Broken Dishes – May 2020 BOM

During 2020 we will be doing blocks from the “One Hundred and one Patchwork Patterns”  book by Ruby Short McKim.  The book was published in 1931, and my husband’s maternal Grandmother learned to quilt from this book.  These blocks are done in her honor.  

This month’s block is Broken Dishes.  This is a fun block to use up scraps.

“This is an excellent pattern to select for using up odd bits of wash materials, especially if the complete top is planned carefully, with the lighter tint blocks to the center, and blues, pinks, etc., so placed that they repeat a color and balance each other” (McKim)

The original instructions were for a 10” finished block, Our block will finish at 12″ (12 1/2″ unfinished).

Fabric Requirements

• Four Color Fabrics  – 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ or one piece 12″ x 12″ for all matching
• Background fabric – 12″ x 12″

Fabric Cutting

Assembly

Using one Color A, and Color B

HST 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ Unfinished

• Using one Color A (Background), and Color B
• Place front sides together
• Stitch 1/4″ along all four sides of square (red line is stitching)

• Cut Diagonally from Corner to corner both directions (purple lines)

• Square – up using your preferred method to 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
  • Example using the “Quilt in a Day Ruler Triangle Ruler”

• Press seams towards darker fabric, resulting in 4 HST

• Layout the 4 HST in the following layout

• Sew together, and press seams

• Repeat using Colors C to E pieces, to create a total of 4 sets of 4 HST (or 16 HST total)

Layout, using the four blocks you created in the previous steps, layout in the following pattern and sew together

Press seams.

Your block is now complete. 

I look forward to seeing all your wonderful blocks!  Make sure to post on the Facebook group! 

Thank you for joining us for this 2020 block of the month!  

Click Here for a downloadable PDF of the instructions.

For the previous blocks, you can check under announcements in the Facebook group.

Look how fun this can be with different sets of “Broken Dishes”

Add a border on two sides, and then rotate the blocks to give a different look.