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UPDATED!! This pattern now includes a link to a video walk-through of me making a Zen Block!

This pattern will teach you how to make Zen Blocks rice pattern weights with written instructions and detailed diagrams. I use them for a million things besides weighing down pattern pieces. At my house they are also: stress sqeezers, cookbook page weights, tic-tac-toe game pieces, helium balloon weights, pin cushions and stackable sewing room decor!

-Fast construction and SO FUN!

-They make great gifts for sewing friends!

-Beginner friendly!

-Fat Quarter friendly!

-Each block finishes at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"

-Lots of options for filling materials, but we love jasmine rice.

-No pattern pieces, each block is made from a rectangle.

Supplies:

• Approximately ⅔ Cup dry uncooked rice (I like Jasmine) or other fill

  • Beans, lentils, ground nut shells or plastic bead fill are some suggestions

  • NOTE: For pattern weights - use dry fill only. NO OILS!

• Funnel or paper cone

• 9” x 5” piece of woven fabric (a fat-quarter yields 8 blocks, a fat-eighth yields 4 blocks)

• Matching all purpose thread

• Sewing needle for 1 ½” of hand sewing

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