Summer Sampler 2019 Block 10: Off Kilter

Good morning! This week’s Summer Sampler 2019 block is all about partial seams!

Partial seams is one of those techniques that sounds super scary and complicated, but it actually isn’t. Like at all! It’s literally sewing a part of a seam, then coming back and finishing that seam later. Faith (the designer of this block) made a video showing you exactly how to do it—see, easy, right? I know you will be pleasantly surprised when you give this block a try!

And, such a cool block, right? Which couldn’t be accomplished any other way except with partial seams. So it’s a great technique to have in your arsenal.

One little footnote about my block. In case you didn’t notice, mine is actually a mirror image of the “real” block. That’s because, in spite of Faith’s excellent directions in the pattern, I managed to cut ALL of my triangles the wrong way! Oops! Rather than waste fabric and re-cut, I used my mad designer skillz to just flip the paper-piecing templates, so that the templates conformed to my triangles. And voila—one mirror-image block. Problem solved. LOL.

Want to make the Fierce block yourself? It’s not too late to join us in the Summer Sampler 2019: Piecing Bootcamp quilt-along! Subscribers get a new quilt block pattern each week, and each block tackles a new piecing skill or technique. Join us to up your quilting game, and you’ll get immediate access to all of the blocks that have already been released (seven already – wow)! Click here to join! 

Summer Sampler 2019 includes:
• Fully-tested instructions for 21 gorgeous blocks—a new 12″ (finished) block delivered to your email inbox each week, beginning May 20 and running through October 7
• Complete finishing instructions to make an 80″ x 92″ sampler quilt (delivered October 14)
• Two layout options for finishing instructions (all subscribers receive both – no need to choose!)
• All fabric requirements and suggested Moda Bella Solids colors (YES! There are fabric kits! Available from Sewtopia and Canadian shop Mad About Patchwork)
• Quilt mock-up coloring sheet for planning
• Access to a subscriber-only Facebook group to interact with other quilters and the designers
• Weekly newsletter subscription with insider info

The Summer Sampler 2019 designers are:

Top to Bottom, Left to Right

Row 1: Heather Black @Quiltachusetts, Krista Hennebury @poppyprint, Lynne Goldsworthy @lilysquilts,  Lee Heinrich @lee.a.heinrich, Krystina Hopkins @khquilts

Row 2: Andrea Tsang Jackson @3rdstoryworkshop, Jemima Flendt @tiedwitharibbon,Faith Jones @freshlemonsquilts, Kitty Wilkin @nightquilter, Yvonne Fuchs @quiltingjetgirl

Row 3: Lynn Carson Harris @lynncarsonharris, Stephanie Zacharer Ruyle @spontaneousthreads

Row 4: Jen Carlton Bailly @bettycrockerass, Amy Friend @duringquiettime, Justin Stafford @keatonquilts, Katie Blakesley @swimbikequilt, Jo Avery @mybearpaw