After a wonderful week at the coast with two of our kids I am back in the quilt studio (really just a small bedroom, but I like to call it that.)  I was glad to see another 12" inch block, but my hedgehogs will still need to be pretty small for this one.  I think it took me longer to choose my fabrics for this block than to actually sew it. 
I was not familiar with Brigitte Heitland and enjoyed exploring her blog a bit.  Modern quilts are growing on me.  You can find her pattern for block 4 on her blog linked here.  Brigittte also included paper piecing patterns for this block, which I was tempted to use, but just printed them instead to save for later.

Since I am using directional fabrics for this block I decided the best thing to do was lay out all of my pieces to make sure things were turned the direction I wanted them to be.

I decided to start with the easy nine-patch used for the center of the block.
I joined the squares into rows, pressing towards the dark squares in each row.

I had a lot of fun making this month's block. 
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I am working on a second version using Edyta Sitar's Cold Spell line of fabrics.  This is an older line that I have had sitting on my shelf for a couple of years.  

A couple of little tips that might be helpful-sew slowly over those seams and use a stiletto to hold them down as you sew over them.

When sewing the rows together to make the block I have found that if I start sewing with the seams that face the needle first and pin the seams that are facing away form the needle things line up pretty well in the end.

I have included some Video Tutorials for Block Two as well. 
​I hope you have fun with this month's block!

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