Paper Piecing The Moda Village House Blocks

Village Quilt Blocks - Paper Piecing

I really liked the little chimneys on these blocks but it seemed that no matter what I did, they came out wonky perhaps due to the bias distorting.  So I had given up on them.  Then my brilliant friend Deb said "I think I will paper piece these house blocks" and the light bulb went off!  I immediately jumped into Electric Quilt and quickly drew up the block. 

So for those of you that would like to foundation piece this block, click here for the foundation PDF.  Be sure that when you print, your printer is set to full size no scaling.

I have also included the foundation for the house block no chimney here.

I also found out on the web some really cool versions of trees and other things.  Debbie Roberts of the Quilted Moose did an awesome quilt in black and white and was kind enough to create foundations for her trees. The links are on the Moda site under the village blog articles.  You can reach it here.  Debbie did a great step by step tutorial on her website.  You can read it at The Quilted Moose.

Here is her foundations.  Midnight Village Rooftop 

Midnight Village Trees

 I also did a tree, deciduous rather than a fir.  That foundation is here.  TREE 

 

So I hope you have as much fun with these blocks as we did.  Many groups did block swaps and some of the different layouts that folks put together were amazing.  You can see tons of them on Facebook and Pinterest.

 

Happy Sewing!

Sue

 

 

Let's Make A Village With Moda

	One Village Together...   That is what the Moda Villages quilt will help us build.
Have you seen the Moda sew-along "One Village, Together"? You create small house  blocks from your stash and scraps and trade them with all your friends to create  distinct and unique village quilts.  There are many groups now doing this worldwide   on Facebook, through guilds, with local quilt shops and just groups of friends.  I am  in several of these groups and  it is turning out to be great fun and a much needed  distraction from the state the world is in.  So, sheltering at home, we can create these magical little house 'shelters'.  And I want you to be part of my village!  Send me a block and I'll send you one back.   But let’s make it bit more interesting. Get the Village pattern
	1.)  Sew a house block per the pattern  instructions 2.)  ADD a 1 1/2" x 7" neutral strip to  one side of your block with your name,  city, state/province and country and the year '2020' written below. 3.)  Mail your block to me by May 30,  2020 and I will return to you one of mine. Send your block to: Sue Michaels Dragonfly Fiberart Pattern Company 4 Haywick Drive Stratham, NH 03885
I will collect all of your blocks and make them into quilts which I will then share.   Swap blocks with your friends and build your own village quilt as well!   Join one of the many Facebook groups to swap even more blocks with new friends  around the world.
Hope you will join me! Sue Michaels Dragonfly Fiberart Pattern Company