Empire Quilters Block of the Month – April 2007

A Cup to Wake Me Up after the Quilt Show — 6 " finished

To make this block you will need:

• Material for CUP and HANDLE:
  approximately a 9" x 9" piece of colorful material with or without a pattern
• Material for BACKGROUND:
  approximately 10" x 16" of light blue material

Instructions:

1. From the cup material, cut a 3½" x 3½" square. Set this aside for the time being.
2. From the remaining cup material, cut a strip ¾" x 1¾"
3. From the background material, cut a strip 1¼" x 1¾". Sew this to the above cup strip along the 1¾" length side.
4. From the cup material, cut 2 strips ¾" x 1½". Sew one to the top and one to the bottom of the above joined strip. This forms the cup handle. To the right of this, sew a 1¾" x 2½" blue background strip.
5. To the top of this section, sew a 1" x 2¾" strip of the blue background material and to the bottom a 1" x 2¾" strip. Sew this whole handle section to the right side of the cup, the 3½" x 3½" piece (created in step 1, and set aside). To the left of the cup and handle section, sew a 1¼" x 3½" blue background strip.
6. Sew a blue background strip 1¼" x 6½" to the top of the above bigger section.
7. For the saucer section of the cup, cut a 1¼" x 4½" strip from the cup material. Then cut one 1¼" x 2" piece from the blue background material. Place perpendicularly to the left side of the saucer piece. Draw a line from the bottom inside corner to the top outside corner and then fold back to give an angle to the saucer. Do the same on the right side of the saucer also using a 1¼" x 3½" blue background piece. Measure and trim this saucer section to 1¼" x 6½".
   
8. Take this saucer piece, mark the center of the saucer (without counting in the blue background), mark the center of the cup and then sew saucer section to the cup section. Then, to the bottom of this larger piece, sew the final 1¾" x 6½" blue background strip to complete the block which should measure 6½" x 6½" unfinished.

— Anna Krassy

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Special Note … If you would prefer to paper piece this cup, see Anna Krassy at the March 10, 2007 Empire Quilters meeting. She will have paper piecing patterns available.

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