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Past and Present

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Several readers have inquired about this particular block that I am working on.  The pattern is from a book by Kim Brackett, called Scrap Basket Surprises, and is called Past and Present.  Kim's books are terrific.  I believe she has three of them out, and each is full of wonderful easy to cut and sew quilt projects.  And, yes, most of them can be used with scraps.

So, to make this block, you must cut out a large number of squares and rectangles.  You attach squares to the rectangles using the sew and flip method.  I am changing that up a bit by using the Folded Corner Clipper Ruler, which I posted on a week or so ago.

Here's what I have set out before I start to stitch the block units together:

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See how cool the results of using the Corner Clipper Ruler are?  You just line up the square on one end of the rectangle and cut through both layers of fabric, using the ruler as your guide and the pieces stay together nicely enough for stitching your quarter inch seam allowance.  Stitch, flip and press.

Each block is made up of two rectangle units, one half square triangle unit, and a dark square and a light square.  Five units, eight pieces of fabric.

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Make four of these smaller blocks and combine to make one large block unit, as shown in my top photo.

Check out all the left over triangle pieces I have from clipping all those corners!

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I got an idea for the perfect way to use them in Jayne's blog post.

Have a wonderful weekend eveyone.  

 

21 responses to “Past and Present”

  1. Thanks for the enlightening breakdown of how to make these small blocks. I do like the look of this quilt and may use it someday. Perhaps Kim’s book is at the library?
    Don’t you love making use of those wee triangles? I suppose yours are paired and ready to sew when they’re cut so those small HSTS will be quick to sew together. What a delight!
    Hugs!

  2. Thanks for the enlightening breakdown of how to make these small blocks. I do like the look of this quilt and may use it someday. Perhaps Kim’s book is at the library?
    Don’t you love making use of those wee triangles? I suppose yours are paired and ready to sew when they’re cut so those small HSTS will be quick to sew together. What a delight!
    Hugs!

  3. Thanks for the enlightening breakdown of how to make these small blocks. I do like the look of this quilt and may use it someday. Perhaps Kim’s book is at the library?
    Don’t you love making use of those wee triangles? I suppose yours are paired and ready to sew when they’re cut so those small HSTS will be quick to sew together. What a delight!
    Hugs!

  4. I have all of Kim’s books, and I have stitched 22-25 quilts from them. I love the books and my local quilt shop owner ordered many rounds of books because I kept bringing in so many pretty quilts. Everyone wanted the book. I do love them. Didn’t do the quilt you are making, but you certainly make it look easy peasy. Going to be a quiet wknd here. We have a dusting of snow, but way more still coming down. It will be pretty, but it will be a stay-in wknd. with plenty of stitching.

  5. I have all of Kim’s books, and I have stitched 22-25 quilts from them. I love the books and my local quilt shop owner ordered many rounds of books because I kept bringing in so many pretty quilts. Everyone wanted the book. I do love them. Didn’t do the quilt you are making, but you certainly make it look easy peasy. Going to be a quiet wknd here. We have a dusting of snow, but way more still coming down. It will be pretty, but it will be a stay-in wknd. with plenty of stitching.

  6. I have all of Kim’s books, and I have stitched 22-25 quilts from them. I love the books and my local quilt shop owner ordered many rounds of books because I kept bringing in so many pretty quilts. Everyone wanted the book. I do love them. Didn’t do the quilt you are making, but you certainly make it look easy peasy. Going to be a quiet wknd here. We have a dusting of snow, but way more still coming down. It will be pretty, but it will be a stay-in wknd. with plenty of stitching.

  10. I have all three of Kim’s books. I’ve just cut a quilt from Scrap Basket Sensations to make at retreat later in March. You can always count on her patterns to have lots of sew & flip blocks!

  11. I have all three of Kim’s books. I’ve just cut a quilt from Scrap Basket Sensations to make at retreat later in March. You can always count on her patterns to have lots of sew & flip blocks!

  12. I have all three of Kim’s books. I’ve just cut a quilt from Scrap Basket Sensations to make at retreat later in March. You can always count on her patterns to have lots of sew & flip blocks!

  13. Thanks for the shout-out. I have not been able to check on my blog for a couple of days, and when I did just now, I saw numbers like I’ve never seen before! I can’t wait to see your HST surprise. 😉

  14. Thanks for the shout-out. I have not been able to check on my blog for a couple of days, and when I did just now, I saw numbers like I’ve never seen before! I can’t wait to see your HST surprise. 😉

  15. Thanks for the shout-out. I have not been able to check on my blog for a couple of days, and when I did just now, I saw numbers like I’ve never seen before! I can’t wait to see your HST surprise. 😉

  16. Your block looks wonderful in 4 colors….. I just made that block with an online group using only red and white and it came out stunning in 1 color but very interesting in 4!
    Will be watching to see a full quilt made of this block.
    Peggy in NJ

  17. Your block looks wonderful in 4 colors….. I just made that block with an online group using only red and white and it came out stunning in 1 color but very interesting in 4!
    Will be watching to see a full quilt made of this block.
    Peggy in NJ

  18. Your block looks wonderful in 4 colors….. I just made that block with an online group using only red and white and it came out stunning in 1 color but very interesting in 4!
    Will be watching to see a full quilt made of this block.
    Peggy in NJ