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Here is our 12th Block of the week in the 2012 Quilter’s Alphabet Series.  How could a quilter think of the letter F and not think about the sweet Fan Block or of that wonderful quilter’s aid… Paper Backed Fusing!

And the curved shape of these Fan blades is not only cute, it is easy to stitch.  So this block was born.  It is a great addition to our collection, reflecting our quilting heritage while being made with the modern method of fusing.

I have been asked how these blocks are going to be set.  Since I haven’t designed all the blocks, I am having trouble coming up with a mock up.  My thought is to stitch together  the letter block with its graphic representation and treat that as a single block. These blocks will be separated with sashing.  Because 52 (or even 26) is not a nice number when setting a quilt, our rows will have a different number of blocks, with the spaces filled with sashing material.  So the number of blocks (the 2-Part blocks) will be 4 in the first row, then 3 in the second, then three more rows of 4 blocks, a row of 3 and finishing off with a row of 4.  In short, don’t even try to picture what I am thinking!

Here are the Fabulous Fusible Fans PDFs:

Quilters Alphabet Quilt 12 Fabulous Fusible Fan in color

Quilters Alphabet Quilt 12 Fabulous Fusible Fan Outline

There are still a few design possibilities so I’ll be posting more on the layout in a few weeks, so stay tuned and…

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Quilter’s Alphabet Block Of The Week – The L Block
Wow, we are nearly halfway through the alphabet! I guess it makes sense, at the end of June, the year is half over and we will be halfway done with our 2012 Block of the Week!

The L Block is an easy one then next week, a quilterly interpretation of L will be presented. If you need any past Quilter’s Alphabet blocks, they are all still on this site so just check the archives.
There are lots of other free patterns here… Our swaps have resulted in lots of fun Scrappy Quilt Patterns. In addition, our 2012 Doll Quilt series has been very popular. Then there is the full pattern for the 2011 Block of the Week, the Bridges quilt. And there is so much more! Look around the site! And don’t miss the pattern for sale on our Etsy site.
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Here is our 12th Block of the week in the 2012 Quilter’s Alphabet Series. How could a quilter think of the letter F and not think about the sweet Fan Block or of that wonderful quilter’s aid… Paper Backed Fusing!

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