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Round the Year - Block of the Month Quilt Block 5- Venus

www.betukbandi.wordpress.com A Pattern by Madhu Mathur

Venus - This is Block 5 of the Block of

the Month quilt “ Round the Year”, designed in two colourways, Dusk and

Rainbow. I used Quilt Assistant free software to

design this block.

This colour design shows the ‘Dusk’ Colourway

in four shades of main colour, blue here, and

four shades ranging from yellow to deep

orange in the contrast colour.

The second picture shows the Master template

– this is a mirror image of the colour design and

shows the block from the printed paper side.

Instructions Print all templates in portrait mode at actual

size.

It is suggested you piece the 8 templates A to H

like log cabin blocks.

Align the straight edge of the strip with the

printed seam line at each stage. It saves time if

you work on all the templates at the same time.

Complete the piecing at each step, trim the

seams and press, before moving to the next

step.

Assembly Join the 8 wedges to respective background

pieces using the colour design and the Master

template on the left as a guide. Join in pairs to

make the 4squares that make up the block.

Assemble these to make up the full block.



Fabric Requirement – Venus at Dusk

Number and label each fabric colour. You can use the master template given above for trying out colour combinations.

Cut out all the pieces of one colour and pin them to the respective templates before moving to the next colour fabric. This helps

avoid a lot of confusion later! For convenience, I am giving the piece number, size of the piece and fabric number here.

Colour Fabric for Star Cutting Instruction for Star

strips Fabric for Wedges Fabric for Background

1 Light blue 1.25” strips totaling around 84”

Cut 8 pieces 5” long and 8 pieces 5.5” long

Four 5” squares – Cut diagonally once to make 8 HSTs

9” x 16” – (Cut 2 of template I and 2 of template J from this)

2 Deep Grey

Four 5” squares –c ut diagonally once to make 8 HSTs

9” x 16” – (Cut 2 of Template I and 2 of Template J from this)

3 Deep Blue 1.25” strips totaling around 52”

Cut 8 pieces 3” And 8 pieces 3.5” long

4 Light Medium Blue

1.25” strips totaling around 72”

Cut 8 pieces 4.25” and 8 pieces 4.75” long

5 Medium Blue


Cut 8 pieces 3.75” long and 8 pieces 4.25 “ long

6 Yellow 2” strips totaling around 48” 1.5” X 2.75” for centre

Cut 8 pieces 2” x 6”

7 Light Orange

2” X 24” strip 1.5” X 5.5” for centre

Cut 4 pieces 2” x 6” Cut 2 pieces 1.5” x 2.75” for centre

8 Gold 2” X 12” strip 1.5” X 14” for centre

Cut 2 pieces 2” x 6” Cut 5 pieces about 2.75” long for centre

9 Dark Orange 2” x 12” strip








2 Deep Grey





4 Light Medium Blue



5 Medium Blue





7 Light Orange













2 Deep Grey





4 Light Medium Blue



5 Medium Blue





7 Light Orange







Piece #1 1.5”x 2.75” Fabrics 6, 7 or 8

Piece #2 1.25” x 3” Fabric 3

Piece #3 1.25” x3.5” Fabric 3

Piece #4 1.25” x 3.75” Fabric 5

Piece #5 1.25” x 4.25” Fabric 5

Piece #6 1.25 x 4.25” Fabric 4

Piece #7 1.25”x 4.75” Fabric 4

Piece #8 1.25”x 5” Fabric 1

Piece #9 1.25” x 5.5” Fabric 1

Piece # 10 2” x 6” Fabrics 6, 7, 8, or 9

Piece #11 2” x 6” Use same fabric as in piece 10



Step by Step Piecing and Assembly Instructions 1.It is recommended you sort out all the pieces template-wise and pin them to the far end of your template ( near the piece # 10-11)

in the order of stitching – the longest piece at the bottom of the pile and the shortest on top.

2. As mentioned earlier, the block templates A to H are pieced like a log cabin, beginning from the centre (yellow to oranges here).

Start with the 1.5”x2.75” piece and pin it on the unprinted side of A1. The wrong side of the fabric should touch the paper at all

times.

Note that the fabric extends at least ¼” beyond both seam lines, adjoining A2 as well as A3. Align the long edge of the fabric to the

seam to be stitched – in this case between A1 and A2. Do this for all pieces to come. (Note – In the picture below, one can afford to

move the fabric piece a bit upward, toward A3, so that the corner between A1 and A2-A3 is better covered.)

The following is incorrect, because the ¼” margin is not available toward A2.



Now place the 3” x1.25” fabric #3 on the just pinned piece, right sides together, and long edges aligned at seam A1-A2.

This is pinned on the seam allowance to check that fabric for area A2 completely covers it when opened. In the next

picture one can see how it looks from the flip side.

That looks good.



Set the sewing machine to a stitch length between 1 and 1.5 so that it is easy to tear away the paper. Sew on the seam

line A1-A2, extending the stitching line about ¼” on to A3.

3. Similarly stitch the first two pieces on all the templates, before heading to your ironing table and pressing the seams

to set them. Then trim the seams to ¼” and press open the piece #2 on all templates.

4. Pin piece#3, which is fabric#3 and 3.5” long, right side down, aligning the long edge to ¼” beyond the printed seam

line between A1 –A2 and A3, the way you would in a log cabin. Do this for all the templates and then do the stitching of

piece #3 to pieces #1 and #2.

5. Press seam to set. Fold away the paper template after stitching the seam and trim the seam to ¼” before pressing

open piece #3.

This is how your templates should look after this satge…

6. Similarly attach pieces 4 and 5…



7. …and pieces # 6 and 7



8. Sew on Piece#8.

9. …the final blue pieces# 8 and 9 attached!



10. So that you do not get confused, you can colour the pieces 9 and 10 with pencils! Remember – the master template

is a mirror inage?

11. Here are the eight wedges, that will make up the 15” circle, all pieced!

12. The pattern suggests that you join each of these eight large pieced wedges to a corresponding background piece.

While I suggest a diagonal kind of dark/ bright background, you may want to experiment with other `looks’, before

joining the background to the wedges.



Once you decide on a pattern, join each circle wedge to the respective background piece.



13. Join the pieces in pairs.

AI to BJ to get a square AIBJ

CK to DL to get the square CKDL

EM to FN to get the square EMFN

GO to HP to get the square GOHP

14. Join these squares in pairs to get the top half and bottom halves of the block. Join the halves to get the final block –

Venus!

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