Some of my quilt blocks and some of the traditional quilt blocks use mirror images. In my Boston Blocks this means two blocks will have the same colors but in one the light is on the left and the medium on the right and the next block will be the opposite. The light is on the right and the medium on the left. To help everyone to see this process here are some pictures to clarify how this works.

Nice job in tuts

Thank you for sharing another one for my bookmark :)

ANOTHER great tut....tute?????......
Love it! Thanks again, Phyllis

Fantastic! Thanks from another Iowan!

Thanks Rhonda! Great tute as always. :lol:

Wonderful thanks again :thumbup:

Neat idea! Thanks again, Rhonda!

I learned this about your blocks very early on. So glad you put a tut in here. It'll save lots of people all the mistakes I made. But even though they are mirror image, they are still easy to make and so much fun.

Thank you so much for the tute. I really like the way you had larger blocks and then cut them down.

The cut down method is the basis of all my stuff. You can find all my links here

Rhonda's Workshops and Classes ( in the virtual section)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/virtual...jsp?vsnum=1010

Rhonda's Block directions
http://www.quiltingboard.com/virtual...jsp?vsnum=1010

Rhonda's Dazzling Sampler Quilt - Blocks of the Week Sampler
http://www.quiltingboard.com/virtual...jsp?vsnum=1017

Sampler Quilt Along Blocks and Layouts in one place
http://www.bitsnpiecesworkshop.com/p...QuiltAlong.php

Picture Threads of Rhonda's Patchwork Items
http://www.quiltingboard.com/virtual...jsp?vsnum=1024

what are the dimensions of the quilt blocks?

The Boston Blocks are the size of the template you use. I used a 2 1/2" template here. If you use the 2 1/2" for all of the "Blocks" then your quilt block will measure 12 1/2" unfinished.

If you use a 1 1/2" template you will get a 6 1/2" quilt block unfinished

And if you use a 2" template you will get a 9 1/2" quilt block.

To get an 18 1/2" unfinished quilt block you can use a 3 1/2" template.

These sizes only work with a 6 x 6 grid or 6 rows of 6 Blocks in each row = 36 Blocks

Hope you were not near the tornado, need to ck Iowa map to see where you are and where tornado was--terrible.

No the tornado was in NW Iowa and we are almost in the bottom SE tip of Iowa. We did get some heavy rain and winds but nothing too serious. Just normal Iowa weather.

I've been through several tornados over the years. It is just something we live with. At least it is over quickly!
I can tell you they do sound exactly like a big train coming through!

Great Tut thanks!