Moda Block Heads Block 2 Aunt Dinah

Our Moda Block Heads Block of the Week has gotten off to a fantastic start!  

Lynne, Jo, Jan, Lisa, Carrie and I, ALL thank you!!!

It is my pleasure to bring you Block 2 Aunt Dinah.  

For this block, I chose 5 prints for a scrappy look from Hope's Journey and the upcoming Rachel Remembered lines.  Right below this photo is the link to print your pattern and some piecing tips.

Click HERE for Aunt Dinah pattern by Betsy Chutchian

After selecting my prints, I spray starched and ironed each piece.  Starching helps so much when cutting out the small pieces in these blocks. After cutting all the parts, position them for sewing, checking to see you like your choices.

Sew small cream triangles to two sides of red squares. Press to triangles. Pair this unit with each chocolate brown triangles, matching edges and points. Pin in place before stitching. Stitch with the pieced unit facing you.

  Press to the dark triangle as shown below in the 4 corners.

The unit should measure 2 1/2"

In Step 2, stitch remaining small triangles to blue triangles, pressing to the blue triangle.

Pin units to larger cream triangles, matching edges and points. Stitch with pieced unit facing you. Press to large cream triangle.

This unit should measure 2 1/2"

Sew units together in rows.

Press top and bottom rows out to corners. For center row, press to center square.

Here is the back of the block. Note I flipped the intersections in the center, to stagger the seams, then pressed well. Block should measure 6 1/2" for a 6" finished block.

There were not any true leftovers from this block, but I made a little mini anyway.  3/4" finished squares.  3 1/2" finished block.

These little mini blocks may become pincushions or a little quilt at the project's end.  Who knows!

 I don't have a plan.  This is sew me.  I love to play with tiny leftover bits.  

Did you miss my mini from last week?  Maybe I have a thing for pennies????

Have fun with Aunt Dinah. She's a sweet block!  If you have a question, let me know!

Next Wednesday, go to Jo's blog for Block 3.

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Thanks for joining us on this 48 week journey.

My pattern numbers are 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, 38 and 44. 

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Until next week~

Betsy

Lynne - 
Blog - http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com/ 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KansasTroublesQuilters/ 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lynnektq/ 

Betsy - 
Blog - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/ 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/betsy.chutchian 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/betsy_chutchian/ 

Lisa B - 
Blog - https://lisabongean.com/ 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/primitivegatherings.quiltshop/ or https://www.facebook.com/lisa.bongean 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lisabongean/  or https://www.instagram.com/primitive_gatherings_quiltshop/  or  https://www.instagram.com/primitive_gatherings_ca/ 

Jan - 
Blog - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/ 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jan.patek.79?fref=nf 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jan_patek_quilts/ 

Jo - 
Blog - http://jomortonquilts.com/jos_journal/ 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jomortonquilts/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joquilts/ 

Moda - 
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