MARCH BLOCK for VICTORIA

 CHRISTMAS FLOWERS!

Hi ladies! I nearly forgot I had March!! 

I am putting this up early so I don't forget , and will get 

the fabrics in the mail next week.  I've already started making a 

2011 Xmas quilt for myself,

and figured it would be a fun block for you to try as well...

BLOCK TEMPLATE SIZE
6" x 5" rectangle
6"is the base, 5" is the height
Mark off from 6" to 3" from both sides to make your template triangle.
then with a  pen draw your sewing lines 2" to point from both sides

It's EASY, there is a trick.
You DO NOT HAVE TO MATCH YOUR POINTS! You will be trimming of a 1/2" off the point and leaving a circle OPENING under the darker red applique circle. again, there are NO POINTS
to match, and is pretty much the same block as Michelle's.

Here's the what to do.

I am sending you the triangle papers for piecing...

 I will send you the SOLID RED pieces, 

if you could please dig through your stash or scraps to cut

ALL different greens if possible - 

9- 2.5" X 6" GREEN rectangles.... 

Bright greens, no novelty prints unless they are Christmas-y

USING a SMALL stitch length, and a 1/4" seam allowance,

(about a 2 stitch length is good, so the paper tears off easily later)

 paper piece,

3 - red green red

and 

3- green red green

trim up your triangles of excess fabrics...

then trim the point off the triangle, 
so that your block is 4.25" high

We won't be needing that bulk, 

and you don't have to worry 

about your points matching!  woohoo!

(FYI: this will leave you with a whole in the middle...

I will need that later...)

Sew them together using a 1/4 seam, alternating colors....

so it goes red green red green all the way around....
There will be an OPENING in the center... because you cut off that 1/2"...
that's what we want here...
you will then,

Machine applique enclosed circle, 

with either a blanket stitch or zigzag, 

in red if possible.

PLEASE Don't trim out the extra fabric behind the circle... I will stuff it...later.

;-)

Thanks Ladies!

Send me any questions you have... 

I will get the red in the mail this week...

Michelle, Your block is in the mail Tuesday... fun!