Sweet Snow Along 10 - One Last Pieced Block and Star Snowman
Posted by Wanda Milankov on
The goal this week is to assemble one last block, Row 1 Block 2, and the Star Snowman
You will need:
- Black Vintage Cookbook fabric
- White Solid fabric
- Optional: Deb Tucker® ruler
- 6 Star Snowman pattern pages
- 18” x 27”rectangle of Blue Vintage Ads fabric
- Fabric collection
- Fusible web - EZ Steam® or Steam-A Seam II Lite®
- fine permanent marker or pen
- paper and fabric scissors
- 10" piece of parchment paper or a non-stick pressing sheet
- Iron and pressing surface
Lots to do this week! Let's start with the block construction.
Again, there are two methods for this assembly.
Row 1 Block 2

|
Black fabric |
White fabric |
Method 1 |
4 - 2” x 3½” 2 - 2¾” squares 4 - 2” squares |
2 - 3⅞” squares 2 - 2¾” squares 1 - 2" square |
Method 2 |
4 - 2” x 3½” 4 - 3" squares 4 -2" squares |
8 - 3" squares 5 - 2" squares |
Method 1:
1. Slice each 3⅞” white square in half once diagonally.
2. Slice all 2¾” black and white squares diagonally twice.
3. Using the Pieced Block Guide in the pattern as a guide, lay all of the pieces out beside your sewing machine as they would appear in the block and sew them together. Hint: Sew the 4 quadrants first.
4. Square the block to 8".
Method 2:
1. Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of a white 3" square.

2. Position a black 3" square right sides together with the white square.
3. Sew a scant ¼” on each side of the drawn line and slice the unit in half on the drawn line.



The next installment is 2 weeks away! Thought you might need an extra week to catch up!
Sweet Snow Along 10 will be posted March 29th
Deb – Please see the response to Leslie.
Lori – I would do 5 snowballs. It’s more manageable and also defines the outline stitching lines for you.
Victoria – Please the response to Leslie.
Leslie – You are so right! I am sorry…even my editor missed this.
The Combination Square Triangles are made with 1 black square and 2 white squares. The cutting is correct, just the pictures and description had the black and white squares reversed. It has now been updated.
Hi Wanda, in the row 1, block 2 – method 2, as the predominate colour in the CST is white, shouldn’t the HST be placed on a 3” white square?