Making the First Round of Blocks

I’ve finished quilting the center section of the quilt and am now ready to start assembling the first round of blocks. EQ6 is treating this as a 5-inch border. In fact the rest of the quilt is a series of borders surrounding the center two blocks. In this round the corner blocks are 5-inch squares, the horizontal middle blocks are 6 x 5 and the verticle middle blocks are 5 x 6. I’ve printed out foundation patterns and will paper piece these blocks together. You can check out some paper-piecing tutorials I’ve found here.

	I’ll need to make 4 corners: foundation pattern. This is my first project using the paper-piecing method and I found it a little confusing until I got the hang of it. Matching corners and points is a breeze using this method. I quickly discovered that my individual fabric pieces did not have to be cut exactly to a pattern when using this method. I used swatches and trimmed to size after adding each piece…much faster. It definitely helps to have a pattern image in front of you when assembling.
	I’ll need to make 12 middle blocks: foundation pattern. The middle squares are pieced in 2 separate sections and then joined together to form the square.