Weathervane Variation

Here we go block 11. The Weathervane Variation and I'm going to show this as a tutorial. Hope it helps.

My color choices, graphed and ready to cut.

All my pretty pieces.

Laying it all out helps.

Starting with these blocks first. 8 to do.

Flip sew and make sure your seams are opposite, so you can nest them.

One down. 7 more to go

When putting the square these go to together. Pin the side you plan to sew. I ended up ripping and resewing the same block four times.

Put together, but not very squared.

Back on the board they go.

Now, the middle blocks. They are easier.

Sew one side press, then sew the next and press.

Sew on the bottom rectangle.

All back on the board.

I chose to do top and bottom row, first. I also cleaned up the edges I was going to sew along with my ruler and rotary cutter.

Looking good.

Sewed the center row together. Now to stitch the rows together and give it a final press.

All done and there are plenty of mistakes, though they don't show up well in the photo. I have a fabric pucker and a few seams that didn't nest properly. Still a pretty block though.