Rachel at Wooden Spoon Quilts has a wonderful tutorial for making these blocks. She even has instructions for making other sizes, but for our block lotto follow the 4.25" size directions.
Bright modern fabrics make up the crosses; use white, cream, neutral, low volume for the background areas.
For fun, here are some links to projects made using these adorable blocks.
- Guild member Tanyia made a rainbow mini for her swap partner.
- Here's a Cotton+Steel version.
- Rachel made a quilt for the 2015 Pantone Challenge.
- Love this pillow!
Have fun!
Being new to the guild, I still have a lot to learn. Can you tell me more about the block lotto and the BOM? Do members make these for the next meeting?
ReplyDeleteYes, we have a new BOM every month, to be completed for the next meeting. You can make as many blocks as you like; you get a ticket for each block you bring in.
ReplyDeletemath question here: OMQG's block is 4.5" unfinished, right? the wooden spoon block is 4.25" unfinished so I'll be recalculating, right?
ReplyDeleteJane, thanks for pointing out the discrepancy. No need to recalculate. The block size should be 4.25" unfinished. I will update the blog post to make that correction.
DeleteI was going to ask the same thing! Thanks for clarifying.
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