2013 Christmas QAL - Bell Block Design

Well, I have been playing with all of my Christmas fabric and believe me, I have a good amount of it because I am addicted to it.  But once I remove any of it that has red or green I am left with a small stack; a very small stack.  Oh boy, Sue, you knew what you were doing when you made up this challenge.

Fortunately, blues and golds are popular for Christmas fabric, and I have some.  I came up with this.

One of my favorite Christmas carols is Silver Bells.  I love the images of the verses, and when thinking about a quilt design I wondered about making a patchwork bell.  I haven't seen one before so this is my design as far as I know. 

My bell isn't silver because I don't have silver fabric, but gold works. 



These are the measurements I used for  my bell, but you can adjust the size to suit.

Cutting:

Background:  cut 16   2 1/2  inch  squares
                       cut   2  2 7/8 inch squares

Bell fabric:    cut 10    2 1/2 inch squares
                      cut 2     2 7/8 inch squares
                      cut 1 circle 3 1/2 inch diameter

Match each background 2 7/8 inch square with a bell fabric 2 7/8 inch square.  Use you favorite method to make half square triangles.  You should have 4 when you are done. 

This is the layout:

 

5 background squares

1 background square, 1 HST, 1 bell fabric square, 1 HST, 1 background square

1 background square, 3 bell fabric square, 1 background square

1 background square, 3 bell fabric square, 1 background square

1 background square, 3 bell fabric square, 1 background square

1 HST, 3 bell fabric squares, 1 HST

5 background squares

 

Make a yoyo from the circle.  This will be the bell clapper.

If you spot any errors in my directions, let me know.

 

 

I have a bow block that I got from one of Mary Ellen Hopkins' books, It's Okay If You Sit on My Quilt.  I'm going to play with it to see how I can make it work some way with my bell.

That's what I'm up to for now.  Back latter.