Hello, Happy New Year! My first year being in StashBee was 2016 and I have been participating ever since. It has been fun!
I saw a quilt made from this block, called American Homes, that I found in two encyclopedia books of quilt blocks. It is fairly simple and quick to make.
You will need four different fabrics:
Background - I would like solid, light pale pastel in any color. If you don't have that, you can use a cream color, but avoid white. All pieces from same fabric.
Roof and house pieces - colorful fabrics, think clear and sherbet colors. Prints are good as long as they read mostly as one color. Avoid multiple color fabrics.
Roof - all 3 from same fabric
House - from another color, two different prints from the same color family.
Cut Backgrounds- 1 - 4 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
1 - 4 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches
6 - 2 1/2 squares - marked on the diagonal
Cut Roof sections - 3 - 4 1/2 inch squares - all from same fabric
Cut House sections - from two different fabrics in the same color family that will contrast with the roof
1 - 4 1/2 inch square
1 - 4 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch rectangle
Sew a 2 1/2 background square to one upper corner of a 4 1/2 roof piece for a sew and flip. Hint: I find if you sew just slightly to the one side of the drawn line, closer the the upper corner, it won't come up short when you flip it back.
Repeat for the other upper corner.
You will now have 3 roof sections.
Sew the two house pieces to two of the roof sections. Iron away from the roof sections.
Then sew the two backgrounds to the left roof and middle house. Iron away from the roof sections here, it will help nest those couple seams when sewing each section.
Line up the sections with the tallest house on the right. Sew remaining seams to complete block. You will end up with a 12 1/2 inch square (will finish at 12 inch).
Thanks - Gayle
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