It has been a while since I finished the fourth book in the
Annie's Quilted Mysteries Book Club, titled
Broderie Curse. I am just now getting a chance to blog about it.
Each book in the series includes a block for a mystery sampler quilt. The first three blocks include:
- Friendship Star block.
- Raven
- Roman Tiles
The last book in the series will also include finishing instructions to create a mystery quilt designed by the series' characters, Cotton & Grace.
The fourth block is called Castle Block with a Finished Block Size of 12"x12".
This block uses four colors: two lights, one medium and one dark. I auditioned similar fabrics from the first three blocks in
Electric Quilt again. I decided to go with the yellow for my light color, along with a new large pink floral print as my second light fabric. I used the green for my medium and blue again for my dark color.
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Fabric choices for block 4 |
If you want to make your own Castle block, here is my
rotary cutting printout from EQ for this block.
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EQ7 Version of my Castle Block |
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Pieces cut. |
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Small units sewn together. |
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Rows ready for piecing. |
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Castle Block done. |
Here are my first four blocks for this mystery quilt. It feels very much like a Spring quilt. :-)
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Friendship |
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Raven |
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Roman Tiles |
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Castle |
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I finished the book and made this block before summer started, so several more books have come in since then, and I need to get caught up!
Happy Stitching!
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