Becky's quilt obsession

I wrote this tutorial to give to my guild members. We are making 6 1/2” HSTs to sell in our boutique during the quilt show. It is in Independence, MO at the Sermon Center at Noland and Truman Road during the Labor Day weekend. Small tribbles/buzzsaw block / quilt Needed for each block (finished size 5 ½”) o One HST 6” (unfinished) high contrast o One strip 2” x 6” similar value to dark fabric of HST Making the block · Square HST to 6” · Lay on mat with angle the SAME each time · Cut square into 4 strips – each 1 ½” · Turn each strip end to end · Sew strips back together · Add 2” x 6” plain strip to dark end · Block now measures 6” unfinished again   To make pictured quilt 64 blocks total – set 8 x 8 v 24 black and white blocks (black strips on side) v 20 grey and white blocks (grey strips on side) v 20 grey and black blocks (black strips on side) Borders width: inner border cut 1 ½”, outer border cut 2” length to match your quilt top Quilt and bind using yo...

I was in charge of the small quilts. They all sold, and made over $1000 for the Shriners’ Hospital Fund, our chosen charity for this year. These next pictures are ones I took of just a few of the quilts. We had over 100 quilts in the show. There are some winners in here, I suspect, but they won’t be announced until tomorrow’s guild meeting. The opportunity quilt winner will be drawn as well. There were many more beautiful quilts there. The stage was full on ones made from Kansas City Star patterns. The Hawaiian one is all hand done, quilting and everything. We have some outstanding quilters in our guild. Happy Quilting, Becky