Block 15 – Billie’s Sampler
Night and Noon is a nine patch based block. Also a variation on the Ohio Star The corner blocks are angled strips and the center blocks are Quarter Square Triangles (QST). However, I paper pieced this blocks because wanted my angles and points to be perfect.
Cutting
Need 4 Fabric Colors and a background Fabric
4 x 4 inch square minimum. 2 x colorway 1 and 2 x colorway 2. Now cut squares corner to corner making a total 8 half square triangles (HSTs). Note: when I paper piece I make my pieces a little larger so I would cut my squares at 4 1/2 inches.
8 x 1 1/2 x 7 inch strips 4 x colorway 3 and 4 x colorway 4. Again I would cut my strips a little larger like 2 x 7 1/2 inches
2 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches square. 1 x colorway 4 and 1 square background. Cut square in to 4 x QSTs for each square making 8 triangles. And once again, would cut a little larger so I would make 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch square.
1 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inch square. This is your center block, I choose colorway 4.
Assembly
Paper Piecing each of the corner blocks I assembled starting with one of the middle strips of the corner square block.
once all the corner units are pieced it is time to assemble the entire unit. I assembled my pieces by working around the center block by sewing opposites sides first to the center and then adding the other two sides.
Success Block 15 – Night and Noon is complete!!!
