Hello friends–I hope you are all well and safe. It’s Wednesday once again, and it’s always such a highlight of my week. I’ve so enjoyed seeing all of the Block Heads blocks being made. Today I’m sharing Block Heads 3 Block 13 which was designed by the lovely Jen Kingwell. I had fun using fabrics from our upcoming Balboa collection for this week’s block. As I make more blocks using these fabrics it will be fun to see the mingling of fabric collections, making it even more scrappy.
Moda Block Heads 3 Block 13
Jen’s block is called The Baldwin and uses foundation paper piecing…but don’t worry! I’ve filmed a quick video with tips for those of you who are familiar with foundation paper piecing. And…I’ve filmed a longer video tutorial for those who would like to try foundation paper piecing for the first time.
Block 13 Video and Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorial Video
In order to help you out with this week’s block, I’ve created two videos. Watch the shorter video if you’re familiar with foundation paper piecing and are just looking for some tips, tricks, and reminders. Watch the longer video if you are new to foundation paper piecing and would like to try it. Jen’s pattern is a good one from which to learn this technique.
Watch the short video about Block 13 above.
Watch the longer foundation paper piecing tutorial on YouTube here.
Block 13 Tips and Tricks–Review
Here is a short summary of some of my tips and tricks for this block:
- Remember to shorten your stitch length to 1.5 to make it easier to tear the paper and to prevent un-needed stretching of your fabrics.
- Label, label, label. Watch either of the videos to see how I labeled my papers.
- I love the Add an Eighth and the Add a Quarter rulers for trimming.
- I also love using a seam roller when doing foundation paper piecing.
Block 13 Links
- Go here or click the button below to download this week’s block from Jen Kingwell.
- Visit the Moda Block Heads Facebook Group here.
- Find the Moda Block Heads 3 Resource Page here.
- And find links to all of my previous Moda Block Heads 3 posts here.
Moda Block Heads 3 Designers
- Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts
- Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life (you’re here!)
- Betsy Chutchian
- Jan Patek of Jan Patek Quilts
- Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic
- Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
- Lissa Alexander
- Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson
- Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique
- Stacey Iest Hsu
- Robin Pickens
- Janet Clare
- Jen Kingwell
- Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree & Company
Something Fun this Week
Added a few more Balboa project package pre-orders to the shop. We are only selling a limited number of these kits, so get yours before they are gone.
Also, I listed a new pattern in the shop this week! See yesterday’s blog post, or get the pattern in paper or PDF here.
Happy quilting, and thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen Smith says
Thanks so much for the paper piecing videos. I do enjoy doing this technique, and your detailed video is a great step-by-step example of how to construct BH 3 Block 13! Thanks so much for taking the time to provide this excellent instruction.
Elaine Heinrich says
Sheri, I just love your fabrics and design. I have only been quilting 2 years now and find your patterns very “user friendly” ?? The fabric collections are some of my favorite, I ❤️ Moda fabric.
Thank you for all the tutorials as well!
Elaine
Karen A. says
Thank you for the helpful videos. It makes the paper piecing seem much more doable. This is my first time doing the Moda block heads and all of your posts have been very helpful and it gives me a good challenge every week to grow my skills. Thank you.
Greg says
Thank you for the great videos! I haven’t paper pieced in forever, and the two videos really helped to bring it all back. I don’t think that I could have done it without the videos!
Nancy F Lambert says
Thank you