Flying Shuttles
You won't find a Flying Shuttles block anywhere in this quilt design; but you need to sew Flying Shuttles blocks to make the quilt.
Far left: The 9 units that make a Flying Shuttles block
Center: A Flying Shuttles block
Near Left: A Flying Shuttles block cut into quarters
Cut a Flying Shuttles block into quarters and you make what I call Quarter of Nine blocks. You'll notice that it makes two different Quarter of Nine blocks. You can use these new blocks to design your own quilts.
Here are a few examples of what's possible.
Playing with Quarter of Nine blocks made from traditional blocks, like Flying Shuttles, is a fun way for you to discover quilt designs of your own.
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