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Civil War Log Cabin - Block #11

This log cabin block was a piece of cake - so easy to complete. The funny thing is this is the first time I've made this block.  Oh, I have a log cabin quilt that I made - I took a class when I first started to quilt.  It was a Quilt in a Day from Eleanor Burn's book. We sewed strips and did some fancy cutting and ended up with a log cabin quilt - but I was so confused and didn't know how in the world it happened that all those bits and pieces turned into a log cabin design.

This Texas Tears block is a different story.  I sewed it up and just knew it was wrong! My first clue was: points should not be cut off in a block.  So I used my seam ripper and removed all those extra pieces.  I didn't take a picture of it - so I laid the incorrect piece on top so you can see what it used to look like (right side of block) the left is where I corrected it.


See that point cut off on the right hand side?  That's just NOT correct.

So I remeasured my squares, reread the cutting instructions - did a bit of wiggling, both in my head and with the fabrics.  Here's what I realized.   I was lining up the triangles to sew them.

After all isn't that one of the first things we learn to do when sewing?  Well in this case that's WRONG.


I moved the triangles over to 1/4 of an inch - because don't those little corners usually get cut off after sewing?  It seemed worth a try.

Then did it again for the other side.....

And WA LA!!

Perfect Points!  (hehehe - almost perfect points)

My completed and looking good, Texas Tears Block.

I counted and I have now completed 12 blocks.  That means 7 blocks now to catch up.  Fun, Fun, Fun!!