The square in square quilt is complete !! I liked working on this and I like the quilt. It will go into the pile of quilts to be donated once Mike and I are tired of it.
My color theory class met (remotely through YouTube) last Saturday, 3/12 and we were assigned two blocks. Our lesson was on monochrome colors and that was our assignment — two blocks in monochrome colors.
The block above is the Shoo Fly block. I have lots of gray fabric so that’s what I used.
The history of the Shoofly Quilt Block dates back to the mid-1800’s!
This 9-patch block was named after a wild plant with rounded flowers called clover broom or shoofly. Another name for this quilt block is “Hole in the Barn Door”. The block is pretty simple to make and uses a limited number of half-square triangles HSTs). Our instructor suggested a 6” block, but assured us we could make any size we wished.
Star of Hope - 6” block
The block above is titled Star of Hope (again in shades of gray) and again our instructor suggested a 6” block. I used my Cricut (cutting machine) to cut the squares and then I cut some of the squares in half diagonally and again in half diagonally. At once I realized it was hopeless. Rest assured that the HSTs are TINY. I’m going to size the block up to 12” so the HSTs are easier to sew. This is a pretty block and while it’s not wonderful in gray, it will be attractive.
Today (March 19) we’ll be talking about analogous colors and I suspect we’ll be assigned a couple of more blocks (all of which will be 12” 😁)