Anita's Arrowhead Block - Left-Handed

I SEE SQUIRRELS EVERYWHERE!! - ;))

UP is one of my favorite movies -

And I identify with the dog - DUG - ;))

I get distracted VERY easily -

Which may explain why I have SO many UFOs -

That I really prefer to call SQUIRRELS - ;))

Anyway -

The other day - LindaJ - of life, quilts and a cat too -
Mentioned Anita Grossman Soloman's Arrowhead Block - HERE -

Here are the links -

Anita’s Arrowhead - Pattern -
http://www.quiltmaker.com/content_downloads/QM_Anita_s-Arrowhead.pdf

Anita Grossman Solomon - Website -
http://makeitsimpler.blogspot.com/

Anita’s Arrowhead Block - Alternate Sizes -
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5X5dp-XrLudalVlRk9IS1RRUVE/edit

Then today - Gene Black mentioned it again -

And - posted a photo of the one that he made - HERE -

I left him a comment -

Shoot! I was going to play with some more "Crumb" blocks today - but now I want to make one of these instead. And people wonder why I have so many UFOs - haha - ;))

And then I made my test block -

LEFT-HANDED - ;))

I read somewhere that you should make test blocks in "Christmas colors" -

That way you will eventually have a terrific sampler quilt - ;))

I thought it was a great idea -

And have a bunch of Christmas fabric handy for just that purpose - ;))

You don't have to use holiday-themed fabrics -

But if you set aside some coordinated fabric -

Before long - you'll have some "sampler" blocks - ;))

They may be all different sizes -

But that's what sashing is for - haha - ;))

Anyway - the block -

I won't give you detailed instructions -

Or the sizes -

You can download the pattern from the links above - ;))

Just let me say that -

There is a difference between "instructions" and "directions" -
(See my post - HERE - which distinguishes between the two)

And these "directions" are RIGHT-handed - ;))

I want to show you how to cut it LEFT-handed - ;))

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I chose two squares -

Followed the instructions -
Until it came to the first cut -

Cut the diagonal - LEFT-handed -

Stacked the triangles with the diagonal edge on the LEFT side -
Then made the two cuts - as instructed -

Laid out the pieces -
Watch that the same colors don't touch -
The corners are mirror images of each other -

And sewed it together - ;))

Anita suggests pressing the seams open -

But one of them didn't get the memo - ;))

So I fixed that one -

And pressed it FLAT!! - ;))

Turned it over -

Trimmed it -

And VOILA!! - ;))

All in all -

This block came together quite easily -

And it probably took me longer to write this post -

Download all of the photos -

And set up all of the links -

Than it did to actually make the block - ;))

Thanks Anita, Linda, and Gene!! -

I LOVE SQUIRRELS!! - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -