5 Minute Block, part II

Yesterday I posted about working on block to bust some old calico stash.  Doing the happy dance,  this top is done!!   It is very rare that I actually go from cutting to sewing to top.  Proud to say this one took a total of 6 hours from cut to ta da (time)  I started cutting yesterday and sewed 4 rows, just to be sure I 'liked' it.

Now on to piecing as much into the back as I can.  The rest of the calico fabric is going out the door to the first person to holler 'dibs'.    Happy Happy day, I just freed up space on my shelf to start another 'collection' - lol

Looks like my 'snow days' are behind me.  Two full days of showing properties coming up now that the snow is melting.  Fingers crossed the first one is the one the buyers love.  Wouldn't it be great to get to sneak in a bit more sewing- lol

5 Minute quilt block-- link to tutorial

Dawn was looking for a new block to share with the quilt group next week.  She shared the link to Suzanne McNeil's 5- minute quilt block with me and asked what did I think.  I think she gets extra points for finding a block before I did--lol!
You can visit Suzanne's site and see the tutorial  --Here

I have a 'pile' of calico that has been begging to be worked.  I had gone as far as to pull it out a couple of times but it always seemed to get back on the shelf uncut.

Well thanks to today being a SNOW day...... the rest of the story is yet to be written.

I am a fan of cut first and figure out the setting later.

Here is my cut Yellows to be use in the center position as the triangle/geese.

While I was chunky cutting my 'three' fabrics per block  I made a pile to be sub-cut into 2 1/2 inch strips for a possible piano key border.  If the 'keys' don't make it into the top, I will use them on the back.  Hope is to bust this aging collection and get it all off the shelf.  I will piece as much as possible into the back and the rest is going out the door to anyone who will give it a good home.  More on that threat later- lol

This is a very die friendly block. ... Cut three rectangles-  You can actually do this with any size rectangle, I used my GO Die # 55005  (3 1/2 x  6 1/2) 

I choose to always use my dark (browns, blues) on the bottom and Yellows as centers and Red/Pinks as the other side.

The first couple I sewed I took time to iron.  After doing about a dozen, I unplugged the iron and finger pressed, way faster.  I am all about not going crazy making a utility quilt.  No one every complains that a wrinkle kept them up at night!

See how the bottom right looks a bit off?  It actually fixes itself when I roll the edge.  Promise!

See all better and even better after it gets sewn-  I use a chicken tracks stitch and white thread.

Sew... here we go, two rows done and sewn together.  Eight more to go for a 60 x 72 (ish) center.

This is going to be a controlled scrappy, being that I am just using the three piles of fabrics.  I divided  each row of 12 into sets of 4,6,8, 12 of color A,B,C.  So in the example, There are 8 red-a and 4 red-b matched with 4 blue,4 black,& 4 blue, The yellows are 4a, 4b and 4a.
The second row is 4 red, 8 pink,  4 black-a, 4 black-b, 4 blue,  2 yellow-a , 4 yellow-b, 6 yellow-a

I am hoping as I progress there will be secondary light and dark chunks emerge.  We will see.....