love this! count me in!

Love it! I really like your fabrics and color choices. It really is great contrast! So what did you think of the process? And negative feedback is just as important as positive feedback so be honest. If I can improve my teaching or methods I am happy to hear all feedback.

^^^Couple things, Rhonda:

If you were doing a scrappy, would it be ok to take a 2.5" HST and rotary cut corner to corner? Because you'd still have 2.5" sides, right? If you had 4 HST then you would have 8 QST to start a Boston Block. Do you end up "off" somehow by doing it that way?

And, I've got a whole ton of teeny triangles now, cut from the scraps from my daughter's tube quilt, so YAY! I was actually "cleaning" yesterday! :lol:

As long as your swatch is slightly larger than you need then you are ok no matter how you cut your swatch. So yes I have figured out to save waste you can use an HST cut corner to corner. I use a lot of leftovers and they are a triangular shape alot of the time. It just needs to be a little bigger than your template needs. I sometimes also will have a piece that is short just a hair or up to 1/8" where the corner of the template is going to sit. As long as that shortness still allows for a seam allowance of at least 1/8" that will hide in the seam allowance and will not be a problem.

Found this yesterday. Thanks Rhonda & this is great to do your methods for a whole quilt of different sizes. I'll be watching for updates.

I'm in. I had sent for the templates quite awhile ago and have been afraid to work on them. I will give this a definite try. Thank you for doing this. It should be fun!!!!! :lol:

Hmmm Rhonda...great idea! I'll have to watch this one growing as I still have my Jane in the works...but I'll enjoy watching! Ya'll have fun!

Rhonda,
I would like to try a block in both the 6 1/2" and the 12 1/2" blocks and then decide which size blocks I will be doing. Please could I get the templates for both sizes. I will PM you my information.
Thanks,

Yes I can send both.

:oops:

Well, now I've found the "create a sense of order" blocks for my scrappy quilt. They all ended up too small, so the solid 1/2 of the Boston is bigger than the QST side. Heh. They still look cool, but they are not perfection. I just keep cutting away and practicing though. I'm learning a lot with little risk, since it's scraps.

I learn by trial and error. I think it works to learn by doing. You remember better when you do it that way.

Rhonda this is so neat, love the way to make half square tri. looks like you can make alot of them with less work. I can't wait to get the templates. :D :D :D

Did you cut out the center with your template? They should come out just fine that way.

Hi Rhonda, I am going to do this. I sent you a pm. I am doing the farmers wife too. this will be fun and I just love your block, they are so beautiful. Thank you so much for doing this, and I still am going to do the book markers. I am just about done with the small projects I have to get done. I will see if I can do them all on Monday. This is going to be so much fun. I cant wait to start this. thank you so very much again, and God bless. Penny

Hi Rhonda,

I join in but I don't know if I can keep up. My hands are not what they used to be but I do need to get back to quilting again.

I will try using my ruler but I may need to get the templates later.

Thanks for the class.

I think what happened was I have a bunch of 2 strip pieces of fabric left over from a tube quilt that are wide enough, but I was cutting the QST part by itself and measuring 2.5" with my 6.5" clear ruler (waiting on the templates, just practicing with what I have! But, if you cut THOSE exact, when you sew it to the solid swatch, no matter how big the 2nd swatch is, the QST side is going to be less than 1/2 of a 2.5" square.

I circumvented the ease of just making a straight edge on the bottom of the QST part, then lining up and cutting out of the center. I've almost used up all the trial and error triangles though! :D

Me too.....I have the templates but the smaller size scare me. Thank-you Rhonda :-D :thumbup:

Y'all don't be afraid of small pieces - Think of it this way: smaller pieces just means shorter seams, and quicker done!!

Well you can try both and then see what you think. You can also go to my web site and practice the Boston Block before you tackle the quilt block for the sampler. It isn't as hard as it seems. That is the beauty of my method is that you get difficult looking blocks with easy piecing. You will be surprised how easy it is.

I had a friend who took my class in my home on making a coin purse and she could not quit marveling that she had actually made this little quilt block. She went home and made a bunch more coin purses and gave them as gifts to her family.

I would love to do these.They a beautiful. I have sent a PM to you for the templates. Thanks so much for doing this. Gail

This is such an awesome idea. I don't have much"good" experience in sewing any thing that has points and that will have to match up exactly. I'm still learning. It's also a great idea for someone who doesn't have alot of fabric to work with as well as learning so many blocks that I like but are very intimidated by them. Thank you for this great opportunity.

Just received my 2 1/2 square. Can't wait to get started. This is so generous of you. Thank you many times over. Anne

Thank you all! I hope you have a good experience with these quilt blocks. I think they are easy to make. If you remember to take time to be accurate when you cut out the blocks and when you sew the blocks together remember to make sure you have a 1/4" seam allowance where the points are you will get a good result.

the credit for the idea of the Sampler goes to KClausing. She asked me to consider doing a Jane type quilt. So you can send your thanks her way!!

I'm not sure if this is where I am to post this. Oh well. Anyways, I received the templates yesterday and created the Boston Block. I think it turned out great. As soon as I learn how to post a picture I will let you see how it turned out. I want to thank you so much for all your tutorials and templates. They make me feel like I CAN accomplish something so intricate. A great big HUG from me to you!

I am glad you have figured out how to make the Boston! I think they make it so easy to make great looking patchwork!
And a Hug right back! Good for you! I hope you enjoy making the quilt blocks! Will look forward to your pictures!

Hi Rhonda
I received the templates yesterday! I'm anxious to try some of your blocks.
Thank again. :)

See Rhonda:
If I'd of just listened to you my blocks would of been much better. You said just two posts up, quote: "remember to make sure you have a 1/4" seam allowance where the points are you will get a good result." I hope to try another block in the next couple of days. Life is getting in the way right now.

I didnt see too much wrong with your quilt blocks! It looks good to me! We all can always improve of course but alot of that comes with practice. And even with as many of them as I have made I still lose points sometimes. It happens. I do my best and I will go back and redo a few times but usually if I can't get it with one or two redos then I just have to say oh well and let it go!! If you tack and have things so they can't move you will get a better looking Block too. I really liked the suggestion to use a magnetic strip to mark your 1/4". That is not only a marker but it is a raised marker too.

that really was a good idea and I don't know if it's my sewing machine (a FW) or the magnet, but it doesn't have a lot of "stick" power to it. I may just put a stronger magnet on top to help hold it in place. Don't know if it will work, but gonna give it a try.
Oh yeah, I've never redone a block. Either it's good the first time or it stays the way it is, lol! I don't have the patience to take one apart and redo it. It's gonna have to be ok the way it is. I'm happy with it.

Dear Rhonda
can you tell me how i can make the blocks to follow bigger its hard for me to see them and i wanted to start on the sampler quilt , Sorry to bother you
HUGS Dora

Do you know how to save the picture and change the size of it? I use Irfanview which is a free download and pretty easy to use. If not I can send you a larger version of them. Just send me your email address and I will send you the larger version.

pm you my email address thank you
HUGS Dora

Hi , I'm new. What does pm mean? Do you mean by postal address, my home address? I love the look of these blocks. May I have the 2" and 3 1/2" templates please?

Dottie if you click on my name you will go to my profile page. Under my avatar(picture) you will see a button that says pm (private message) click on pm and a message box will pop up. Write your message and hit send. This box is where I would like you to send me your postal address( yes home address). I do not give these out to anyone. These templates are hard acrylic templates and I have to send them through the snail mail. thanks!!! Rhonda