Have you seen the newest design I made for Timeless Treasures?  They sent me the most scrumptious batiks to work with and this was the challenge: design a quilt that will look great in 2 totally different color ways, uses 12 fabrics each, all in the same amounts. Once I got my brain in the right frame of mind, the rest was a blast.

Here’s a tip: When you’re making the  long diagonal seams along the line that you’ve drawn on the block, be sure your seam allowance is a scant 1/4″. I just put the “fence” on my 1/4″ foot on the far side of the line and that worked very well. By doing this, you’ll be sure to have enough fabric to square up to exactly 12 1/2″. On the other hand, if the whole block is a bit smaller, the quilt police are not coming….
In this block, there are actually some goofy little seams that end up out in the middle of nowhere, that are part of the reason this block is so easy to make. It is also the reason I have you being a bit careful about matching the colors when you’re adding the frames around the squares. When the colors match, those goofy seams just don’t show. Using this goofy seam method keeps us from having to stitch a really long, unprotected bias edge and from having to match what would be diagonally cut frame pieces. Whew, I feel better already. Have fun with this!

revised figure 2a