Broken Dishes QAL, Part 3

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well.

Did you make some broken dishes blocks?

  If you did, now is time to put them together.

If you are making a twin, lap, or baby size quilt,

you will have 24 blocks.

Take these blocks to your design wall or floor, and set them up as shown in the picture below.

I altered the directing of each block, then sewed them together.

This create a secondary pattern of stars.

Do you see it?

Now you can add your first plain border.

As I stated in Part 1 of the quilt along,

your plain borders are half the size of your finished HST squares, plus 1/2 inch for the seam allowance.

Sew, for my quilt, my finished HST's  were 4 inches.

Therefore, my border is 2.5 inches wide.

Cut enough border strips to go all around your quilt.

I always try to cut my border strips lengthwise,  parallel to the selvage.

It doesn't stretch as much this way, and it will make for a flatter quilt.

I also like to pin my border onto the quilt.

I know you don't need to do this but it helps to keep your seam consistent as you are sewing.

For the second border, you will need 4 Triangle in a square blocks.

You can find the tutorial here.

You will also need 40 HST's and 4 background squares the same size as your HST's.
Once you have these made, then start placing them around your quilt as in the photo below.

You can see that I used an arrow to point out the placement of the triangle in a square block.
I also have a plain background square in the corner.
Each side of the border will have a triangle in a square block in the center, and HST's on each side.

I don't have my border complete yet.
But, I've used arrows on my sketch to show you where to place the triangle in a square block.


If you have started working on your Broken Dishes QAL,
share your progress with us.
I'd love to see it, even if you've only made a block or two.





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