Disappearing 4 patch help
 

I have my 4 patch blocks sewn together but now I'm trying to plan the next steps. Do I
cut one block move the pieces then sew it together and then do the next one? So each block
is done one after the other? Trying to figure out if there is a way to assembly line this process.
Seems a lot of up and down...cut, reassemble, sew...cut, reassemble, sew versus cut, cut, cut
reassemble, reassemble, sew, sew. Hope this makes sense.

You could cut several and hold the pieces of each together with some kind of clip or a pin, then chain piece.

Yes to what bjchad said, just be careful not to get things turned around. If you anything like me, it's not hard to do. :)

Depending on the size of the blocks, this is where cookie sheets, pizza boxes and large form meat trays come into play. Cut the block, lay on the cookie, sheets, pizza boxes or meat trays, layer them up and carry to machine for stitching.

I prefer to do them one at a time. I think this and the D9P aren't good candidates for chain piecing. It can be done, but it's not fun.

I do mine individually as well, and like that I need to get up and down lots :thumbup:

Thanks so much for the suggestions. Since I have never done this pattern before and I have gotten things turned
around, I best do it one at a time. But I do like the suggestion about the cookie tray! Maybe by the time I get half
way thru (say 24 blocks), I might try cutting 2 or 3 and putting paper between them and see if I can manage to keep
them straight.

I'm in the process of putting these blocks around a "Frozen" panel. I've pretty much done each block individually as it's super easy to get them messed up...for me anyway!:D But they are really making a pretty quilt. Hope my little 3 year old granddaughter loves it!

I covered 2 pieces of cardboard 15" square with fleece, glued it down. Then I cut each block, arrange them how I'm going to sew them, cut more, arrange, stack them on the square, take them to machine, & chain piece, moving each section to the other piece of cardboard, keeping them in the same arrangement. This works for me very well, & if I get interrupted I'll know where I am when I come back. Just saying. lol Happy Thanksgiving to all.

I do all the cutting, lay out each block the way I like best, stack the blocks, at machine take top block and sew the first seam, continue to the bottom of the stack. Clip the threads between each block (4 squares), then make a new stack and sew the second seam, all 4 squares are sewn together. Clip threads and then press.
E. Burns does her flip/sew and it is easy to keep them all in the right place.

Same here, I can screw up enough without asking for it, lol.

Inexpensive paper plates also work well for separating each block.

I've rearranged my room so that my design wall is directly behind me as I sew. Makes it really convenient to just peel a block off the wall and sew it together. I can cut it all, bring it to the wall and arrange it there to make sure it's all in the right order, then just sit and sew it all together, putting finished blocks back up on the wall.

Works as long as I'm just doing a small section. Still have to get up a lot if I have a whole queen-size laid out on there, lol.

Thanks for more suggestions. Farmquilter, I like your idea but probably will have to get thru this first attempt at D4P before I'm comfortable enough to try. Wildyard, I really like the idea of using paper plates to separate the blocks...easier to work with. Now, just to get ready to make those cuts. Will have to wait until next week as I have to work now thru the weekend.

sewnoma, what a great idea, wish I could do that in my room but placement of the window and my small space makes it not realistic. My sewing space is in the center of the room with storage on all the walls.