Hive 1: Crumbs on the Drunkard's Path for Leah!

 Hello!!

This was a fun time! I'm glad Rita softened us up. I hope the wonkiness and...festive colors are okay!! 🎄 I can't wait to see all of the blocks together!

They'll be on their way ASAP.

Hive One - Crumbs on A Drunkard's Path - Grace’s version

 Hope you enjoy! It is being posted in the mail tomorrow. 

Hive 1 July Block Crumbs on a Drunkard’s Path for Leah

 First time doing a crumb block, hope you like it!  Will mail out next week. 

Chris

Hive 1 July Block

This month’s blocks were fun! I enjoy seeing curves and I appreciated getting some orphan blocks out of my stash!

~ Megan

Hive 1 - June Changing Squares for Jennifer

 Jennifer, I’m SO sorry my post and send off was delayed and I hope that by sending 2 blocks, you’ll allow grace to me!

Can’t wait to see what this quilt will look like once you’re finished. 

Chris

Hive 1 July Crumbs on the Drunkard's Path for Leah

 

Royal colors for our July Queen. I hope you like them, Leah. They'll be in the mail soon.

Drunkard's Path and crumbs for Leah

Hi Leah,

Here is my contribution to your quilt. I aimed for complementary purple and yellow. Crumbs are crumbs so other colors were added, but I still hope in the end that everything will fit well in you plan!

Happy quilting!

Marie

Hive1, July, Crumbs on the Drunkard's Path Block for Leah

Hi Leah,

Great Block for using up scraps!

Easy-peasy Block, they came together quickly and will go on their merry way to you today.

Happy quilting,

Rita

Hive 6 July tutorial - Old Missouri

 For my July block, I wanted to remake an antique block called Old Missouri. I originally found this pattern in my box of saved patterns from the Kansas City Star.  I grew up in Missouri, and I still live here. I have a great love for my state. I want to make a red white and blue quilt. 

The Fabrics: You can use solids, patterns, or blenders for any of these fabrics as long as they read red, white, or blue. Kitschy or patriotic fabrics are welcomed.

Finished practice block


This is the 1932 newspaper template that inspired this block

• 3 blues: Line them up from darkest to lightest. The darkest for the corner triangles, second darkest for the bars, and lightest for the center piece. 
• Red: Any red for the two quarter circles.
• Background: white, white-on-white, or off-white

Here is a picture of the fabrics I am considering.  I love a scrappy quilt, so you will notice that my sample block uses cats and flowers. If it's red, white, and blue, it works!

Cutting:

1. Print out the templates I've created and cut them out. I have modified the original pattern to include seam allowances. Once it is printed, check to make sure the templates match the measurements. I realized that I had to download the pdf document to get the right sizes instead of printing from the web. (Note: the measurements I've written of the template reflect the original pattern, without seam allowances)
2. Use template piece 1 to cut a 4 1/2 x 4 3/4 a rectangle in the lightest blue for the center piece. You could also just cut this without the template.
3. Use template piece 2 to cut a 2 3/4 x 4/14 TWO medium blue bars.  You could also just cut this without the template.
4. Use template 3 to cut two tringles in the darkest blue, or cut a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch square and cut it on the diagonal.
5. Fold your background fabric in half and use template # 4 twice to cut four background arches, two facing each direction.
6. Use template piece 5 to cut two red quarter circles. 

Sewing: 

1. Sew two opposite facing background arches together on the short straight seam, right sides together. Then, sew the other two opposite pieces together, right sides together. You will end up with two of these.
   
   
   
2. Fold the quarter circles in half and finger press them to find the center. Line up the center of the quarter circle with the center seam of the arch. Using a quarter-inch seam, carefully stitch the arch to the quarter circle. Here is a video you can watch about how to sew this drunkard's path. Repeat for the second drunkard's path. This was my first time sewing curves on a quilt block. Mine practice block is not perfect, so I am not expecting perfect blocks from you guys either.
3. Next sew the two medium blues (pieces # 2) on to both sides of the center piece (piece #1). Press toward the darker blues. Press toward the red. 
4. Find the center of both dark blue triangles by folding them in half. Align this crease with the center of the medium blue bar stitch a triangle onto both medium blue bars. Your path now has light center (piece 1), bookended by two medium blue bars (pieces 2). These are bookended by two dark blue triangles (pieces three) that form the corners of the block. Press toward the darker blues.
5. Sew one drunkards path on to both sides of the path. I pressed to the white to reduce bulk. You can press toward the blues. 

Hive 1 July Tutorial: Crumbs on the Drunkard's Path for Leah

This is my first time participating in Stash Bee, and I'm so excited to get to be the Queen Bee this month! Thank you in advance for humoring me here, and please let me know if anything is unclear. 

I recently participated in another swap for crumb blocks, and have an awful lot of crumbs left. So I've put together a somewhat more structured use for the crumbs I still have hanging around. I'm sure I didn't actually invent this block, but for our purposes I've taken the liberty of naming it "Crumbs on the Drunkard's Path"--this will have some similarities to Rita's block from April, so feel free to refer back if her directions for curves work better for you.

I'm asking for a finished product of two squares, approximately 10" apiece. 

Start with one 10.5" square of solid fabric (or print! But one solid piece.) A second 10.5" square should be a crumb block, an orphan block, or if you don't want to bother with crumbs, just a busy print that contrasts with the other block's calmer color/print. I'm happy with any color, as long as the two squares contrast. Please keep the most prevalent colors in one square on the opposite side of the color wheel from the most prevalent colors in the second square. I'd like them to be complementary colors as demonstrated on this color wheel image, or near to complimentary.

In the photos I've used a mostly greens and blues print with a crumb block pieced from mostly reds. A block made from a pile of scraps might be very multicolored--just go with whatever overall impression you get if you squint at it when determining what color to pair it with.

Stack the pieced block on top of the solid so you can plan your cut to avoid any areas with lots of seams, and cut a curve freehand from midway across one side to midway across an adjacent side, the same through both blocks. (The cut is hard to see in this photo. It's a curve from roughly the center of the right side down to roughly the center of the bottom edge.)

Spread them out and swap the inner and outer pieces so you have two squares each composed of a solid piece and a crumb piece.

Fold an inner wedge in half along the curve, finger pressing along the center to create a crease.

Make a matching fold on the outer piece and then line the two centers up together. Then unfold both and match the right side the fabric of both center folds, pinning all the way to one edge or finger walking your way to find where you should start sewing the curve. 

Pin the whole thing if you prefer, or fly by the seat of your pants while trying to keep the edges where you aligned them. (That's my usual method when not trying to plan a tutorial--perfect for when a very small person has been playing with and hidden a pincushion.)

The two pieces won't match exactly; the outer piece will extend a bit further than the inner piece.

Sew the two pieces together with a 1/4" seam. If you choose not to pin, try to match the center folds as you ease the edges around.

Press the seam to one side. If you sewed through seams on your crumb block, you'll have an easier time pressing toward the single piece of fabric side, which means toward the center of the wedge on one block and away on the other. 

Square up the edges, but don't worry too much about size. It may vary depending on your curve. I'll make it work!

Thank you so much! I can't wait to see what you all do!