Summer Sampler 2018: Giza block
Monday means it's time for our next Summer Sampler 2018 block! This week we're making "Giza" by Faith Jones of Fresh Lemons Quilts.
This is such a cool block. I loved the look of it right away–and loved it even more when I realized it wasn't made with any y-seams! And Faith's inspiration is so fun—she took one of the world's most recognizable sights (the Great Pyramids) and came up with a totally unexpected design from it. (Visit Faith's blog to learn more about her inspiration.)
So here are all the places we've now been on our Summer Sampler Road Trip! Don't you want to tag along? Click here for all the details on joining the quilt-along—it's definitely not to late to join the fun! Can't wait to see where next week takes us.
I will admit, this block does get a little trickier when it's time to sew together the paper-pieced sections. So that's where my tips for this week come in:
1) Personally, I recommend leaving the paper on until you completely finish this block. I think leaving the paper on until the end has a few benefits for this block: 1) It stabilizes the bias edges of your piecing, and 2) It just helps you keep track of what goes where, and how the sections are oriented.
2) Once you’ve pieced all the templates, you need to sew together the B and C sections. For this seam, I suggest lining them up at the corner, as shown above. (So you're lining up the corner covered by Section #1C and by Section #4B.) If you line up those corners precisely, those two sections should come together perfectly!
3) Next, you'll add the A section. For this seam, I suggest lining up the seams where you see the pin in the photo above. (So that's the seam between 5A and 4A, and the seam between sections B and C that you just sewed.) You'll notice the dog-ears on either end of that seam—those should definitely be there!
Now you’re good to go! Don't forget to hashtag your posts #summersampler2018 to share your progress—and even if you're not playing along with us (yet!), click to see all the amazing examples of finished blocks that people have been posting. It's so inspiring to see all the different interpretations of these patterns. Have fun with this block, and see you next week!