Around the block - Washington Apple

Hi! Marlene here, welcoming you to the next block in our Around the Block hop - US Tour. I live in Grand Coulee, WA where I have a small quilt shop and provide long-arm machine quilting services. I also enjoy designing unique quilts and am excited to share this block design with you as part of this project.

Every apple isn't perfect, so don't get too stressed about getting the angles just right on the corners of the apple. This is a forgiving design and will be just right with however you make it.

If you've got kids going back to school, maybe this is just the design you need to make something for your favorite teacher.

In my sample, I've used a directional 'grass' fabric for the background. It isn't that difficult to maintain the direction--really!!

Tutorial for this block - Corner to Corner Method

When thinking about the direction of the background, I lay the fabric the way I want it to be in the end, then flip on the same diagonal I'm going to sew. If you fold along the diagonal you can verify the positioning will be correct after you sew it.

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Blocks so far:

Massachusetts - Dragonfly's Quilting Design Studio

Alaska - Appliques Quilts and more

Coming up....

Week 4 California Carolina Moore https://alwaysexpectmoore.com/2020/08/california-poppy-quilt-block.html

Week 5 Florida Julie Luoma http://www.offthewallquilt.com/

Week 6 Texas Sarah Ruiz sarahruiz.com

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