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Jacobean Journey Quilt - Block D5

Block D5 of the Jacobean Journey quilt is a block that goes in the center of the quilt. There's a large accent design (the darker melon petal) in the center of the quilt with a circular medallion around it made up of rays of 2 different colors. This block isn't hard it just has a few tiny little pieces that could easily get missed and then you'll have to either un-sew a lot or just start over which is a pain.  I goofed one of my blocks when I put the wrong color of thread in the needle but I had the right thread in the bobbin. Not sure how I did it but I noticed it was wrong and had to do it again.

I also got the border CD from my local quilt shop and got all the instructions printed for the inner and outer borders.  Now I just have to read through them and then get started.  I'd like to get a few border blocks done per month so that I won't have 100 of them to do at the end.

Block D5

Here's a good tip for everyone. I used elmer's washable glue stick after each bit of fabric was sewn down on the outside of the block (the rays) to help stick them to the batilizer.  I had some issues were the foot would fold the fabric over and then sew on top of it. Not good.  Another good tip is when you start piecing the rays, you start with fabric 4 and you end with fabric 4. Just keep switching between fabric 4 and 3 and line up you fabric rights sides together and you shouldn't have a problem. Here's the front and back of the block and of course the video of entire block is below.



Here is the video for block D5:



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