Let's GO! Have A Snowball Fight!

My friend Bea is hosting a AccuQuilt GO! Challenge for 2014 and ask me to be a guest blogger for February.  Hope this blog post can be worthy of Bea and her great generosity and creativity.  Thanks Bea for all you do.  You can check out more of Bea AccuQuilt GO! Challenge post here... http://www.beaquilter.com/

We are going to focus on the new GO! Snowball die.  There are so many variation that this block can be layout out... just play with it and enjoy.  I have to give the credit to AccuQuilt for these directions... I just typed them up so you can enjoy.  :)


Dies Needed:
55330 - GO! Snowball - 6" Finished
55059 - GO! Square - 2-1/2" (2" Finished) or 55018 - Value Die

 

Cutting for 9-Patch Blocks 

–Fabric #1: Cut—20, 3” x WOF Strips
•Sub cut into 160—2 ½” x 2 ½” squares using the Value Die (55018)

–Fabric #2: Cut—7, 3” x WOF Strips
•Sub cut into 100, 2 ½” x 2 ½” squares using the Value Die (55018)
–Fabric #3: Cut—7, 3” x WOF Strips
•Sub cut into 100, 2 ½” x 2 ½” squares using the Value Die (55018)

Sewing the 9-Patch Blocks (Unit #1)
•Lay out
4—Fabric #1 squares
2—Fabric #2 squares and
3—Fabric #3 squares as shown.

•Sew blocks together into rows. Pressing seams in the direction of the arrows.

•Sew rows together to make
1—9-Patch block.

•Press in the direction of the arrows.
•Block should measure 6 ½” x 6 ½”.
•Repeat previous three steps to make a total of 20—Unit #1 blocks.

Sewing the 9-Patch Blocks (Unit #2)
•Lay out
4—Fabric #1 squares
3—Fabric #2 squares and
2—Fabric #3 squares as shown.

•Sew blocks together into rows. Pressing seams in the direction of the arrows.

•Sew rows together to make
1—9-Patch block.

•Press in the direction of the arrows.
•Block should measure 6 ½” x 6 ½”.
•Repeat previous three steps to make a total of 20—Unit #2 blocks.

 

Cutting for Snowball Blocks

•Fabric #1: Cut 7—3” x WOF Strips

•Fabric #2: Cut 5—7” x WOF Strips

•Fabric #3: Cut 5—7” x WOF Strips

•Cut the
7—Fabric #1 strips into 164—2 ½” Finished Half Square Triangles

 

 

•Cut the
5—Fabric #2 strips into
25—6” Finished Snowball Blocks

 

•Cut the
5—Fabric #3 strips into 16—6” Finished Snowball Blocks

 

 

•Lay out
1—Fabric #2 block and
4—Fabric #1 Half Square Triangles as shown.

 

•Sew all four corners onto block.

•Press towards the corners

•Block should measure 6 ½” x 6 ½”

•Repeat previous three steps to make a total of 25, Fabric #2 Snowball Blocks

 

Repeat with Fabric #2 block and Fabric #1 Half Square Triangles

Sewing Rows

•Lay out 5—Fabric #2 Snowball Blocks and
4—Unit #1, 9-Patch blocks, as shown.

 

Sew blocks together into a row, pressing towards the Snowball block. Make a total of five Row #1.

 

Repeat to make alternating rows...

Sew blocks together into a row, pressing towards the Snowball block. Make a total of four Row #2.

Sewing Quilt Top Together

 

Quilt Top

 

Again, this is just one layout out of many. Hope you enjoy!  If you would like to purchase this die or any others, please go to Stitches N Stories Quilting.

 

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Now Let's GO! Quilting.