Rosyhf

I finished a second block last night, " Lost Ship or Ships? I am working out of the BB book and that block only had two ships and they didn't really give me the look I wanted. I searched Block Base and found a block with four ships and it is the look I wanted.

I printed it out on 11x17 paper and pp piece it an it is perfect. I didn't feel like cutting and piecing all those half sq tris.

The brown ships are with the Timpleberries fabric, that was just part of my stash.

As in some cases, you have to be careful of the squaring of the blocks, as where the tri's meet, you have that 1/4 seam that you don't want to loose.

I know the block, no matter how careful you sew, it will not be perfect. So my solution is to block it into shape and keep it the size it needs to be. I have included the blocked one. As you can see, I have it on a pressing mat and pinned it in place. I then starch it and press it into the shape and it stays that way.