Quilting: Shoo-fly - 1/2/12

This block is called the shoo-fly block (named after a shoo fly pie, though I don't see how it looks like that at all!)
Anyway this block uses two of the templates from last week's sailboat block (the small triangle and the small rectangle), along with the big square from the first block (double four-patch).
One big square for the centre
Four rectangles
Eight triangles (four of each colour)
My block has four different fabrics, but you could easily make it out of just two.

Start by sewing the small triangles to make small squares

Fabric laid out after I'd sewn the small triangles together

Then you make up the horizontal strips by sewing two small squares to one rectangle, and the two other rectangles to the central big square.

Finally you sew the horizontal strips together to make a square

I think I need to work on the accuracy of my seam allowances and make myself a guide to stick to my sewing machine as well as just using the presser foot, as the seams should line up and they don't really!

The edges aren't completely straight either, I think I had too much seam allowance when I was sewing together the small triangles, but I can hide the wobbly edges when I sew the whole quilt together!