And another six blocks -

 

 

For my Sakura Churn Dash - 

 

Were sewn today - 

 

 

 

And put up on the wall with their friends - LOL - ;))

 

 

You all know that I make these SIX at a time - 

Since all of the "units" have been cut and sewn together already - 

It just seems more efficient to do them "assembly-line" - 

And SIX fit nicely on my ironing board/pad - 

 

I thought I would show you how I do it - 

If you're interested - keep reading - 

If not - tune in tomorrow - I should have another SIX sewn by then - ;))

 

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First - I lay out all of the "units" for SIX blocks - three sets of two blocks -

The top row has the same "Churn Dash" fabric with different backgrounds - 

The bottom row has the same background with different "Churn Dash" fabrics - 

This way helps me keep them straight as to which is the background fabric -

And I'm less likely to sew them together backwards - LOL - 

 

I start with the two blocks on the left -

Sew the second column "unit" to the one in the first column -

Chain piecing them all - 

When I get to the bottom two -

I need to get it out from under the needle - to continue - 

So I sew together the first two units in the second set of blocks - 

That's why you don't see them in the photos above and below - 

 

Then I fold over the third "unit" on top of the first two -

And chain piece all of those - 

 

 

When I get to the bottom two -

I need to get it out from under the needle - to continue - 

So I sew together the next two units of the second set of blocks - 

That's why you don't see them in this photo - 

 

 

 

When all three units in a row have been sewn - that's when I press them -

The "middle" row gets pressed OUT from the center patch -

The "top" and "bottom" rows get pressed IN toward the center patch - 

 

Then I fold the "top" row over onto the "middle" row for both blocks - 

And sew them one right after the other - 

Clipping off the first block -

Pressing the "top" row OUT from the "middle" row - 

And then adding the "bottom" row - 

 

When the "bottom" row is on -

I press that one OUT from the "middle" row -

In this photo - the second block is still under the needle - 

So I flipped over the second "unit" in all of the second column blocks - 

 

Then - it's basically - rinse and repeat - 

 

Sew the second column "unit" to the one in the first column -

Chain piecing them all - 

Then I fold over the third "unit" on top of the first two -

And chain piece all of those - 

 

 

Press the rows - 

 

Sew the rows together - 

 

And start on the third column of blocks - 

 

It actually took me longer to take the photos -

 

And write this post - 

 

Than it did to sew the blocks together - 

 

And most of you probably have your own "system" for making these -

 

Because there is ALWAYS more than one way to do something - LOL -

But I thought there might be some new quilters out there - 

Who may not know this stuff - 

 

And it might help them to see how I do it - ;))

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -