April Birth of a Sampler – THOUSANDS of 1 1/2 Inch Squares

Posted By on April 20, 2008

I wonder how many other quilters have ever cut so many extra strips of material that they could almost make a WHOLE quilt with the leftovers?  I guess I got CARRIED away with making my little 1 1/2″ square four-patches for the round (shown below) on my Birth of a Sampler Quilt because I had an embarrasssing number of EXTRA FOUR-PATCHES….I think they are EVER SO CUTE!!!

I love these little four-patches along the edge of the Birth of a Sampler

This month’s assignment was to make a round of alternating nine-patches and hour-glass blocks.  HM…..I wondered if I could substitute some of my cute little 1 1/2″ four patches somewhere here…….I carefully arranged some blocks on the floor and IMMEDIATELY GOT HELPERS.  Oreo CHIPPIE Cookie got very excited about the way this quilt was developing  (how do people WITHOUT CONSULTANT CATS ever manage!!! LOL)

Oreo is HELPING me decide what to do next....

Then Midnight Jr. had to come in and give her two cents worth of ideas….and we all agreed that the little squares could substitute for the 9 patches…….

Birth of a Sampler in progress (April)

So I decided to repeat the CUTENESS in this month’s round.  I substituted SIXTEEN BLOCKS – (each with 36 1 1/2″ squares) for 16 nine-patch blocks and voila…..look!

The Hourglass and Blocks of 1 1/2\

Here is a close-up (and in case someone is curious) yes I still had some of those little 1 1/2″ four-patch blocks left over…..sigh….maybe they will show up in another quilt one day.  LOL

Hourglasses and 36 - 1 1/2\

 

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