Odds and Ends Block I had picked out a really wonderful block for December, but when I started to break it down...WOW!!! What a pain!! So I went looking for something just as nice, but much simpler. The title of this one just struck me for the last block in the Sampler...when you have everything else...what's left?? You will need 4 fabrics: a background, a light, a medium/dark and a bright for accent. We will be making this one 12" finished.

Posted: December 2000

Sample Quilt Layouts

Cut as follows:

BOM Fabric	Sampler Fabric	Cutting Information
Background(B)	Background	Cut 2 3-1/2" squares Cut 1 4" square
Light(L)	Light#2	Cut 1 27"x2" strip ...OR... 4 6-1/2"x2" rectangles
Bright(BR)	Light#1	Cut 1 17"x2" strip ...OR... 8 2" squares Cut 1 27"x2" strip ...OR... 4 6-1/2"x2" rectangles
Medium/Dark(D)	Dark#1	Cut 1 17"x2" strip ...OR... 8 2" squares Cut 1 4" square

Sewing Instructions:

1. Mark diagonal on the wrong side of the 4" squares of B; match right sides together with 4" square of D; stitch 1/4" on either side of diagonal mark; cut apart on diagonal mark; press open toward D. Square up to 3-1/2".
   
2. Attach 3-1/2" square of B to HSTs from step#1 as shown...press toward square of B.
   
   
3. Join rows from step#2 to create center as shown...press either way. Square up to 6-1/2".
   
4. If you cut 27" strip: attach strip of L to BR...press toward BR...Cut into 6-1/2" units.
   
5. If you cut 6-1/2" rectangles: attach L to BR...press toward BR.
   
6. If you cut 17" strip: attach strip of D to BR...press toward D...Cut into 8 2" units.
   
7. If you cut 2" squares: attach D to BR...press toward D.
   
8. Attach 2 units from step#6 or 7 together to form corner...press either way.
   
9. Attach 4-patch from step#8 to both ends of 2 units from step#4 or 5...press toward L/BR unit.
   
10. Attach other 2 units from step#4 or 5 to opposite sides of center unit from step#3...press toward BR.
    
11. Attach units from step#9 to unit from step#10 to create block.
12. IMPORTANT: Please square up your finished block to be sure it is 12-1/2". If it is larger or smaller, check your seams and redo if necessary. If you do not check your measurements, your block may not join properly with other blocks easily to create a finished quilt.

This is what your block might look like.