Summer Sampler 2019 Block 10: All about partial seams
Good morning! This week's Summer Sampler 2019 block is all about partial seams!
Partial seams are one of those techniques that sounds super scary and complicated, but they actually aren’t. Like at all! It's literally sewing a part of a seam, then coming back and finishing that seam later. Faith (the designer of this block) made a video showing you exactly how to do it—see, easy, right? I know you will be pleasantly surprised when you give this block a try!
And, such a cool block, right? Which couldn't be accomplished any other way except with partial seams. So it's a great little technique to have in your arsenal.
One footnote about my block. In case you didn't notice, mine is actually a mirror image of the "real" block. That's because, in spite of Faith's excellent directions in the pattern, I managed to cut ALL of my triangles the wrong way! Oops! Rather than waste fabric and re-cut, I used my mad designer skillz to just flip the paper-piecing templates, so that the templates conformed to my triangles. And voila—one mirror-image block. Problem solved. 😂
Want to make the Off-Kilter block yourself? Join us in Summer Sampler 2019: Piecing Bootcamp! Each block tackles a new piecing skill or technique. Join us to up your quilting game, and you'll get immediate access to all 21 block patterns, plus finishing instructions for two different layout options. Click here to join!
The Summer Sampler 2019: Piecing Bootcamp pattern includes:
• Fully-tested instructions for 21 gorgeous blocks (12" finished size)
• Complete finishing instructions to make an 80" x 92" sampler quilt
• Instructions for two layout options—you get both! No need to choose!
• All fabric requirements and suggested Moda Bella Solids colors (YES! There are fabric kits available from Sewtopia and Canadian shop Mad About Patchwork)
• Quilt mock-up coloring sheet for planning
• Access to an exclusive subscriber-only Facebook group to ask questions, get advice, and interact with the designers and a community of other quilters
The Summer Sampler 2019 designers are: Top to Bottom, Left to Right
Row 1: Heather Black @Quiltachusetts, Krista Hennebury @poppyprint, Lynne Goldsworthy @lilysquilts, Lee Heinrich @lee.a.heinrich, Krystina Hopkins @khquilts
Row 2: Andrea Tsang Jackson @3rdstoryworkshop, Jemima Flendt @tiedwitharibbon, Faith Jones @freshlemonsquilts, Kitty Wilkin @nightquilter, Yvonne Fuchs @quiltingjetgirl
Row 3: Lynn Carson Harris @lynncarsonharris, Stephanie Zacharer Ruyle @spontaneousthreads
Row 4: Jen Carlton Bailly @bettycrockerass, Amy Friend @duringquiettime, Justin Stafford @keatonquilts, Katie Blakesley @swimbikequilt, Jo Avery @mybearpaw