Here it is, the penultimate block in the Test Your Skills Sampler: the Indiana Puzzle. If you’re following the White & Bright layout, this block is orange, green, purple and yellow. The block ...
The LeMoyne Star block requires eight Y seams, so before you get into it you should review the Y Seam Skill Builder post. Unlike most of the TYSS posts, I duplicated a lot of the Skill Builder in...
The Variable Star, though a block in its own right, is also a great base for other, more complex blocks simply by filling the larger center square with another pieced block. You can also piece th...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2014/02/22/tyss-variable-star-fillers/
This block is also called Crossed Kayaks. If you’re following the white & bright layout, it is pink and white. It is another foundation pieced block, this time one that requires four separate p...
Did you ever have one of those days where you work and work and work, and when you’re finished you have nothing to show for it? That was sewing yesterday. Jeanne of Grey Cat Quilts came over an...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2012/10/21/unproductively-productive/
The Spiral block is essentially a log cabin variation, but because of the points, it’s best to foundation piece this. This block is pieced on a single foundation. Even though there are 20 piece...
The Turnstile block is a cross between a half square triangle (HST) and a quarter square triangle (QST). It’s very easy to make, with one little qualification: You can’t make just one block, ...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2012/02/24/tyss-turnstile-fillers/
The skill you are exercising in this block is the 60 degree triangle. The sampler shows the block in the traditional three fabrics (two colors and the background). If you’re following the White...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2012/01/31/tyss-fifty-four-forty-or-fight/
Okay, back in the saddle! The next block for the Test Your Skills Sampler is the Diamond in a Square block, sometimes called Square in a Square. For the sake of clarity, I’m calling it Diamond ...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2011/11/27/tyss-diamond-in-a-square/
The Capital T block also uses flying geese units (as well as half square triangles) and finishes at 12″ (12 1/2″ unfinished). As with the Dutchman’s Puzzle, color placement can create all s...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2011/10/30/tyss-capital-t-block/