President Carter

Another HRT-block, this one a presidential one.

Uses Collection 2

Fabric 1 (background)

4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2"
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape

4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2", printed mirror image (!!)
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape)

2 QST (p. 106), 2" finished
(the only smart thing here, is to print 4 and hope there will be a use for the remaining 2, somewhere along the line)
4" square

Fabric 2 (focus a)
4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2"
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape

4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2", printed mirror image (!!)
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape)

2 QST (p. 106), 2" finished
(the only smart thing here, is to print 4 and hope there will be a use for the remaining 2, somewhere along the line)
4" square

Fabric 3 (focus b)
4 squares, 2" (p. 59 of collection 1)
OR cut 4 squares, each 2.5"

Make the centre QST square. (see Linda's Triangle Tips)

Make star-point units as you did the previous blocks BUT, join them differently, ensuring that light goes together with dark.

Lay out, and join as a 9-patch

Finished


Brackmann # 1721

54-40 or Fight

Another 8-pointed star block, but this one with an attitude, viz the 4-patches tucked into the medley.








Fabric 1 (background)
4 HRT, 1 x 2" (Collection 2, p. 132)
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape)

4 HRT, 1 x 2" (Collection 2, p. 132, print mirror-image !)
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape)

10 squares, 1" (Collection 1, p. 58 OR the POTC p. 28)
3.75 x 8.5
Or cut 10 squares, each 1.5"

Fabric 2 (focus 1)
4 HRT, 1 x 2" (Collection 2, p. 132)
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape)

4 HRT, 1 x 2" (Collection 2, p. 132, print mirror-image !)
2.5 x 6" (portrait) OR
3.25 x 4.5 (landscape)

Fabric 3 (focus 2)
10 squares, 1" (Collection 1, p. 58 OR the POTC p. 28)
3.75 x 8.5
Or cut 10 squares, each 1.5"

Make the five 4-patches first:

You can strip-piece the 4-patches (picture on the left), or cut apart all the squares, and then join them.

Make sure that all your 4-patches twirl in the same direction. This is important for when you join the star (see picture below)
You can ensure this, by pressing to the dark the first time, and then, when joining the 2-square units to each other, make sure that they turn the same way as you put them through the machine (e.g. light through the machine first)
Make and set aside.

Star-points :
Make the star-points as you did the previous block.

Joining it all.

I rarely show pictures of the back, but here it is sort-of important. Make certain that the central seam on the star-point units turn "the other way" compared to the seams on the 4-patch. You will want that to be the case, because you can then twirl the seams where an awful lot of bits meet, rather than have big lumps of material that is impossible to iron flat.
See picture on the right.

Lay out and join as you would a 9-patch.

Press and you're finished !

Brackmann # 1624

Eight-pointed Star

This block uses Collection # 2
Finished size of block is 6"
More HRT, this time, with reverse printing. For tips and tricks on how to print shapes in the reverse, see here (link to Linda's blog)

Fabric 1 (background)
4 squares, (p. 59 of collection 1 or p. 52 of the POTC collection), 2" (or cut 2.5")
5.75" square

4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2"
2.5 x 6" (printed portrait)
OR 3.25 x 4.5", (printed landscape)

4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2", printed reverse (!)
2.5 x 6" (printed portrait)
OR 3.25 x 4.5", (printed landscape)

Fabric 2 (focus)
1 square, (p. 59 of collection 1 or p. 52 of the POTC collection), 2" (or cut 2.5")

4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2"
2.5 x 6" (printed portrait)
OR 3.25 x 4.5", (printed landscape)

4 HRT (p. 132), 1 x 2", printed reverse (!)
2.5 x 6" (printed portrait)
OR 3.25 x 4.5", (printed landscape)

Print your HRT both the reverse and the "straight" version, and your squares (if you are not just cutting them).

Keep the reversed and the straight HRTriangles separate for now.
Cut apart.
Trim the long end of each HRTriangle on the line provided.
Make 4 sets of Rectangles, using one focus- and one background-fabric HRTriangle for each.
Make 4 sets of reversed Rectangles, using one focus- and one background-fabric HRTriangle for each.

Make 4 squares, each being made up of one reversed and one straight rectangle

Lay out your block.

Join as you would a 9-patch.

Finished.

Rectangle Pinwheel

Are you ready to break into Rectangles and HRT (Half Rectangle Triangles) ?
This is a very simple block, shown on p. 52 of Collection 2, but I've been unable to find it anywhere in Brackman's Encyclopedia, so ... let's just call it "Rectangle Pinwheel.
Uses Collection # 2.

Fabric 1 (background)
4 rectangles, 1.5 x 3" (cut 2 x 3.5")
8 x 3.5" or 4 x 7"

4 HRT, (p. 134), 1.5 x 3"
3.25 x 8.5"

Fabric 2 (focus)
4 HRT, (p. 134), 1.5 x 3"
3.25 x 8.5"

Print and cut apart the HRT.
Cut away the points along the printed lines.
Layer one focus-fabric and one background-fabric HRT
Join on the long, diagonal seam.
Do this a total of 4 times.
Press.

Join a background-fabric rectangle to each HRT-rectangle, on the focus-fabric side.

Lay out as a 4-patch, and join as a 4-patch.

Finished