Traditional Quilt Blocks Gone Modern

Traditional Quilt Blocks Gone Modern

If you sew, chances are that fabric scraps abound in your sewing area. Don’t worry about storing scraps; sew them! Use Nancy’s Change-Up Patchwork techniques to create quilt projects with contemporary designs. Watch the second episode of Change-up Patchwork online to see all the details!

Scrappy Square Quilt

This scrappy square design was made from leftover fabric. Team Nancy auditioned what was stored away. Then, we turned coordinating fabrics into an ideal kids’ quilt. Learn how to stitch the square within a square design, using simple strip piecing techniques. Watch online to see how it’s done!

• Assemble square within a square blocks with large centers. Cut 4-1/2″ crosswise strips for the centers and  1/1-2″ crosswise strips for the sides. The blocks are 6-1/2″.

• Then, create again as many 6-1/2″ squares with small centers. All strips are cut 2-1/2″ wide for this easy block.

The layout is simple—alternate the blocks!

Scattered Squares

Now it’s time for artistic expression. The Scattered Squares Table Runner features four different block configurations that are mixed and matched to create a conversation piece. Watch online or read in the book how to design your own square within a square block with the use of “old school” graph paper.

Four different scattered-square blocks were used in this table runner:

• Square within a square with a large center

• Square within a square with a small center

• Square within a square with a medium, offset center

• Square within a square with a small, offset center

Deciding on the arrangement took the most time!

Flip Flopped Rectangles Quilt

Designing quilt blocks is as much fun as sewing them—Nancy called this design, Flip Flopped Rectangles. Replace a square with a rectangle to create a modern look. The skill set is the same, but the strip sizes have changed.

All the blocks featured in this blog and on the Sewing With Nancy TV episode are strip pieced. Square or rectangular blocks are all pieced using the same techniques. Half the blocks have a vertical contrast…

the other half of the blocks have a horizontal contrast.

To keep with the modern look, we chose not to add a border. The quilt is finished with a traditional binding. Do you like it?Book Features Nine Great Quilts

Find these easy 4-patch quilts, and six additional quilts, in the new Change-Up Patchwork Book and DVD or in the Change-Up Patchwork Starter Set.

Watch Change-Up Patchwork Part Two and Part One on Sewing With Nancy online.

Nancy’s Notions is giving away one copy of the book/DVD, Change-Up Patchwork. Leave a comment below to enter the giveaway, telling us which of these designs you’d like to make.

The randomly selected winner of a copy of the Change-Up Patchwork book and DVD from the July 5 post is Lona Nordgren.

Her comment is: I would love to try all the patterns. We have a group from our Church that make many quilts for charity. The patterns from this book would make beautiful quilts for our group to make.

Happy Quilting,

Team Nancy Zieman

Nancy Zieman Productions, LLC.

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