#modasamplershuffle week eight

OK  LET'S GO!

HERE ARE YOUR PATTERNS FOR THIS WEEK

BLOCK TWENTY-TWO

BLOCK TWENTY-THREE

BLOCK TWENTY-FOUR

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DID YOU JUST FIND OUT ABOUT MODA'S SAMPLER SHUFFLE ?

 CLICK HERE to read more  details about  the Sampler Shuffle  and Rocking Chair Quilt's  SAMPLER SCRAMBLE contest

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HOW IS IT GOING FOR YOU THIS WEEK?

We posted the the Triangle , Border and Setting Patterns here again for you so they're handy whenever you need to peek at them:

 EASY TRIANGLES *

 INNER BORDERS*

QUILT SETTING PATTERN*

WILL YOU DESIGN YOUR OWN SETTING FOR YOUR SAMPLER SHUFFLE BLOCKS? 

YOU COULD WIN A QUILTY PRIZE FROM ROCKING CHAIR QUILTS! READ ABOUT OUR SAMPLER SCRAMBLE CONTEST BY CLICKING HERE.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR SAMPLER BLOCKS! IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR BLOCK PHOTOS: 

YOU CAN POST YOUR BLOCK  PICTURES AND COMMENTS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR I'LL POST THEM FOR YOU JUST SEND THEM IN AN EMAIL TO ME : CAROL@ROCKINGCHAIRQUILTS.COM

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WEEK eight - WHAT CAROL DID

Worked on blocks 22, 23 AND 24. Started making Flying geese for the inner border of my shuffle quilts.

 With my baby quilt fabrics, I made 3 versions of block 23- I stitched the first one together wrong then swapped the colors out on the other 2. & decided to keep all 3 of them

I am making 2 sets of blocks using different fabrics.  For one set I am using Somerset by Fig Tree quilts for Moda and the other set is using Moda Bella Solids and Muslin Mates .

 To make my Shuffle blocks into a quilt, I will be using MODA's setting pattern for  both of my sets .

 Have you seen this setting pattern?   CLICK HERE to take a look at it. 

So here we are already 8 weeks along and working on blocks 22 to 24. It is high time I ought to start working on the 144 flying geese I will need for the inner border that MODA's setting pattern uses.

Wait ....what?  144?  Yes ma'am that's twelve dozen! Egads  that's enough to spell the word 'MODA' over and over again.

With that many to make I thought I would get going, get organized  , do a little chain piecing and have some stacks of geese to show for my effort.

Now there are probably a dozen different ways to stitch together a goose . So please use your favorite method.

I put together a picture blog slide show to show you what I did to make the geese. This is not something I invented but is one way I have done it when there are a LOT of flying geese units needed.  Scroll down to view.

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MAKING FLYING GEESE UNITS

CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE METHOD. HERE IS A PICTURE GUIDE OF WHAT I DID, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY:

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Place 2 small squares as shown and Stitch.......

2 lines of stitching:

Cut between stitching lines

press open looks like 'hearts'

Place a small square:

2 lines of stitching:

cut apart between stitching

1 big square + 3 background squares makes 4 geese units

Square them up with ruler:

Stitch geese together into sets of 4 :

4 goose unit. Square up to 3 1/2" x 6 1/2"

pile o' flying geese in progress

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This week's Sampler Shuffle Blocks

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YOU CAN POST YOUR BLOCK  PICTURES AND COMMENTS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR

THERE IS A COMMENT AREA BELOW- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR PROGRESS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODA SAMPLER SHUFFLE  -

SEND ME YOUR BLOCK PHOTOS AND I WILL PASTE THEM RIGHT HERE! 

email : CAROL@ROCKINGCHAIRQUILTS.COM

30's Playtime Favorite's

The name "30's Playtime"  brings to mind the carefree hours of youth from a long ago era, as imaged by this charming 'gang' .  All of them ready to load into the jalopy and head off to the rural youth dance down a dirt road yonder.  That's my grandmother holding the bouquet.  She, a farmer's daughter, likely had few  leisure hours to herself. This would've been a special day for her to enjoy.  She sewed most of her own clothes , probably this lovely dance dress too.  It was she and my mother that first taught me to sew, which I loved from the the very first stitch!  Now I'm happy to be able  have this vintage inspired collection of 1930' prints in our quilt shop.  I can hardly wait to pick out a quilt pattern and get stitching!

Chloe's Closet has designed the colors and presence of a vintage Springtime into this classicly inspired collection: 30's Playtime Favorite's from Moda Fabrics.  Forty prints, Jelly Rolls and Layer Cakes for your next project.  Pair the prints with some of our Bella Solids, or...... to get to right to the sewing machine we also have Bella Precut selections in an array of 30's inspired colors!