General Discussion & Chat: ***Sweet Interruptions #236***, 1 by Tallulah_B

Tallulah_B wrote:
I chose the center (1st) piece to be a trapezoid.
In the 2nd picture, I already have the 2nd piece down/sewn/flipped and ironed, and am putting the 3rd piece in place ready to be sewn down.
The lap quilt I'm doing now is based on a center square, and it's much quicker. I cut strips of 1 1/2" to 2" and make most of the strips matching. Doing it this way it only takes me approx 10 minutes to do one block.

Doing it with an odd shaped center (trapezoid) means each block takes about 1/2 hour, using scraps and trying to find one that will fit. When I don't find one that will fit, I sewed several scraps together to make a piece long enough to put on the block. Some of the tiny scraps I used were only 1 1/2" and I needed a strip about 5".