece that has yellow, orange, purple that might be even better as the roof. I've been looking at the Facebook group for inspiration as others post their finished blocks.
Decisions, decisions . . .
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