Block of the Week- The Odette Quilt- Week 8

Welcome to Week 8 of the Odette Quilt Block of the Week!

Here are the scheduled posts in this series.  If they have already been posted, they have links to them. If there are no links, that means they have posted yet.

Odette Schedule

Odette Block of the Week Information Post

Week 1- January 9th- Blocks 1 and 2

Week 2- January 16th- Blocks 3 and 4

Week 3- January 23rd- Blocks 5 and 6

Week 4- January 30th- Blocks 7 and 8

Week 5- February 6th- Blocks 9 and 10

Week 6- February 13th- Blocks 11 and 12

Week 7- February 20th- Blocks 13 and 14

Week 8- February 27th- Blocks 15 and 16

Week 9- March 5th- Blocks 17 and 18[

Week 10- March 12th- Blocks 19 and 20

Week 11- March 19th- Assembly

This week we are working on Blocks 15 and 16.  Let's go!



Odette Block 15

From the Navy, cut:

     -2- 4” squares

From the Gray, cut:

     -3- 4” squares

From the Yellow, cut:

     -1- 6 7/8” square, cut on one diagonal to yield 2 triangles total

From the Cream Floral, cut:

     -2- 3 7/8” squares, each cut on one diagonal to yield 4 triangles total
     -1- 4” square

From the White Background, cut:

     -4- 3 1/2” squares

1.  Use 2- 4” gray and 2- 4” navy 2 squares to make two at a time HST.  Trim each HST to 3 1/2” square.  You will end up with 4 HST total.

                                 Make 4 HSTs, 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", including the seam allowance

2.  Using the navy/gray HSTs from step 1 and 4- 3 1/2” x 3 1/2” solid white squares. Make the unit shown below.  Each unit should measure 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”, including the seam allowances.  Make a total of 2 units.

                                 Make 2 units, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2", including the seam allowance

3.  Use 1- 4” gray and 1- 4” cream print square to make two at a time HST.  Trim each HST to 3 1/2” square.  You will end up with 2 HST total.

                                 Make 2 HSTs, 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", including the seam allowance

4.  Using the gray/cream print HSTs from step 3, the two yellow triangles that were cut from the 6 7/8” squares, and 4 cream print triangles that were cut from the 3 7/8” squares, make the unit as shown below.  Each block should measure 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”, including the seam allowances.  Make a total of 2 units.

                                 Make 2 units, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2", including the seam allowance

5.  Lay the block pieces out as shown in the block picture below and sew the block together.

Make 1 block, 12 1/2" x 12 1/2", including the seam allowance

Odette Block 16

From the Navy, cut:

     -4- 3 1/2” x 6 1/2" pieces

From the Aqua, cut:

     -8- 3 1/2” squares

From the White Background, cut:

     -4- 3 1/2” squares

     -1-6 1/2” squares

1.  Use 4- 3 1/2” x 6 1/2" navy pieces and 8- 3 1/2” aqua squares to make four stitch and flip flying geese.  Each flying geese unit will measure 3 1/2" x 6 1/2".  You will end up with 4 total.

                                 Make 4 HSTs, 3 1/2" x 6 1/2", including the seam allowance


2.  Lay the block pieces out as shown in the block picture below and sew the block together.

Make 1 block, 12 1/2" x 12 1/2", including the seam allowance

See you back here next week to work on Blocks 17 & 18.  Let me know if you have any other questions!

Talk to you soon,

Jessica