So tomorrow is the official date for my second blog birthday, I am jumping a gun the little today but hey, who is going to stop me? Blogging has bought me such great friendships and opportunities, I could not love it more! So to celebrate, as many of you guessed, a little house block for anyone who wants to make one!
I made mine as little gifts to a couple of kind people. The block is 4.5" unfinished, 4"finished, perfect size for lavender bags (as below) or pincushions or a for sewing on a bigger scale to make quilt block houses.
All the pieces are a perfect size for scraps so I went for a mix of vintage and modern and used some of my tiniest pieces. The tiniest of all was the little ducky- it was an umbrella rather than a noose, no ducks were harmed in the making of this lavender bag.
For both houses I used the freezer paper template method for piecing and Y seams for the roof chimney area. The square blocks were rounded off and I added a light woven interfacing to make the blocks suitable for lavender bags.
Now I know some of you fear the Yseams or prefer to foundation rather than freezer paper piece, so I have a multi option pattern for you. If you want more details on how to paper piece, check out my paper piecing page for lots of online resources, and if you want to learn the very basics of foundation paper piecing where you stitch through a paper pattern, visit Katy's Foundation Paper Piecing for the Terrified Quilt-a-long
Click on your choice below for your piecing preference! Both freezer paper pattens could be hand sewn- a great way to learn a Y seam- as well as machine sewn. And when you have made your creation, please add to my Flickr group so I can see it! I fancy nine little happy houses sewn together to make the centre of a cushion!
*******************Freezer Paper {no Y seams} PDF
Freezer Paper {with Y seams} PDF
Foundation Paper PDF
