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Home » Make a Shoo Fly Block from Charm Squares

Make a Shoo Fly Block from Charm Squares

February 27, 2017 by Nanny 2 Comments

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Today we are going to make a Shoo Fly Block from charm squares.  Shoo Fly is a common block used in quilting.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Dark:  3 x 5″ squares

Light:  6 x 5″ squares

Nanny Note:  You will notice that I have used a directional fabric here, but because it is a busy print, I wasn’t concerned that it would spoil the effect of the block.  

LET’S SEW:

  1.   Trim 4 Light and 1 Dark  to 4.5″ squares
  2.   Take the remaining 2 Dark and 2 Light and make Half Square Triangles
  • diagonal line
  • scant 1/4″ either side of line
  • cut between the lines
  • trim and press OR press and trim

3.  Press toward the Dark

4.  Organise your squares

Nanny Note: I could have turned the 4.5″ squares to make it all directional but did it this way to demonstrate the difference.  If it offends you aesthetically, make sure you have them all facing the same direction!

5.  Sew and press your 9 Patch

Shoo Fly

Now, as that was so easy, I am going to post another block  this week using the same recipe!

Until next time

Nanny xx

 

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Filed Under: QUILTING TUTORIALS, SEWING/QUILTING, TUTORIALS Tagged With: 9 patch sampler, charm squares, half square triangles, quilt blocks, quilting tutorial, shoo fly

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  1. Make a Friendship Star from Charm Squares - Nannycraft4u says:
    March 6, 2017 at 8:23 am

    […] we are going to use the same combination of squares and HSTs as we did for the Shoo Fly block, to make a Friendship Star from charm […]

    Reply
  2. Make a 9 patch Sampler with Nanny - Nannycraft4u says:
    March 14, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    […] WEEK 4: Make a Shoo Fly Block […]

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