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DESIGN
Stitching FINISHING MISC
Christmas Ornament Quilting Block
This is a fun quilt block to make. It is great in a Christmas Sampler
quilt, or in smaller projects for the wall or table. You can even make it very
small, and use it as an ornament on the
Christmas tree. This is a Novelty quilt block. Many Novelty quilt blocks
are paper pieced, because they have such unusual shapes. However this
block can be put together as
patchwork.
Let's take this block row by row, beginning at the top. We
will use
Simple Measurements,
with each
grid finishing at 1 inch. The first row consists of 2 wide
rectangles and a smaller
vertically placed rectangle in the middle of the row. The vertical black piece looks to be a little less
wide than half the size of one of the
grids
Cut that piece, and then attach the wide rectangles to both sides. Then
trim the piece so that it is exactly 6 1/2 inches wide. Be sure and trim
it so you equal amounts of background fabric on each side of the vertical black
piece. The second row and fourth row are made the same, with a
directional change in the 2
half square triangles.
You could attach a
half square triangle
to both sides of a rectangle, however to have fewer seams, make a rectangle to
cover 4 grids and then use the
snowball method with
the background fabric to get the diagonal line. Review the
snowball
instructional pages if necessary. Be sure the diagonal line runs in the
correct direction. The center of the ornament is just one wide rectangle. You could piece
a thin strip of fabric on each side. If you want to do that, just
cut down the size of the strip. However, this block is a great opportunity
to apply some embellishment with trim. Use ric-rac,
gold braid, lace or any decorative flat trim on the edges of the rectangle.
You do not have to worry about the cut
end of the trim, as it will be sewn into the side seam. Piece the sides, and the bottom with the background fabric, and
you are done. Lots of possibilities with this block. Some other embellishment
ideas- use a fabric like satin for the bulb, ribbon in the middle of the block,
or sew little beads on
the block. Have some fun with this one and display it when Christmas comes
again.
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If
you look at the general shape of the bulb, you can see that there are 6
