Thread: wonky block

Hi everybody... I'm making a 'scrappy' quilt using up a bunch of crumbs and I've made 6" blocks. I've bordered them in 3" solid colors now I want them to be wonky and I can not for the life of me figure out how you guys do that and yet still have a square block. I've been trying to figure this out all darn day and I'm about to just trash this whole project, but I've got so much time into it already. Sooo can someone PLEASE walk me through how to do this or if there is a youtube for it point me in the right direction.. thanks so much

Joyce

I am sure the math wizards have some nifty way to do it but I do mine the easy way. It wastes a little fabric but saves some brain cells. I sew 3 inch strips to all sides of my center block. I lay my square ruler on top but turn it to get the wonky angle and trim.

I have done some 'wonky' blocks. I used Bonnie Hunters tip from quitville.com Happy Scrappy Houses ~ http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...py-houses.html ~ about half way down.

A picture worth a thousand words, Tartan. Perfect explanation.

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/04/...arm-quilt.html just a way of doing them.
you can do this with a square block though, just put your ruler tilted and make sure you have 1/4 seam or more all the way around. cut, turn cut and you have a wonky block. have fun.

Thanks for posting this! Thanks Tartan, I always wondered how that was done too!