Monday, September 28, 2009

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

OK everyone.. october is breast care awareness month and i have come up with a swap for our group. Here is the picture of the block...



Here are the directions

This is a 9 inch block finished.

Cut (2) 4" long x 1 1/2" wide strips in your bra color

(1) 5" wide x 6 1/2" long strip of flesh colored fabric- remember there are all shades of flesh

(1) 4" wide x 9 1/2" long strip of flesh colored fabric- the width of this may vary due to how much you have to cut off the top of the flying geese block to match straps so i suggest waiting to cut this block until you are finished sewing the others together and measure what you will need plus the 1/4" seam allowance.

(1) 10"x 10" block in flesh colored fabric

(3) 5" x 5" blocks in bra color

directions for flying geese block can be found here http://www.patchpieces.com/Flyinggeese.html using the 10" block and and (3) 5" Blocks

next you will sew your 4 " strips to your 6 1/2" flesh colored strip

now heres the tricky part ... you will have to trim down the top of your flying geese block to meet the "straps" of your bra. i cut about 1 1/2" off the top but this will depend on your flying geese block.

sew your strap block to the flying geese block.

next sew that section to the 4 x 9 1/2 inch strip of flesh colored fabric-remember depending on how much you had to cut off the top of your flying geese you may have to have a wider strip.

straighten up your block to be 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 and your done now you can embelish with lace, beads, bows anything you can imagine!

I will post a picture of one i have made soon

hope this makes sense!

if you have questions please email me mistyschmidt@grandecom.net



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