$5 Quilt Club - Help with March Optional Finishing Instructions

This month we will make a corner block using the Crazy Quilting method. There are lots of books on the subject, but here are some tips.

1) Draw a line diagonally across one of your 12-1/2" muslin squares with a pencil. We are only going to need one half of the block covered, so that is why we're drawing the line.



2) Place a four- or five-sided piece of your dark or accent fabric in the center of the square, right sides up. I would probably choose one of the darks (Green for the Holiday colorway and Blue, Purple or Green for the Bohemian colorway)  instead of an accent color because in a later month you will make a row of prairie points across the center line made out of your accent fabric.



3) Take another piece of fabric and place it right sides together on top of the first piece so that the raw edges are even. This piece needs to be longer than the raw edge of the first piece that you are going to sew to. I like to use slightly triangular shapes instead of just strips to give it a more random look. You can use either your dark fabric or your accent fabric, but you'll want to mostly use your darks with a little accent fabric thrown in.



4) Sew second piece in a straight line covering the raw edge of the first piece. Flip and press WITH AN IRON.



5) Sew another piece right sides together on top of the first two, covering the edges. Don't forget to make this piece longer than the side you're sewing on to.



6) Flip and press WITH AN IRON as before. You can trim out some of the extra fabric underneath if you wish. Keep going in this manner until half of your muslin square is covered with fabric. Make sure that fabric extends at least 1/4" beyond the diagonal pencil line.

  

7) If desired, embellish some or all of the folded edges with decorative stitches from your sewing machine or with hand embroidery.