Were back. Man, I can't believe it has only been 2 weeks since we have done this. It feels like forever. So welcome back to TNT Thrusday. And we are back with a super special treat. A fabulous tutorial by
Pat from Color Me Quilty. I love this block she has made and I know you are gonna love it too. Thank you so much Pat for putting this together for all of us to enjoy. So . . .Take it away :)
Hi, I'm
Pat from Color Me Quilty! I am beyond excited that Melissa has invited me to show you this tutorial for Gothic Windows. I hope that you will all like making this block.
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| Gothic Windows. 8"x 8" finished (8 1/2" x 8 1/2" as it is here). |
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Believe it or not it can be made with 3 contrasting Jelly Roll strips or (3) 2 1/2" wide by the width of the fabric strips.
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| (3) contrasting strips 2 1/2" x width of fabric (approx. 44") |
Cut the strips as follows:
Green - (3) 2 1/2" squares (two of the three squares need to be cut diagonally in half)
White - (6) 4 1/2" rectangles
Charcoal - (8) 2 1/2" squares AND (4) 4 1/2" rectangles
Fold all six of the white rectangles in half (right sides to the outside) and sandwich between the charcoal squares and rectangles.
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| White sandwiched between two charcoal squares. Align the two edges of the white with the edges of the charcoal squares. The folded edge should be approx. 1/4" short from the other edge of the two charcoal squares. |
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| Do the same with the rectangles with the exception that one side with have additional fabric. |
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| Notice the pinned side you will be stitching - from the open to the folded edge of the white block |
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| All the blocks ready to stitch |
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| You can chain stitch the blocks, if you wish. Then just cut them apart. |
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Now the magic happens....open the block
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| A perfect one seam flying geese (or is that goose??) Press!!! |
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| You should end up with 4 short and 2 with longer sides. |
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| Stitch two of the short geese together. |
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| Put the green square in the middle, evenly spaced (it will be smaller that the white). Fold the white edges down and press. |
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| Top stitch the white edges down. You may want to pin or glue the white down. I found that Elmers washable school glue works great for this step. (I did show how to use the glue a little farther down) |
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| Voila! you have the center done. |
Next you will be doing basically the same thing with just the flying geese.
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| Since these geese are not sewn together, you need to stitch a very scant 1/4" across the bottom to hold the corners of the geese down and to hold the green half square in place. |
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| This line of stitching will not show once your block in assembled. Do this will all 4 of the remaining geese. |
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| Again, press the white edges in over the green |
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| I found that adding a touch of glue at this stage very helpful |
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| Can you see the glue? |
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| Repress to set the glue. This will NOT gum up your needle when you stitch. |
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| You can use either the liquid or the glue stick. I've used both on different projects. |
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| Top stitch the two side of the triangle. |
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| Start to assemble by adding the two short geese, one on each side. |
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| Add the two longer geese to the other sides. |
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| You now have completed a Gothic Windows Block! |
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I hope you've enjoy my tutorial. Thanks again to Melissa for letting me guest blog.
What an awesome Tutorial!!! Thank you so much Pat. I know this is on my list of things to try new :)
And I will throw in a quick bit of something new I tried last night. I taught a class for the first time. Here are some of the amazing ladies I got to teach. We went over basic machine care and made some disappearing 9 patch blocks :) So fun!!! I was nervous at first but once I got going I had a ball!!! I just love quilting and sharing how to do it is something that I look forward to doing it again sometime :)
So . . . You have had quite a while to be saving up some new things. What have you been trying new?? Link on up and show us all :)
