Around the block, patchwork

Around the Block – July for Jan

I know, I know, it’s way past July now.  I finished making Jan’s blocks on the weekend.  She is travelling further than Around The Block at the moment – around Australia in fact – so I knew that she wouldn’t be waiting on them.  Well, that was my excuse for being late.  Jan provided us with pre-cut borders in different widths and asked us to come up with whatever design we liked for the centres, with the finished blocks being 8.5 inches.  I jumped onto Quilter’s Cache and found some terrific designs.

This one is Geometry, which is paper pieced at 4 inches.

ATB July for Jan - Geometry centre 4.5" foundation pieced

I modified the Four Patch Variation block to make a 5 inch centre.

ATB July for Jan - Four Patch Variation centre 5.5"

When it came to the 6 inch centre, I was lazy and simply fussy cut one of the fabrics that Jan had sent (which was around 7 inches square – I think that Jan may have been hoping that I’d do just that!)

ATB July for Jan - fussy cut centre 6.5"

I felt that I’d let myself off a little bit too easily with that last block so made up another centre (6.5 inches unfinished) for Jan to add borders to later. It’s called Interlocked Squares.

ATB July for Jan - Interlocked Squares 6.5"

I also made the August blocks and will share them later. I now need to get cracking on making a quilt for my niece’s wedding – it’s in October! This year! Two months away! Yikes! Where’s that rotary cutter?