Sunday, December 20, 2009

Lori's Candy Stix Quilt

Lori in Oregon just finished this gorgeous quilt to give to her niece. She used the pattern that I designed for my Empire Quilter's Guild Block of the Month. But she put her own spin on it, and I think it looks fabulous! Now I want to make one like hers.

See Lori's blog at: http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/.

Also, take a look at the new Blocks of the Month: http://www.empirebom.blogspot.com/.

Directions for this block:
To make the block, you start with a background square, mine were 6.”
Cut the square in half diagonally.
Insert a 1” strip. Press.
Then cut the square diagonally in the other direction.
Insert a 1” strip. Press.
Cut the square in half vertically, insert a strip, press.
Cut the square in half horizontally, insert a strip, press.
Then trim the finished block back to a nice 6" square.

4 comments:

Kathy said...

Is the BOM a stand alone block each month or do all the blocks go together at the end of the year?

Selvage Quilter said...

Hi Kathy,

Each month we collect all the blocks and have a drawing. One person wins the whole batch.

But we also have an "Elm Creek Sampler" group and each quilter keeps her blocks to be made into a quilt at the end of the year.

Karen

Unknown said...

I saw this on her blog and tried to find it on the Empire blog. Couldn't locate it so I am so glad you posted. Thanks it is a great quilt.

Kathy said...

Thanks Karen!!