{"id":1436,"date":"2011-08-21T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/21\/new-blocks\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:13:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:13:21","slug":"new-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/21\/new-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"New blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last spring I posted a little tutorial on how to make some signature blocks<\/a>. Our quilt circle had its exchange, and I tucked my share of those signed blocks away for a time. Fast forward to last week, when our circle had another exchange, this time of half-square triangle blocks. Coincidentally, the signature blocks were 4″ (finished), and the HSTs were 2″ (finished), which means they could be so<\/i> easy to use together! I’ve spent the past couple of days sewing them together into basket blocks with results like these:<\/div>\n
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I’m going to set them on point, probably with black setting triangles, though I’m still considering color choices. I’m pretty pleased with how they look so far. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last spring I posted a little tutorial on how to make some signature blocks. Our quilt circle had its exchange, and I tucked my share of those signed blocks away for a time. Fast forward to last week, when our circle had another exchange, this time of half-square triangle blocks. 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