Bow Tie Block Tutorial !!!!

Let's make some Bow Tie Block Units!

Soooo....I am hosting this swap over on flikr, the Scrappy BowTie Block Swap , and I need to make a bunch of bow ties.  I used  this Canoe Ridge Creations tutorial to make my first several.  Then, as I now have this blog and need some stuff to fill it up with and needed to test my blogger-post-tutorial skills, I came up with this tutorial of my own.  Enjoy!

 For each unit you will need...

2-3 1/2" print squares

2 2" print squares

2-3 1/2" white squares

Draw a line from corner to corner of the 2" print square, then sew on the line to a white square....repeat with the other 2" print and white squares.

  

Trim 1/4" from your sewn line and iron the seam towards the print side. 

Sew the 3 1/2" colored squares to the white/print squares and iron open. 


 

Lay both sections out and butt the two center seams together, then sew with a 1/4" seam.

Iron the block open and Voila!  You have one Bow Tie unit!

(a note about my make-shift ironing area...my ironing board has been "put away"  this is my bathroom counter with a Dora the Explorer towel and a dollar store bottle of water and corn starch.  The homemade starch hasn't burned or discolored anything yet!)

Now, cut a bunch of squares, strip piece them to your hearts content, and in a couple of hours you will have....

.....a bunch of Bow Ties ready for your Scrappy Bow Tie Block Swap!

I need 255 for my king size quilt!  I better get to work!

until next time......