Originally Posted by sandy12010
So you are saying to put say the light blue on say the left side and bottm and then the brown on the right side and top...am I understanding you right...probably NOT...lol...I am going to add the light blue on the side of the brown and the brown on the side of the light blue hoping it looks ok had to quit earlier ended up with company ..hoping to get more accomplished later this wk between work and house work but as soon as I do will post another one that was just a general ideal I had one for the attic window and i am (dumb) I guess couldnt figure it out...I have never done anything to extravagent I have always done easy stuff I guess afraid to mess it up..
Silly me! I went to a website:
http://quilterscache.com/A/AtticWindowsBlock.html
The colors actually only go on two sides of each block ...
In the sample on the webside, the dark is on the right side, and the light is on the bottom.
You don't put color all around each block, only on two sides.
The reason being: when you put four together, the frame from one block actually frames the one beside it or to the bottom ...
If you were standing to the left of a window, and look out the frames, the only thing you would see would be the bottom and right side, and the more frames in the window, the more of that image you would be seeing.
Now! In the sample at the website, she has you actually sewing a "Y" seam, but since you insist you are a beginner, I would recommend you do it a bit different.
In the lower right corner of your frame, use a Half Square Triangle.
That is the example on one of the other pages that someone sent you to.
To do it, you take the finished size of your framing strips, add 7/8ths of an inch (or a full inch because you can trim it down) ... that will be the size of your square. Cut one square from each color at that size.
Put right sides together, draw a diagonal line on the back of the lighter color.
Stitch 1/4 inch on either side of the drawn line. Cut on the line, iron to the darker color, and VIOLA! You will have two corners for your window frame. Your border length would be just the same length as your picture.
Match the dark color to the dark sash and stitch your HST to that piece. Stitch the lighter color on first, and then stitch on your dark sashing with the HST (half square triangle) attached ... on to the square - - and your first "attic window" will be complete! <wave>