Block of the Month for September

Mayflower Quilters Guild started up again last night and my friend Marilyn and I are responsible for Program this year.  We decided to do a Block of the Month each month with the blocks due at the next meeting to be used in Comfort Quilts.  I couldn't find a tutorial on line for this block so have made one up here:

Step One:  Fabric requirements

• three 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" strips of medium to dark fabrics in fall colours (yellow, gold, orange, rust, red or brown) (WOF  (width of fabric) strips will give you 5 or 6 blocks)
• two 4" squares of light fabric in off white/unbleached cotton colour for each block

Step Two:

• Sew three strips together.  I put the lightest one in the middle but that was just my preference.
• Press the seams to the dark.

Step Three:

• Press the squares in half on the diagonal (the pressed line will be your sew line and your corners will already be pressed open after you sew them, so you accomplish two things with one step)

Step four:

• It is important that your block is laid out with the strips running vertically up and down and not horizontally across.
• Lay an opened square on the upper left and the lower right of your block with the pressed lines being parallel to each other.
• Sew on the two pressed lines but do not trim off the corners.
• Sew another seam 1/2" away closer to the corner and flip back the corner.  (If you don't want to sew the second seam, we can do it.)
• When you hand in your blocks at the October meeting, we will trim the extra fabric off and use the bonus half square triangles to make another Comfort Quilt.  (Of course you are welcome to use this pattern for yourself as well in which case you can do whatever you want with your corners.)

Here is a sample of what the final quilt will look like:

Marilyn and I are looking forward to seeing all the blocks you donate at the October meeting!