Candy and Gum Drops For Sloan Part 1

I am back from my quilt retreat in LaGrange,

Texas.  We had a blast sewing and laughing

 until tears ran down our legs.  lol!

While I was there I worked on some blocks

for a new quilt.  Naming it after one of sweet

great nieces Sloan.  Sloan is going to be 3 next

month.  Skyler Rose and Sloan are growing so

fast and I try to spend as much time with them as

I can.  

This is fat quarter friendly and if you need a fat

quarter bundle of Candy Shop by Lecien you can 

find it here

Sew lets get started making block number 1.

To start off you will need 

One - 6 1/2 inch square of Candy Shop fabric

Two - 3 1/2 inch white squares

Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on each

white square.

Then sew just on the outside of your line with your 

needle barely touching the line.  

Place the 1/4 inch line of your ruler on your seam

and trim.  

SET your stitches with your iron.

PRESS.

Please save your half square triangles because

we are going to use them.

Please check your block and see if you need to square

it up to 6 1/2 inches.

The 2 half square triangles you saved, you are 

going to sew along the larger edge a 1/4 of an inch

 being careful  not to stretch them.

PRESS them open.

Square them up to 2 1/2 inches.

I put the diagonal line of my ruler on the top of the

 seam line and trim the right side and then top,

flip and do the same thing. This will help you get

perfect half square triangles.

Cut 2 - 2 1/2 x  6 1/2 white strips and sew them on the 

top and the bottom of your block.

Set your stitches with your iron.

PRESS.

At this point your block should measure 6 1/2 x 10 1/2.

Cut 2 - 2 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch white strips.

(use the picture as your placement)

Place a 2 1/2 inch half square triangle on the upper right

and sew to a 2 1/2 x 8 1/2 strip.

Place a 2 1/2 inch half square triangle on the lower left

and sew a 2 1/2 x 8 1/2  strip on. 

Set your stitches with your iron.

PRESS.

Sew the right side on and the left side on like shown

in the picture.

Set your stitches with your iron.

PRESS.

This is your finished block.

It should measure 10 1/2 x 10 1/2.

Hope you enjoyed making this block with me?  If you

have and questions please feel free to email me at

lavenderrose1965@gmail.com

Stay tuned on Friday March 23 I will show you Part 2.

Hope y'all have a great day and do something you love to do.

Hugs

donna