California - Block 20 of 50! - Celebrating the States Block of the Month - a 4+ yr. quilt project!
Вставка
- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Our version of the California block needs five fabrics: a background (multi colors on a white base), a light (white), a medium (red), an accent (light blue), and a dark (navy blue).
Join us as we make a once in a lifetime quilt to get ready for the Semi-quincentennial! (250 years!)
We started this multi year, January 2022 through February 2026, Block of the Month to celebrate the Semi-quincentennial of the USA which will happen in 2026! One block a month for four+ years will make this quilt a manageable project for a once in a lifetime celebration for the United States! 250 years might seem young to our friends from all over the world but we're going to celebrate!
It's going to be a great scrappy block quilt! I am making my blocks in Red, White, and Blue but you can use any color combination you want. The color combinations that I've seen posted on our Facebook group, The Quilted Forest Friends, are AWESOME!! I am so looking forward to seeing your finished blocks. Join our group and share the blocks you've made!
All of the videos in this series may be found in our "Celebrate the States" playlist at this link:
• Celebrate the States! ...
The block will measure 12 1/2" x 12 1/2" (12" x 12" finished in the quilt.)
As a kid from Iowa, I spent many Christmas vacations visiting my aunt, uncle and cousins in Garden Grove, California! We would load up in a pick-up truck with a topper and travel straight through with my Grandparents. Once there, we would usually spend our days playing outside in the warm weather exploring the neighborhood and visiting the playground in the schoolyard right behind their house. I think it was the first time I ever saw an Ice Cream Truck that stopped in neighborhoods! Who knew such delights existed? A trip to Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm was usually involved in our travels. Who knew I would end up married to someone born in California? Gotta love California!
For this month's block, you'll need five fabrics:
4 background squares, 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
16 light rectangles, 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
4 dark squares, 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
1 medium square, 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
4 accent squares, 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Watch the video for all the cutting and piecing instructions.
I would love to make this block in other color combinations using a variety of fabrics to make it really scrappy. A whole quilt of just this block would be stunning and create some interesting secondary patterns, give it a try!
All of the "Celebrating the States" blocks will be rotary cut. These blocks will be presented in video form only and will come out the last week of the month on our UA-cam channel. Share this with your quilting friends and make the blocks together!
Join our group on Facebook, The Quilted Forest Friends, and we will have posts where you can share the blocks you have made and be inspired by blocks others have made! We are loving all the blocks you've posted so far! Here's a link to the group:
/ 348191223475240
This quilt will be 56 blocks set with 1" sashing, 7 blocks across and 8 blocks down. It will measure 92" x 105". If borders are wanted, a 3" border will make the quilt 98" x 111". If you add a 6" border, it will measure 104" x 117". If no border is wanted, just sew the blocks together for a quilt that will measure 84" x 96". I am starting this quilt now because it has been a goal of mine (since the Bi-centennial when I was a young girl) to make a quilt for this very special, once in a lifetime celebration! #celebratethestates #rotarycutter
If you don't want a quilt that is as large as listed, split the blocks for the 50 states into half and put 25 states on the front and 25 states on the back and make it a two-sided quilt. If you use a 1" sashing, 5 blocks across and 5 blocks down and add a 3" border , it would be about 72" x 72".
The Quilted Forest is located at 205 North Clark in Forest City, IA. Our phone number is 641-585-2438. We stock patterns, books, notions, batting, and fabric for sewing and quilting projects. Our shop is filled with finished quilts and smaller projects to provide plenty of inspiration. We are open Monday - Friday, 10am to 5pm, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday. We are in the central time zone.
www.thequilted...
Please like, comment, share and subscribe to our channel! We are adding videos twice a week. Our UA-cam channel is growing and we hope you will find the videos helpful. We do tutorials, product reviews, shop tours, mystery quilts and more!
Thanks for watching and Happy Quilting
Thank you for this video and anther beautiful pattern.
I am like everyone else. Great video. Keep them coming!!
Found this by accident, how beautiful! I need to check this out!!!
Me too!
Love the block.
These are on my list to do. I would love to do all of them
Awesome block
Hi. I’m new from Southern California and I’m quilter. Thank you for teaching us. ❤
I love this block! I would use blue, gold and green and something very California for the background - not sure what 😉
This is so fun
Love this, looking for the previous blocks
Yippee another state block 😊. I’m using reproduction fabrics
👍❤️😊
I just saw this block of the month! I love it. I'll be watching more from the playlist!
I love love love that you use the extra half square triangles! I have done that and made a great border for the quilt I made.
Another great block idea 🤩 Glad I found you 👏👏🇬🇧
Have you sewn the MN quilt block?
Not yet