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Exploring Quilting Basics

Shoo Fly Quilt Block Remix!

August 31, 2022August 30, 2022 1 comment

Hi friends!

Today as part of our Exploring the Basics series, Tammy and I are sharing about our recent block challenge: to remix and reimagine the Shoo Fly quilt block!

The Shoo Fly Quilt Block

The Shoo Fly quilt block is a simple 9 patch block made up of 5 squares and 4 HST units (half square triangle units).

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

For this block remix, I really wanted to make the HST units extend  and maybe even overlap….

The Remix- fabric

I knew I wanted to use fabrics from my new fabric line Blooming. 

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

I choose to keep to a fairly tight color palette. The original Shoo Fly block had only 2 colors and mine has 5. More colors but still not too crazy! And really, it is more like 4 since both the dots and the stripe have a white background. They both feel like the light in the block but, by having the 2 different prints, it gives a little more interest without being too much!

The Remixed Shoo Fly Quilt Block

The center of the block kind of looks like it could be my remix! I added smaller HST units into the corner HST units.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

But… I kept going!

I ended up having lots to HSTs to make.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

And trim.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

And here is where I ended up for the block.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

This is the EQ version.

This is the block in the quilt!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

The Quilt

For the quilt, I decided to set the blocks on point. Once I did that, I really debated adding more to the side triangles but in the end I decided to keep it simple.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

I really love how it came out!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

And the quilting is super fun!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about her August block challenge remix- the Shoo Fly quilt block!

Be sure to click here to head over to IG and see all the other designers blocks! They are SO CREATIVE!

Happy quilting,

Kate

P.S. Next month we will be remixing the Old Maid’s Puzzle block. Hmmmm…. I better get started playing around!

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  1. Cindy Kauffman says:
    September 25, 2022 at 11:50 am

    Congratulations on your new line. The colors are beautiful and blend so well. Thank you for sharing.

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