Rhonda

Yes I will be posting a new block each month. I will try to post by the first of the month from now on. All of these will be my own originals and will be new not seen online before.

I'm glad you all like them! I enjoy the feedback. It helps so much to know someone is following along and I'm not just doing this for nothing.

Macra

Excellent
I love the block, and I think your cutting method is brilliant too.

I freely admit I usually paper piece my patchwork, but I'm trying to learn to use the machine more since rheumatoid arthritis is really affecting both my wrists and my pinch grip of my thumbs. I find the machine frustrating, it's just not as accurate, time after time after time, as my paper piecing, but by heavens it's an awful lot quicker.

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to write the instructions out, and offering to do more !

Mary

Rhonda

If anyone is interested I did two Sampler quilt alongs in years past. you can find them here. They are my original quilt blocks also.

Blocks of the Week by Rhonda

Rhonda

Mary I hope you find my methods easier to do. You can make the blocks any size you like so you can control what you work with. As long as you can sew a straight seam the accuracy is more important when you cut out than when you sew seams. Makes it a bit easier to do.

jillmc

This looks like fun! I hope to get organized and start soon! Did I miss it, or have you listed fabric requirements? I know that will depend on the template size we choose, but maybe requirements for 2 1/2" would give us some idea? Or can this be totally scrappy?
Thanks Rhonda!

Rhonda

Jill it can be anything you want it to be.

As for fabric - Let me see what I can come up with.

For one quilt block
An 1/8th yd should suffice for most template sizes unless you are going really big.

Okay - for a 2 1/2" template -
this is at least this size. I didn't add any wiggle room so that is up to you.
I also figured this based on cutting squares into triangles. This doesn't take into acct if you rough cut. so add a bit more if you are rough cutting.

Red - 6" x 22" or a 12" x 12" will work

Blue - 10" x 22"

Green - 8" x 20"

Emma S

Rhonda: Made several of the Boston Blocks just to use your method. Worked like a charm, much easier and actually more exact. I think I am going to start out doing scrappy and see where that takes me.

jillmc

Thanks Rhonda!

Rhonda

You're welcome Jill and everyone. I decided I hadn't done anything to get my methods out there so decided I was in the mood to do another quilt along. then decided to do it as a BOM instead.

Emma I am so glad you like my shortcut method in the Boston Blocks. I think it is so easy to do and perfect for beginners to experts no matter your skill level.

For any newcomers and those who follow me - I have 10 different shortcut blocks. So you will be seeing more of my shortcuts over time here in this BOM.

Emma S

Rhonda: Followed your EQ Tutorials but never have participated in one of your BOMs so really don't know what the normal procedure is, but would like to share my effort with your first block. I think I will be making the blocks with calicos and a ecru background. How many blocks will there be in total?