#handsewpatchwork Block 14: House

"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.



I have been wanting to make a mini quilt with houses for so long but I never did. Now I'm regretting that I haven't done it earlier! The house patchwork is so easy so simple so pretty to handsew.





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After using so many colours for the previous blocks, I decided to just use brown this time for a brick house.



Let's get started!



**Note: The instructions are very short for this block because they are so straightforward. Just sewing from end-to-end! And pressing the seams towards the dark fabrics.



Download Template 14 House





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++Remember that the slanted templates are mirror images! So you have to flip your templates when drawing onto the fabric.





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Arrange the templates and if it's ok, leave them in place so it's easier to visualise. Group them in groups of A, B and C.





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Start sewing from group A. Sew the chimneys and background fabrics.





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Next sew group B, the roof.





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Then sew group C. For this group, we sew the door first. Then sew the window.





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Now sew the three groups together!





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That's it! You have a beautiful house!xxx



^^For cross referencing if you have the book, this patchwork block is at page 133.



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