Moda Block Heads 3 Block 8

Hello and happy Wednesday! Thank you so much for all of the kind words on my sewing room update in my last post. And, I did go through and answer the questions you left in the comment section. Today I’m sharing Moda Block Heads 3 Block 8 which is a fun 9-patch variation block.

Moda Block Heads 3 Block 8

This week’s block is brought to us by Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson. If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know that I love Laurie’s fabrics and generally find time to make at least one or two projects each year with her lovely designs. From May through December our home features a lot of her fabrics for sure! I actually have a couple of drawers devoted to storing her fabrics, and they rarely run low!

Block 8 Fabrics

I’ve been trying to incorporate a bit more of the greys into my quilt and decided to go with just a large floral on grey and a small floral on the pistachio green. I used the gorgeous ivory tonal daisy dot print for my background once again.

• Get the Charcoal Garden Song floral fabric here.
• Find the Sprout Daisy Dot fabric here.
• Find the ivory tonal Daisy Dot fabric here.

Block 8 Tips and Tricks

When we received our preview patterns, Laurie’s block was shown in just 6″ and 12″ sizes. Since I’m making 8″ blocks, I went ahead and made the 6″ version from Laurie’s pattern and then added (4) 1 ½″ x 6 ½″ background rectangles and (4) 1 ½″ x 1 ½″ grey squares to make an 8″ finished block. However, today you have other options as Laurie has prepared some alternate piecing for you that you can find on her blog when you go to download the pattern.

The center 9-patch is small! I wish I had used starch…mine ended up just a bit “wonky” since I didn’t starch 🙂

Block 8 Links

• Visit Laurie Simpson’s blog here or click the button below to get today’s PDF pattern.
• See what’s happening in the Moda Block Heads Facebook group here.
• And find 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

Last fall, Corey Yoder and I collaborated on a fun “Sweet Day” package which includes 6 fat quarters from Summer Sweet, 6 fat quarters from Canning Day, a new pattern from Corey, a new pattern from me, and a favorite notion we both love. We both did pre-orders and sold out. My packages have been shipping out this week, and I do have a few extra in the shop…find them here!

Happy quilting, and thanks so much for stopping by!