The second cut -

 

 

On the first block - 

 

Was wrong - 

 

So if this was my TEST block - 

 

I failed - LOL - 

 

Now BOB is giving me a hard time - 

 

Saying, "I TOLD you so!!" - ;)) 

 

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Simply Woven Quilt - by moda fabrics -

Moda Bake Shop - 

Jessica Kelly -  HERE - 

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I forgot to re-read the instructions BEFORE I made the second cut - 

 

The part that said - 

After you insert a strip - 

You need to ROTATE the block -

Before you make the next cut - 

NOTE TO SELF - RULE #1 - 

The LAST strip that you added - 

Needs to be HORIZONTAL  -

When you go to make the NEXT cut - 

 

So - do over - 

 

One BIG advantage of having a "stash" -

Is the ability to re-cut your mistakes test blocks - LOL - 

 

This time - 

 

The Black strip is HORIZONTAL - 

 

And the third strip is ready to be inserted - 

 

 

Here's where I had to make a LEFT-HANDED adjustment - 

 

The instructions say to make your cut to the RIGHT of the vertical strip - 

 

LEFT-HANDED - make your cut to the LEFT of the vertical strip - 

 

That will give me a MIRROR image of the block - 

 

But since all of the blocks will be the same MIRROR image - 

 

I should be fine - 

 

 

The instructions also say to press the seams open - 

And I'm not a big fan of "open" seams - 

So I made my own pressing "plan" -

 

Then sewed and pressed two blocks and put them up on the wall - 

 

To see if I could get the seams to "nest" nicely - 

 

YES!! - 

 

 

Then I tested the rotation of the blocks - 

 

To see if the seams would still nest nicely if I turned them -

The original set -  

 

And they do "nest" if I turn them both 180° - 

No surprise there - they are both turned upside-down - LOL -  

 

But what if - 

 

The first one is rotated 180° -

 

And the second one is rotated another quarter turn? - 

 

YES!! - 

 

 

So - 

 

I'm satisfied that my pressing "plan" will work -  

 

And will allow me to rotate the blocks to get a nice variation in the "weave" -

 

Now that I have two blocks done - 

 

I should be able to get my "system" down - 

 

To chain-piece these and make them "assembly-line" style - 

 

This really is a FUN pattern -

 

Even though there will be SIX seams to match - 

 

On each side - 

 

Of each block - LOL - ;))

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -