Summer in the park tute
 

I just watched the MSQC Summer In The Park tute using a jelly roll...looked like a fun easy 1/2 strip block...but before I start and ruin a whole bunch of fabric......has anyone done this yet? Do you lose the point of the strip on point block as you sew these blocks together? Looks like you might....maybe I should just make a sample to see....

here's a link to google images of the summer in the park quilt... it doesn't look like the points are cut off
https://www.google.com/search?q=summ...w=1016&bih=693

I've done it using jelly roll strips and it worked like a charm. When you move the ruler, you use the seam lines as guides. Nothing gets cut off if you follow the rules. You will have some bias to contend with but I didn't find that problematic either.

As MadQuilter said, if you cut as instructed, you shouldn't cut of the points. I love the one I did...will probably make another sometime.

I taught this quilt workshop at my guild last summer and it was very successful with very happy results from everyone. As a bonus, I did the math for a few of the participants to make alternate sizes of this design and the yardage for people who wanted to make 2-fabric quilts to bust down their stashes. Fabric requirements below do not include yardage f for borders, since everyone likes different widths.

76 x 84:
39 strips print fabric 2.5" x WOF (2.75 yards for a 2-fabric quilt)
39 strips light solid fabric 2.5" x WOF (2.75 yards for a 2-fabric quilt)
5/8 yd binding fabric
5-1/4 yds backing fabric

67 x 67:
33 strips print fabric 2.5" x WOF (2.5 yards for a 2-fabric quilt)
33 strips light solid fabric 2.5" x WOF (2.5 yards for a 2-fabric quilt)
1/2 yd binding fabric
4 yds backing fabric

48 x 48:
18 strips print fabric 2.5" x WOF (1.25 yards for a 2-fabric quilt)
18 strips light solid fabric 2.5" x WOF (1.25 yards for a 2-fabric quilt)
1/2 yd binding fabric
3 yds backing

Several of my students used the triangular units cut off at the beginning and end of cutting the strip sets to make pinwheel blocks which were donates to our Charity Bee.

Also, some very striking quilts happened when quilters used either a single color or a family of two or three complementary colors plus a moderately or slightly lighter or darker value "sashing" fabric within one of the color families. The geometric pattern still emerges, but it's softened quite nicely. Several gorgeous quilts were made of autumn colors family, the purple family, and the blue family.

Below are alternate layouts for cut units.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]481105[/ATTACH]I love the Summer in the pattern and didn't have a problem with cutting off points...here's mine and a link that I posted showing the quilt using I made using the scraps from the SITP.....

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post5530670

lots of wonderful information and beautiful quilts in this thread. thanks for everyone's input.

Ditto......

Thanks all.....although MSQC tute is only half strip - half solid block.....I guess I was over concerned.....