Lets talk about someone pretty amazing, my mum (who this block is named for as she is called Mrs Thomas). The best mums raise feminists and so my mum is the best. She is a strong, independent, caring woman who installed in me the work ethic I am proud of. She also impressed Margaret Thatcher, who love her or loath her was the first female prime minister in the UK.
Let me tell you how the first female prime minister was impressed by my mum (who was only 18 at the time). Mum had just left school at got her first job at a bank in Sussex. My grandfather at the time was working for a different bank on all the privatisation's of British Gas and BT at the time and so was having a lot of meetings with government ministers. My mum was super excited about her new job and so one day, when Margaret Thatcher's private secretary called my grandparents home to speak to my Grandad, my mum picked up the phone and answered it as if she was at work "Good morning Midland Bank", obviously embarrassed when she realised she wasn't at work she passed the phone to my Grandad and got on with the day.
Now about 10 years ago we were having this conversation with my Grandad and found out it didn't end there. The private secretary was clearly tickled by my mum saying the name of her bank and my Grandad explained to him that she had chosen to work in a different bank to him to show she could make it without being known as his daughter (he was quite high up in the bank). All of this got passed back to Thatcher who expressed that she was impressed with my mum. The ridiculous thing about my family is that we only found out Thatcher was impressed by my mums work ethic 30 years after the event when Grandad let it slip! So there you go, whether you love Thatcher or hate her, just remember, my mum impressed her!
Now to the sewing. My mum taught me how to sew which is partly why this block is named after her, the other reason is she is a strong feminist (duh). The fabric in this block is also linked to the women of my family. The purple flora fabric was bought by my grandma which she made into a dress for my mum to wear on my christening day. How cute is that?!
Now, let us sew. This block was also another one I saw an image of but had to draft it myself. So first break the block into sections.
First sew the small (and they are small) triangles to the bigger coloured triangles. There are a lot so it may take a while. Also make sure there is 0.5cm at the end of the rectangles on the cream so that will be your seam allowance.
Now, sew all of those rectangles together to create long strips of triangles adding the coloured triangles on at the end.
Add the cream large triangles onto the sides to create a square. This square makes up a quarter of the block.
Sew the four big squares together making sure to match up the points so that the squares are all joined together properly. Finally trim the block to the right size (20x20cm).
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