Antique Squirrel - Unit B -

 

 

The second unit needed for my Antique Squirrel - 

 

Is a three-strip "bar" or "Rail Fence" unit -

 

The strips are cut at 1-1/2" wide - 

 

By whatever length of scrap you have - 

 

But the scrap should be at least 3-1/2" long - ;))

 

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I cut a bunch of 1-1/2" strips - 

 

And laid them out on my ironing board - 

 

Roughly by the length of the strip - 

 

 

Then I chose three strips of roughly the same length - 

 

And sewed them together - 

 

Pressed the seams in one direction -

 

Took them to the cutting mat - 

 

And laid them out so that I could cut "with" the seams - 

 

Sometimes I cut with the seams showing - 

 

So that I am sure to cut in the same direction - 

 

Anyway - 

 

Sub-cut the strip sets into 3-1/2" segments -  

And save the scraps for another project - 

Un-sewing any strip longer than 3-1/2" - 

 

And adding it back into the mix -

 

I cut several strip sets - 

 

And chose four at random - 

 

For the "middles" - 

 

And laid out a "kitchen sink" block - LOL - 

 

I have NOT sewn the block together yet - 

 

If you flip the "Units" over - 

 

You can see that there are no seams to match from one unit to the next -

 

You will have to match the seams BETWEEN the units - 

 

But that's it - 

 

And if you turn the "bar" Unit B - 

 

So that the TOP one has the seams going to the LEFT - 

 

The one on the LEFT has the seams going DOWN - 

 

The one on the BOTTOM has the seams going to the RIGHT - 

 

And the one on the RIGHT has the seams going UP - 

 

All of the "bar" Unit Bs will have the seams going around in a circle - 

 

Counter-clockwise - 

 

Making it easy to nest the seams from block to block -  

 

Because the seams on the TOP block will be going UP - 

 

And the seams on the BOTTOM block will be going DOWN - 

 

As the two blocks go under the needle - 

 

The corners of each block will not nest - 

 

Unless you want to get fancy with the pressing - 

 

And may get a bit bulky - 

 

But I don't really want to mess with getting fancy - 

 

So I'll leave those alone - 

 

I can think of a couple of different ways to assemble this block - 

 

And will share those - 

 

When I get there - LOL - 

 

Right now - 

 

I want to experiment with a "controlled" version of this block - 

 

I know that the original was the "kitchen sink" variety - 

 

But I think that their scrap stash may have been somewhat limited - 

 

Mine is not - 

 

I have LOTS of scraps - 

 

In all colors - 

 

So - 

 

The question is - 

 

Do I want it to look like a jumbled mess - 

 

Or do I want to limit my color palette? - 

 

I'm leaning toward limiting the colors - 

 

A jumbled mess might give me a headache - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -