Playing with Quilting

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also:29 December 2009)

This quilt was designed using an Oh Susannah block.







I designed quilting for it once before.  I think it would be fun to see if I can come up with a different design.

Playing with Blocks

Card Trick

I am going to start with this Card Trick block and try changing it.

Playing with Quilting

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 18 December 2009)

This quilt was designed using an Oh Susannah block.


How should I quilt it?

Playing with Backs

School House Alphabet Quilt  (See also: 19 December 2009)

This is the back of my School House Alphabet quilt.

The front of the quilt consists of 9 School House blocks that contain the 26 letters of the alphabet and the numbers from 0 to 9.

How did I arrive at this design for the back?

Playing with Borders

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 26 December 2009)

This quilt motif was designed using an Oh Susannah block that has been combined with other blocks. 

I need to find it a border.

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah

Oh Susannah blocks are based on this outline pattern.


What if I use the outline pattern but lose some of the symmetry by coloring the block like this.

This is definitely not a traditional Oh Susannah block.

Playing with Piecing

Canada Goose  (See also: 21 December 2009)

I started to make this pattern for piecing a Canada Goose.  But I stopped at this point because it didn't feel right.
 
I now know what's wrong.  One of the wings is a narrow pointy triangle.  I over simplified it and took all of the curve out of it. It looks skinny, stiff and unnatural. 
 

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah

I am going to see what I can do with with this Oh Susannah block.

Playing with Borders

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 22 December 2009)

This quilt motif was designed using an augmented Oh Susannah block.

It needs a border.

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah

The Oh Susannah block is symmetrical. As a result I can divide it into 4 identical units.

What if I re-assemble those units so that they all point the same way? I have a new block.

Playing with Piecing

Canada Goose

I found this free clip art image on the internet.


I want to use it to develop a pieced pattern.

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah

The Oh Susannah block is symmetrical. As a result I can divided it into 4 identical units.


What if I play with those units and re-assemble them into 3 new blocks?

Playing with Letters

From My Pieced Alphabet:

School House

I wanted to make an alphabet quilt using a School House block.

Playing with Borders

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 17 December 2009)

This quilt motif was designed using an Oh Susannah block.

It needs a border.

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah

What if I start with the simplest of Oh Susannah blocks but use both it and its mirror image?

Playing with Borders

King's Crown Quilt  (See also: 15 December 2009)

This quilt motif was designed using a King's Crown block variation
I need to design borders for it.

Playing with Blocks

King's Crown
  

King's Crown blocks are based on this outline pattern.

What if I use the outline pattern, but lose some of the symmetry by varying the colors on the sides of the block?

To start, I'll try this variation.