Stephanie – Downton Abbey
Stephanie says: This is my first block ever using paper piecing! When I was trying to choose which fabrics to use for this block from the Downton Abbey collection, I kept going back to what I know about the Battle of Antietam-- it was bloody. I must admit that I've not read Jennifer Chiaverini's book that the sampler is based on, so I can only associate it with my own Civil War knowledge. I pulled the deep burgundy and blacks from the collection and balanced it with the tan background. It provides a very dramatic, dark looking block. I like it, and how it will clash with other combinations in the Loyal Union Sampler, much like the country was clashing at the time. Write the color of the fabric you've picked on the paper pieces. When joining the main sections together, press the seams open, not to one side.
Jen says: I paper pieced my block. Once all of my sections were pieced and I was ready to assemble my sections I took stock of how much paper bulk was going to be in my seam allowances while I was sewing. With each section that I attached, I ironed open the seam and then removed the paper from the seam allowance. This cut down on bulk while adding additional sections to these pieces. This gives you a flatter block over all and will make paper removal easier. Carefully remove your paper from your blocks as you go so that quilt assembly later on isn’t so painful.
Additional block by Lisa K.
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