Showing posts with label hither and yon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hither and yon. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Travel Checkers

Today's project is my absolute favorite. I've wanted to make a fabric checker board for a while but I was put off by the idea of needing a separate bag to put everything in for travel.

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This board is double sided and one of the edges is left open, creating a generous pocket to store the game pieces, magazines, coloring books, etc.

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Just stash everything inside and roll up for travel.

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Hither and Yon

This block is a doozy.  I ripped a lot of seams while working this tutorial.  As you all know, I'm making 8" finished blocks for a Christmas quilt.  Unfortunately, the 8" version of this block has some strange measurements, and so we're not able to use any of the easy piecing methods we've learned.

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As always, I'm listing the measurements for 12" finished blocks with 8" measurements in parenthesis.  If you're too scared of triangles, check this tutorial to make a 12" finished block using easy piecing methods.  If you're making 8" finished blocks, you're stuck with this!