Service Project
Please consider joining your fellow members in making "Friendly Service" blocks. The blocks will be assembled to make quilts for Staben House. Waukegan Township’s Staben House provides transitional housing and community enrichment services to homeless women with children.
The pieced block will measure 8.5" with seam allowance (finished size within the quilt will be 8”), and we are hoping to collect a large amount to put together some sweet quilts for the children residing at Staben House.
Download a copy of the instructions for every block.
August: Appliqué Flower Basket Block
Cut a 6" white fabric for center block; fold into 4ths and iron for centering applique. Applique basket, leaves and flower can be any color.
Cut 2 green squares at 5 ½ "; cut each in half along the diagonal for the 4 corner pieces
Machine, hand or raw edge applique the basket, flower and leaves. DO NOT fuse the pieces.
Sew the four corners on. The outer edges are on the straight of the grain and the seam is along the bias (where you cut - this avoids the outer edges being on the bias).
See the pattern for the block diagram.