September 2014 Block Party Pattern

This month we will make Halloween Houses.

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You can either follow my pattern for a house, or use one that you happen to have. The block will finish at 12 inches (unfinished at 12 ½ inches).

1. Cut one 7 ½ inch square from the Halloween fabric provided by block party for the house base
2. Cut one 3 ½ inch square from the black fabric provided by block party for center of the roof.
3. Cut one 4 inch square from the black fabric provided by block party for the 2 half-square triangles for the sloped part of the roof.
4. Cut one 4 inch square from your background for the 2 half-square triangles for the sloped part of the roof.
5. Cut one 2 ½ X 12 ½ inch piece of background for the sky.
6. Cut two 3 X 7 ½ inch pieces of background for the side yards.
7. Cut two 2 X 3 ½ inch pieces of background for the sky sides.

Make the half-square triangles first

• Place the background 4 inch square right sides together with the 4 inch black square.
• Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the background fabric (solid line in diagram 1).
• Sew 1/4 inch from each side of the drawn line (dotted lines in diagram 1 ).
• Cut the squares apart on the drawn line to get 2 half-square triangles.
• Press the seams towards the black fabric.
• Trim resulting squares to 3 ½ inches.

Sew the blocks together with a 1/4 inch seam for a block measuring 12 1/2 inches.

Please do not square up your block.

Turn in your block and your name on a small piece of paper in at the October meeting for the drawing. Good Luck!  

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