Rainbow Jane H-8, G-9

Finished these on Thursday.

H-8

G-9

TLC - Top Left Corner

The top left corner.  Corners are 8" x 8" finished.

Print or trace the block diagram onto the dull side of freezer paper and cut out the hexagons.

Iron nine of the hexagons to the wrong side of main block fabric and trim all the seam allowances to exactly 1/4".

Fold all seam allowances over to the wrong side and secure with a couple machine stitches.  Do not use too many stitches.  You are going to have to undo these at the end.

Sew the hexagons together in groups of three.

Sew these groups together.

Cut a 6" x 6" square out of background fabric and baste the hexagon section to the right side of the square.

Applique along all the folded edges. Remove the basting stitches, machine stitches, and freezer paper.  Trim the square to 5 1/8" x 5 1/8".

Print or trace the block diagram onto foundation paper, number, and cut out the section below.

Foundation piece and trim seam allowances to 1/4".  Cut the remaining section out of background fabric.  Remember to add 1/4" seam allowances.

Sew the non-pieced section to the bottom of the main block section.

Sew the pieced section to the side.

Out of background fabric, cut two strips 7/8" x 7".

Referring to the block diagram, attach the strips to two of the block's sides.

I found the easiest way to do this is to attach each strip and then trim it to size on both ends.

Applique the remaining hexagon onto the block.

RS-3

5 blocks to go!!!

Cut two 2.5" x 2.5" squares out of main block fabric.
Cut two 2.5" x 2.5" squares out of background fabric.
Draw a diagonal line corner to corner on the wrong side of two of the squares.

 Sew squares together in pairs 1/4" from the diagonal lines on each side.

Cut apart on the drawn lines and press open.
Lay out as below and sew together to form a pinwheel. (I forgot to take a photo of the actual pinwheel.)

Trace or print the block diagram onto foundation paper and number as below. The center will be sewn as one piece.

 Foundation piece as below. Trim the seam allowance to 1/4"

 Print or trace the block diagram onto the dull side of freezer paper and cut out the shapes as in the photo.

Iron the melon shapes onto the right side of your main block fabric and cut out. Leave about 3/8" seam allowance along one curved edge and at least 1/2" at the bottom and sides. I left at least an inch.

Iron the center freezer paper shape to the right side of the pinwheel you constructed earlier, lining up the seam lines.

Place one of the melon sections right side up on the pinwheel, aligning the curved edges on both freezer paper cutouts.  A light table or bright window will be very helpful when doing this.  Baste through all layers.

Applique along the curved edge, turning under the seam allowance. Remove the freezer paper melon and press.

 Repeat for the other three melons.

Applique the small triangle to the foundation pieced block section.  Note that you only have to applique the sides of the triangle.  The bottom will be in the seam allowance.

Trace the center circle onto the dull side of freezer paper and cut out, leaving a "frame" of at least 1/4" all around.
Iron the freezer paper into position on the right side of the block and cut out, leaving a seam allowance for turning under.

Place the appliqued block section right side up on the table.  Carefully position the block over it.  Baste through all layers.

Clip the curved edge every 1/4" to 1/2". Applique along the curved edge.

Remove the freezer paper, press, and trim away the excess fabric from the back of the block.

Applique the three kites onto the block.

Cut a 7/8" by 6" strip of main block fabric and sew it to the bottom of the block.  Trim to size.

BLC - Bottom Left Corner

Don't be scared.  This is actually a very simple block.
Once again, I made this in the dead of night, so the photos are a little iffy.

Print or trace the block diagram onto foundation paper, number, and cut out the sections as below.  Click on the photo to see a larger version if you have trouble reading the numbers.
(If you're printing from the software you have to change the block size to 8" x 8".)

Foundation piece all the numbered sections.  Also cut the two triangular side sections out of background fabric as below. Trim all seam allowances to 1/4".
Cut two 2 5/8" x 2 5/8" squares out of background fabric and cut each in half on the diagonal.

Print or trace the top right block section (see below) onto the dull side of freezer paper and cut out as in the photo.

Cut a 4" x 4" square out of background fabric and iron the small freezer paper to the right side of the fabric.
Cut out an approximately 3/8" seam allowance along the inside edge.  Clip the sharp corner.

Important! Make sure you leave enough fabric for the square section plus seam allowances in the fabric.  Lay the square section into position and check that there's enough overlap. I did not leave enough in the photos below and had to redo the whole section.  (Hope this makes sense.)

Cut a 4" x 4" square out of main block fabric and lay it right side up on the table.  Place the background fabric section right side up on top of it and baste through all layers at least 1/4" from the freezer paper edge.

 Applique along the inner edge.

 Place the remaining freezer paper section into position on top of the block section and iron into place.
Trim the block section to size (1/4" outside the edge of the freezer paper).
(This is my remade section.  See how much more background fabric is showing?)

 Remove the freezer paper and basting stitches.

Now, breathe deeply...

I assembled the block starting from the center and working outwards.

The photos should be very helpful here.  It's hard to describe in words.

First make the teenie center star.

 Then add the next two sections to form the sides of the outer star.

 Sew on the top and bottom sections to complete the outer star.

 Sew the next two pieced sections to the sides of the block as below.

 Attach the remaining two similar sections to the top and bottom.

Sew a background fabric triangle (you cut these at the beginning, remember?) to three sides of the block. You can discard the fourth one.

 Sew one of the two uneven background fabric triangles to one side of the block. See the second photo at from the top if you can't remember which these were. Referring to this photo should help with most of the following steps.

Sew two block sections together to form the section shown below.

  Attach this section to the block.

 Lay out the pieced sections shown below.

 Sew them together.

 Attach the resulting section to the top of the block.

Cut two 1" x 6.5" strips out of background fabric.

Referring to the block diagram, attach one to the bottom and then one to the left side of the block.

I attached each with edges extending on both sides and then trimmed them down.

And there you go!  The second corner!