Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
The thread and time don't concern me, there's no time constraint on this. Check, I will press seams open. Good catch.
I think that's exactly what will happen. While EQ wasn't playing nice last night, I took the screenie and played with it in paint. It's almost right, but ... it looks like the block won't give me exactly what I was looking for though. I'd been thinking that 4 blocks joining together would make the third "tile" into a square, but it only works if I want a peek a boo hole in the middle.
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I'd sure be open to suggestions if anyone can suggest a way without Y seams, and a peek a boo hole,... I've heard Y seams are challenging for a newb like me.
Here is one solution. You want to break the block down into strips of squares and rectangles. So draw lines down through each vertical seam. I count 13 patches. Follow the fabric placement. Some squares and rectangles will be split by a seam. Quilting or sashing around each whole square and rectangle will define the pieced square or rectangle correctly. Look at the card trick block.
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/qb/pa...902/index.html That block would have y seams if it were pieced by the fabric but it is pieced with all triangles. That is for the 1st block. The 2nd I count 8 patches.