I had this great idea to do a pink ribbon quilt for my MIL. She would love it my DH said. Now I am almost locked in. :)

I made 1 block and it looks really bad. Any chance anyone has tweaked the block on Quilters Cache to make it easier? I can see some Flying Geese units and things like that but am not good enought to figure out the pattern myself yet. I even have the Fons & Porter rulers.. . . any chance someone has done the leg work already? There are just so many seams . . .

Here is how I would do it. You can make HSTs or Half Square Triangles(Flying Geese) and then all you need to do is cut out squares for all the rest ecxept for the block at the top in the middle. That will be the same length as two blocks sewn together. I would strip piece that and then cut it to the size that matches two blocks sewn together,

My EQ shows the long strips as blocks but you can sew a strip on the sides instead of the tan blocks as this shows

Here is my tutorial on making HSTs and to make a 12 1/2" unfinished quilt block you will need a 2" template.
Or cut your squares and HSTs with a ruler so they are 2" square.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-37915-1.htm

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LOVE THIS!! Thank you.

Love this! Thanks for sharing. Ronda

There is also a paper piecing pattern that I used for an MS ribbon. Carol Doak offers a free one. http://www.caroldoak.com/pdfs/PinkRibbon.pdf if this link doesn't work try this one and scroll down almost to the bottom of the page. She offers a lot of free paper piecing projects! http://www.caroldoak.com/free-quilt-patterns.php

What a great pattern!