Here's a little of what I have been working on this week. These blocks are a traditional design and are called Philadelphia Pavement. My inspiration and pattern guide has very much come from the book American Jane's Quilts for All Seasons: and Some for No Reason
by Sandy Klop.
by Sandy Klop.
This book includes a clever strip piecing pattern for this block (and features a beautiful quilt with these blocks set on-point) for fairly simple block construction (not unlike that of the Scrappy Trip Along Quilt). I have made a few minor pattern modifications so that I could be happy with the final seam allowances but that was just to satisfy my own sewing peculiarity.
The squares are small, finishing at just 1.5 inches x 1.5 inches - each block measures 15.5 inches x 15.5 inches. I haven't yet sewn any blocks together and I have a feeling it might be the trickiest part with bias edges and lots lots of points to match.
But I'll push on and make more blocks. One step at the time.
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
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