Previous Block of the Month: Summer's Dream
Just hearing the name of this block invokes daydreams!
Summer's Dream is a block pattern first published in 1902 by
Orange Judd Farmer, an agricultural periodical that offered patterns on the woman's
page.
BLOCK SIZE: 12" square
MATERIALS
- Light print at least 7 1/2" x 10 1/4"
- Medium print at least 7" x 12"
- First dark print at least 5" x 7 1/2"
- Second dark print at least 7 1/2" x 10"
CUTTING
Pattern pieces are full-size and include a 1/4" seam allowance, as do all dimensions
given.
- Cut 5: A, first dark print; or cut 2 1/2" squares
- Cut 4: A, medium print; or cut 2 1/2" squares
- Cut 4: E, medium print; or cut 3 1/2" squares
- Cut 4: B, light print; or cut two 5 1/8" squares, then cut each in half diagonally
- Cut 4: C, light print; or cut 2 3/8" squares
- Cut 4: C, second dark print; or cut 2 3/8" squares
- Cut 16: D, second dark print
PIECING
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- Lay out 5 first dark print A's and 4 medium print A's. Sew them into horizontal rows and
join the rows to make a Nine Patch.
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- Sew a light print B to each side of the Nine Patch to make a Square-in-a-Square.
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- Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of a light print C. Lay the
light print C on a second dark print C, right sides together, and sew 1/4" from the
line on both sides. Make 4.
- Cut each square on the drawn line. You will have 8 pieced squares. Press the seam
allowance toward the dark print
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- Sew a second dark print D to adjacent sides of a pieced square to make a pieced
triangle, as shown. Make 8.
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- Sew pieced triangles to adjacent sides of a medium print E. Make 4.
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- Sew these units to the sides of the Square-in-a-Square to complete the Summer's Dream
block.
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To printout the full size patterns for Summer's Dream, click here.
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