Building Steps

If you followed my last post you know I used freezer paper to piece a courthouse steps block....

here is a wee review and a peek at the way these blocks fit together...

When working on the second block you will always want to repeat one of the fabrics from the first block... 

Again, I traced my template onto a piece of freezer paper {the paper side}...here I have numbered the order for piecing...

Score the lines with the back of your seam ripper to make it easier to fold back at the line...

Begin with your center square {1" X 1"} placed over the back side of the square labeled 1{wrong side of fabric to the waxy side of the template} ...

press in place with a hot dry iron...

fold back on the line between 1 and 2.

Place your acrylic ruler on top of the folded paper and trim so that you leave a quarter inch seam allowance....

  

place the fabric for step 2, right sides facing and raw edges aligned, with the center fabric...

stitch next the fold....finger press and then press with your hot iron.  Be sure every time you press - you are pressing on the paper side so your iron does not stick to the template...

next you will work with the opposite side and repeat the same process...fold, trim, stitch and press...

when you have finished your block you can see how the blocks will come together....

Now, you can see why we repeated one of the fabrics...

blocks will be stitched together with a quarter inch seam allowance...

 I will keep piecing these little courthouse steps and adding to this tutorial....

things change a bit when you get to the second row....

I have also been picking away at the wedding quilt...

I outlined the stems and petals and now

I am quilting a grid pattern in the center section...

hope you had a good weekend!

happy monday!

mary