Winterflake quilt SAL-week 3

Hello and welcome to the 3^rd week of our Winterflake quilt sew-along and thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Fabric + pattern giveaway!

As we assembled strips sets and have cut the strip units last week: this week, we are talking about quarter blocks making, which are needed to assemble the snowflake, I mean Winterflake blocks 1 and 2.

Here are the previous posts if you are catching up only now:

- INTRODUCTION

- WEEK 1: choosing & cutting fabrics

- WEEK 2: making strip sets

You can get my Winterflake quilt pattern any time and make this quilt pattern at your own pace!

We are using the hashtag #winterflakequiltSAL for all the pictures during this quilt-along.

This week we are here to finally start assembling the blocks, I mean block’s quarters, that you can also find on the pages 6, 7 and 8 in the pattern.

 

You will see how surprisingly easy it will be, now that we have all the units cut and strip units assembled. 

 

The basic, log cabin structure of quarters of quilt blocks 1 and 2 is a centre shape surrounded by strips, or “logs”. Use the table on the page 6 to create the required  number of blocks and   inner border units for your quilt size.

 

Using the diagrams provided in the pattern and paying close attention to the orientation of the Strip Set units, pin and sew logs.

We are starting with the simple 3.5” square in fabric C for the quarter 1, while

for the quarter 2, we are starting with the 3.5” square in fabric H.

We are making the quarter 1 in the video.

 

 

As you can see, the most important thing with sewing these log cabin structured blocks is to keep precise ¼” seam allowance, as with basically every quilt block.

I am sure that from this you can easily obtain all the blocks and assembly your quilt top too, but we will leave that for the next week. 

 

I hope that you enjoyed this shorter episode and that you found something useful in my videos!

 

Happy 4^th of July to all of you celebrating and see you next week!

Katarina