Jack in Box Quilt

 

I purchased a Kansas City Star Quilt block book from Thrift Books.  It is a small collection of blocks that were published weekly by the Kansas City Star newspaper.  It includes a copy of the original block, and then a refashioning of the construction.

 One of the blocks that I quickly became enamored with was called Jack in the Box.  You can find other variations of this block here.

This 12" finished block uses two main blocks:  (1) flying geese (4 per block) and (2) stitch and flip rectangles (4 per block). Additionally there is sashing and an a sash block.  

The "refashioning" of the block involved using the 4 at a time, no-waste flying geese method.   I used that method and my Deb Tucker Wing Clipper to trim my FG blocks.  You can see that I lost a few points on the outside.  There are A LOT OF SEAMS in this quilt.  Accordingly pressing is important.  I ended up with several tucks on the face of the quilt--but that was more because I did baste my quilt properly or use my walking foot. 

This quilt  (36" x 36") was as much of an experiment with technique as using up some material that I had that would likely not see any use.  I  used the waste of the rectangular stitch and flip to make the 2" pinwheels.  I would not do that again. I used fabric that I had bought at Tuesday Morning (green/mint/black) along with some black material and a icemint material that I had purchased on line but did not meet my expectations. 

I had originally thought that I would just place 12" plain setting blocks, but I did not care for that look. As I wast futzing about, I realized that the icemint fabric would work quite well, and it exceeded my expectations.   I really liked the way the light and and the dark worked together.  I also have an error in the R1C2 where my geese are not property rotated. I should have picked it out but, I did not.

It was a really fun block, and I will use it again. I sent this quilt to my "niece: a 100 lb Rottweiler rescue.  It will something that will cover her dog bed and will be easily washable




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