It will only take a couple of hours........
9 1/2" background square and a pre-cut 3 1/2" square, wrong sides together and centred.
A rummage in the 2" strip bin......and a bit of hand stitching....I have pulled out browns for the backing squares, from tan to dark brown
with some judicious folding...
Each strip is folded so the first third matches the 2nd third, leaving the last third to be sewn down on the next round. It's stitched in a spiral, through all thicknesses. I used thread that matched the back so you can't see the stitches-it's difficult to get them even as you stitch through three thicknesses, five layers on the corners.
The finished block, using up some uglies. These blocks will be mixed fabrics, using up some poly-cotton light coloured shirts that I had donated from a colleague. I'll slip a few other fabrics in there too, I have some silk and lining and curtain fabric to use up.
There are three green shirting strips in here. I'll also get to use up that hideous bear paw print fabric (the picture was misleading, I bought 3 bargain metres!!). It looks like cut off paws, not prints!
The backing is a smidgen too small for comfort for when the blocks are joined, so I have cut the next four at 9 3/4"-another dodgy buy, the pattern was much bigger than I thought it would be!
I worked out the finished quilt will weigh about 5 1/2 lb, not as much as I thought.
One more block, then its going away!
