Bullseye Quilts
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For each bullseye block, cut:
1 10 square of tan fabric
1 8 circle of Fabric #1
1 6 circle of Fabric #2
1 4 circle of Fabric #3
Step 1)
To
get the circles, you can take an 8 [6, 4] square of fabric and fold in half,
then in half again to make a small square.
Using a Ό circle template or free-handing it, cut an arc from corner to
corner.
DO NOT CUT OFF THE FOLDS!
Step 2)
Lay
an 8 circle right-side up on the 10 square.
Sew around the edge of the circle about Ό in from the edge.
Step 3)
Turn
the square over. Pinch the square fabric
and circle fabric so that you can pull the two apart from one another. Clip into the tan fabric to make an opening
for your scissors. Cut out a circle
(just cut the tan fabric) approximately Ό inside seam that holds the circle
onto the fabric.
Step 4)
Flip
the block over and sew the 6 circle on top of the 8 circle.
Step 5)
From
the back, pinch and cut out inside the stitching on the 6 circle. Only cut out the fabric from the 8 circle.
Step 6)
From
the front, sew the 4 circle on the 6 circle.
It is not necessary to cut out the back of the 4 circle.
Step 7)
Cut
each block in quarters (they should be 5x5 !)
For the trading day
Step 1)
Make
(fill in the blank)___________ whole blocks (plus at least one for yourself) and cut them into quarters.
Step 2)
Stack
the quarters into sets of (how many swappers are there?)______. It would be
nice if the stacks contained quarters from different blocks, just to mix it up a bit.
Step 3)
Keep
the remaining quarters (there should be at least 4) for yourself.
Step 4)
Bring or send in the stacks, as required by the swap leader.
Step 5)
Traders
will take one set of quarter blocks from everyone elses stack, or the swap leader will do the trading for you.
Wow. "Generic" is hard to write! Let's try that with "real" numbers:
You and 9 other people are swapping. You'll make 10 big bullseye blocks and cut them into quarters. You'll then separate the quarters out into 10 sets of 4. Take or send 9 of the sets to swap and keep the remaining set for yourself.
If your swap is hosted - you're sending a bunch of blocks to one person who will then swap out the sets and mail them off to the other traders - be kind to your host(ess) and include a few extra blocks for her trouble. It's amazing how much time this sort of thing takes, and frequently the host doesn't have time to make her own blocks!
Size Possibilities
While it would be nice to believe that 10
inches is 10 inches is 10 inches, it would be a surprise if everyones blocks
were all exactly the same size. Keeping
that in mind, expect to cut your quarters down to 4 ½, just to get them all
the same size. That will create 4 finished blocks for
your quilt.
The quilt pictured used 156 - 4" bullseye blocks, plus 100 plain squares. The setting is 16x16 blocks; the finished size is approximately 64" square.
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