Sizzling hot!.......

When it is cold and snowy outside what should you do? Start a "sizzling hot" orange quilt! This was a technique that I learned for a border as part of a class that I took with Janet Jones Worley to make her "Chocolate Ripple" quilt. I liked the look and have been wanting to use it again on something. The peaks of this make me think of "fire" so with the orange color it seemed like a good idea. Take two squares.....each cut 8 3/8".
Stack them right sides together, draw a diagonal, and sew 1/4" on each side of the diagonal line.

Cut them apart and iron them open, making two half-square triangle blocks.

Make two stacks. Turn them to face each other as shown. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

Slice each of the blocks in 2" pieces.

Rearrange their order as shown.

When both blocks are sliced and rearranged they look like this.

Sew them together and you have your first "sizzling" block!

I feel warmer already!

I'm combining different combinations of orange and hot gold. I've been doing a reverse block of each combination, also for variety. I don't know yet how I want to arrange them. There are lots of possibilities! When I get more made and decide how they are going to end up, I will do an update! But it is a fun block in any color combination. On my sidebar is a very different combo shown in greens and brown around my "2 Scoops Please" quilt from the "Chocolate Ripple" class.