A4AQAL: Lesson 3 – Unit B5

The Aiming for Accuracy quilt-along (QAL) was held in the Summer/early Fall of 2013. The lessons, blocks and detailed photo tutorials have been removed from this site and are now available for sale as a complete booklet.

Find out more about it here: Aiming for Accuracy Booklet.

Welcome everyone to the Lesson 3 for the Aiming for Accuracy Quilt-Along (A4AQAL). My apologies for the delay in getting this lesson posted.

If you’re new here, check out the main QAL page where you’ll find all the information to so that you can join us on this QAL adventure.

We have weekly prizes that everyone can enter. Amy Gay of Butterfly Angels Quilting has volunteered to be Prize Coordinator and will be communicating with the winners and sponsors. For the first 12 weekly lessons, we have five or six prizes to give-away each week.

To enter the weekly give-aways: Each Saturday, there will be a blog post available on the Quilting Gallery site, where you will upload your completed photo for that week’s lesson. Check the main QAL page for the link. You’ll have until the following Friday evening to enter. Amy will be choosing the week’s winners on Saturday morning.

For those that have completed Lesson 2, submit your photos here before midnight on Friday.

We are chatting up a storm in our Facebook Group and you can also share photos in our Flickr Group.

Please note: Even if you share photos on other social media sites or your own blog, to be eligible to win one of the give-aways, you still need to upload the photo on this site.

Spilt Quarter-Square Triangles (SQST)

For this week’s Aiming for Accuracy lesson, I’ll refer you to the Spilt Quarter-Square Triangle tutorial that I’ve created.

While you could cut your fabrics on the bias to create the segments used to complete this week’s pinwheel blocks, I strongly believe that it’s easier far more accurate to start with oversized squares and trim the segments to the desired size for assembly into the quilt block.

Disclaimer: This quilt design, tutorial and all photos are copyright Michele Foster of Mishka’s Playground. Please respect my copyright and do not copy this tutorial or republish it, for free or for sale, in print or online. You may use this tutorial to create quilts for your own personal use for free or for sale. However, please credit Michele Foster of Mishka’s Playground for the design. No mass production is allowed.