Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stash Blasting Wednesday.

Last week I picked some wonderful spring fabrics in bright, cheery colours to create this bit different shuffle block pattern. Most times these blocks are done with a busy print that will create a kaleidoscope design when the pieces are sewn back together. Mine is different in that there is no kaleidoscope design but rather more of a crazy patch quilt design.

The other twist on my shuffle block is that I decided to make my block long and narrow due to the fact that I am working with fat ⅛’s rather than a square piece of fabric.

Last week I drew the design and cut up the pieces. This week’s task is to shuffle the pieces and then sew the pieces together to create eleven blocks.

Shuffling the pieces

Shuffling the pieces is very important so that each block is different – there will be a different fabric in each position in each block. To shuffle, just move the top number of pieces indicated to the bottom of the pile. For example, move the first fabric from the top to the bottom of pile number 2 so that the second fabric is on the top. Then, on pile number 3, move the top two fabrics to the bottom so that third fabric is on top.

Follow this chart to shuffle the pieces into proper order for each numbered pile. There are eleven piles of fabric and eleven different fabrics in each pile.

Pile 1 – leave as is do not move any pieces, piece #1 will be on top

Pile 2 – move piece #1 to the bottom of the pile, piece #2 will be on top

Pile 3 – move pieces 1 & 2 to the bottom of the pile, piece #3 will be on top

Pile 4 – move pieces 1-3 to the bottom of the pile, piece #4 will be on top

Pile 5 – move pieces 1 -4 to the bottom of the pile, piece #5 will be on top

Pile 6 – move pieces 1 -5 to the bottom of the pile, piece #6 will be on top

Pile 7 – move pieces 1 -6 to the bottom of the pile, piece #7 will be on top

Pile 8 – move pieces 1 -7 to the bottom of the pile, piece #8 will be on top

Pile 9 – move pieces 1 -8 to the bottom of the pile, piece #9 will be on top

Pile 10 – move pieces 1 -9 to the bottom of the pile, piece #10 will be on top

Pile 11 – move pieces 1 -10 to the bottom of the pile, piece #11 will be on top

Time to do some sewing

Layout the piles in order that they appear in the block. See the diagram in last week’s post Spring Fling Shuffle Block

Pieces numbered and in their proper placement

All seams are a ¼″. All pieces are sewn with right sides together.

1. Sew piece 1 & 2 together with piece 2 on top. Press the seam towards piece 2.

Pieces 1 & 2

Place piece 2 on top of piece 1

2. Sew piece 3 & 4 together with piece 4 on top. Press the seam towards piece 4.

Sew pieces 3 & 4 together

Sew with piece 4 on top

3. Sew piece 7 & 8 together with piece 8 on top. Press the seam towards piece 8.

Sew pieces 7 & 8 together

Sew with piece 8 on top

4. Sew piece 10 & 11 together with piece 11 on top. Make sure that the point of piece 11 is hanging over piece 10 a ¼″ and the point of piece 10 will be coming out from under piece 11 a ¼″. Press the seam towards piece 11.

Sew pieces 10 & 11 together

Sew with piece 11 on top – the point on piece 11 should be hanging over the edge of piece 10 by a quarter inch

Note:  Not all of the pieces are going to match up exactly – no worries, they will be squared up.

5. Sew piece 5 to the unit made with pieces 3 & 4. Sew with piece 5 on top and match up the corners of piece 5 & 3.  The pointed end of piece 5 will hang over the edge of piece 4. Press the seam towards piece 5.

Sew piece 5 to pieces 3 & 4

Sew with piece 5 on top

6. Sew piece 9 to the unit made with pieces 7 & 8. Sew with piece 9 on top. Press the seam towards piece 9.

Sew piece 9 to pieces 7 & 8

Sew with piece 9 on top

7. Sew piece 6 to the unit made with pieces, 3, 4 & 5. Sew with piece 6 on top. Press the seam towards piece 6.

Sew piece 6 to pieces 3, 4 & 5

Sew with piece 6 on top

Square up all of the pieces at this point.

The sections will need to be trimmed

Square up all sides of each section

8. Sew the unit made in step 1 to the unit made in step 7. Sew with the smaller unit on top. Press the seam towards the unit from step 1. Sew the unit made in step 4 with the unit made in step 6. Sew with the smaller unit on top. Press the seam towards the unit from step 4.

Sew sections together

Bottom and top sections placed on middle sections

10. Sew the 2 units from step 8 together. Press the seam towards the unit top unit.

Sew to the remaining two sections together

Sew with the top section on top

Completed block with uneven edges

IMPORTANT: Do not square off the blocks until all the blocks have been made. Once all of the blocks are made measure each one and then square off all of the blocks to the smallest measurement.

Squared off block – make eleven

What next?

Tune into Stash Blasting Wednesday next week to find out.

Happy Quilting!

Well, I know this isn’t a finished quilt, but it is a finished block so I think that counts for linking up at Wild Rose Cottage for TGIFF and Richard and Tanya Quilts’ Link-a-Finish-Friday, Chumkies Hobbies Stack’nWhack and What a Hoot!: BOMs Away