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Back to School- with a New Backpack!

Posted byKayePosted inQuilt Block ManiaTags:, , , , , ,

There is nothing better than having a brand new backpack filled with freshly sharpened pencils and clean-paged notebooks to start school. I loved going to school so much that I became a teacher!

Back to School may look different this year but we need to encourage our youth to be excited about learning. Maybe they can even learn to sew their own backpack block!

For Quilt Block Mania I designed a paper-pieced backpack. Although it may seem difficult at first glance, it is totally doable. If you have never done any foundation paper piecing before, I encourage you to watch my video tutorial (at the end of the post) on the topic to get started. Although there are a couple of very small pieces- notably the zipper pulls, if you just take your time and go block by block, number by number, you will be surprised how easily this block comes together.

Getting Started. We were asked to use a certain colorway and this was the closest I could get from my “inventory”.
Sometimes, even when you are the designer, you cut off the wrong part and have to do a bit of picking.
Here are the blocks all sewed, trimmed and set out. I should have made the tag a different color from the background. Oh well- I got confused for a second!
HereI am with the completed block.

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This quilt block pattern will be free until September 2, 2020 when the next block comes out. After that it will be $2.99.

Don’t forget to check out these other great blocks!

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