Summer Sampler 2016 Block 8: Deck of Cards

Welcome to Week 8 of Summer Sampler 2016, and happy Independence Day to those of you in the U.S.! I'll be spending my day hosting our usual Fourth of July bash, but before I commence partying, let's check out this week's block!

This one comes to us from Lynne Goldsworthy of Lily's Quilts. As you can see, we're making a few half-square triangles this week. 😂 But don't worry, because Lynne has a quick and easy way to make accurate half-square triangles! We're using templates this week instead. This is one of my favorite ways to make HSTs—in fact my Fire Whirl quilt in the Scraps, Inc. book uses a similar template concept. I hope you’ll enjoy this method too!

And the resulting block is just gorgeous! I could see about a million uses and variations on a block like this. I can't wait to see what you all do with it, under the #summersampler2016 hashtag.

All together now—we're really getting there!

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