Northern Wilderness

I am leading a Northern Wilderness Block Party (think Block of the Month) at the store this year.  We will be using the pattern Northern Wilderness from Northern Threads.  If you are local the pattern is available at Ruth’s Stitchery (or will be if they have sold out again).  If you aren’t local, it can be ordered directly from the designer or from Ruth’s.  If you miss a month, you can catch up here, or if you have a conflict with the time or distance feel free to follow along.  I will be using various speciality rulers when I put the blocks together.  This will be different from the directions in the pattern.  I will post any measurements I change while piecing.  However, I will not post measurements that I do not change.

I’ve posted an article about how to get an accurate quarter-inch seam allowance here.  Accuracy will be important in these blocks.

Northern Wilderness Block Borders  — this clickable link is a pdf of a PowerPoint presentation showing the steps for applying the borders to the pieced block.  This is done prior to adding the applique.

This post from a couple years ago shows the process for doing the raw edge applique.

Eagle Block

1-19-12  Block Party met today and here is the pdf presentation for the Eagle Block – Northern Wilderness Eagle

Specific Supplies I used in this month’s block include:

• –6-1/2″ Easy Angle Ruler
• –10″ Companion Angle Ruler
• –An Applique Pressing Sheet
• –To stitch down the applique, I used YLI Wonder Invisible thread in both clear and smoke
• –I used Lingerie and Bobbin thread in my bobbin — When using smoke invisible thread in the needle I used black  in the bobbin, and white when using clear in the needle.  Feel free to use what ever thread you prefer.

I forgot to mention at block party, I did not applique the eagle’s eye.  I chose to embroider it with a lazy daisy stitch.

–February 16  This month we covered two blocks in the block party.  First the Moose block.  I chose to use Lazy Girl’s “Flying Geese X 4″ ruler in the construction of this block.  See how in the presentation Northern Wilderness Moose.

The next block is the outhouse block.  The background is a log cabin block so I don’t think there will be any real surprises in its construction.  This is the Northern Wilderness Outhouse presentation..

March 15, 2012 — Salmon Block and Sashing

This month I did the Salmon Block (Northern Wilderness Salmon) and since I had my first column done, I also showed how to do the sashing.  The presentation on the sashing maybe more confusing than helpful.  Here is the file from the Powerpoint presentation Northern Wilderness Sashing.   You be the judge.

April 19, 2012–

Today I talked about the Loon block.  Once again I went searching for actual pictures of the loon before choosing my fabric.  The pdf of my PowerPoint presentation can be found here  Northern Wilderness Loon.