Originally Posted by newquiltertoni
Ok I am really excited. I waited till the first block of the year to attempt this BOM stuff! I am jealous...lol. I copied the directions off so now lets see if I am meant to be a sewer. I am going to attempt this. So far all I have done is your standard 4 patch block. Getting ready to start a nine patch. This practice on the BOM will maybe make me more confident about making more complex quilts. :) This hobby is very addicting... :D
Toni, what quilters cache never shows you is the short cut to their directions.
For this block, if you sew a strip of dark and medium 2 1/2 inch wide fabrics together, you will save yourself a lot of time on those 4 patch pieces.
And if you want a whole quilt from this block, you would cut 4 1/2 inch wide strips of the dark and sew each to a 2 1/2 inch strip of the medium to cut the pieces in step 6.
And instead of piecing a dark 4 1/2 with a dark 2 1/2, just cut a 6 1/2 inch piece of dark for step 7. Less sewing and you get the same results.