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FEBRUARY
BLOTTO BLOCK:
BACKGROUND
FABRIC - Cream, tone on tone, white on white, very
light … the block needs good contrast ……..
please no white muslin
Cut one 5 inch square …… Cut 4 squares of 2 inch size
On the back
of the background fabric draw a line from corner to corner on the diagonal.
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COLOR
FABRICS: RED, PINK, ROSE, PRINTS THAT READ AS
THOSE COLORS, TONE ON TONE, RED& WHITE
Cut one square 5 inches …… CUT
two squares 4-5/8th inches
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Patch work:
Right sides
together using a 5 inch background square and a 5 inch color square. Sew a
quarter inch from the diagonal on each side and make a half square
triangle. Cut on your diagonal line. You will have 2 half square triangles of __4.5 inches__inches in size. Press seams to the color side. These will be used for the bottom half of the
heart.
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| LEFT SIDE |
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| RIGHT SIDE |
Using the
4-5/8 block place a 2 inch square of back ground fabric and sew on the diagonal
and snow ball the corners. Press seams
to the colored patch. Make two patches.
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| MAKE TWO OF THIS PATCH |
Sew all the
patches together similar to a 4-patch block.
Your finished block should measure
8-3/4 __inches square.
For Blotto
you can submit up to 3 (three) blocks for a chance to win the hearts. This is such an easy block hopefully we will
have every one participates in the blotto lottery.
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| LILLIAN ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS |
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