Wonky Block

Balkan Puzzle

If I change the grid on an 8" Balkan Puzzle block, I get a 10" Wonky Balkan Puzzle block.

Sashing

Balkan Puzzle

I'll start with a Balkan Puzzle block and I'll color it using purples.

What if I repeat the Balkan Puzzle block leaving room for sashing?

Quilting

Wonky Birds in the Air

This Wonky Birds in the Air quilt design is from my 3 October post.

Today I'm going to dress it up with some quilting.

(You may want to click on the images below in order to see the quilting better)

From My Pieced Alphabet:

North Haven

Borders

Wonky Birds in the Air

This quilt design is from my 1 October 2010 post.

It needs borders to be complete.

Applique

Which-a-ma-call-it

This applique design comes from my 21 July 2010 post. It is made using pieces cut with the feather die for the Go fabric cutter.

I don't know what to call it; but I want to see what I can do with it.

Colors

Wonky Birds in the Air

This quilt pattern comes from my 29 September 2010 post.

Today I'll find out what happens when I try different ways of coloring it.

Applique

Tear Drop Flower

This applique design comes from my 21 July 2010 post. It is made using pieces cut with the feather die for the Go fabric cutter.

I want to see what kind of patterns I can create with it.

Wonky Block

Birds in the Air

Yesterday I designed this quilt top using one of the wonky Birds in the Air blocks from my 26 September 2010 post.

What if I used other wonky Birds in the Air blocks in this design instead?

Wonky Block

Birds in the Air

This is one of the 18 wonky Birds in the Air blocks from my 26 September 2010 post.

Today I'll play with it and see what turns up.

From My Pieced Alphabet:

Valley Ridge

Wonky Block

Birds in the Air

This Birds in the Air block caught my attention. I wondered what it would look like as a 12" x 12" wonky block.

Quilting

Tear Drop Quilt

This applique quilt design comes from my 21 September 2010 post.

It needs quilting.

(To see the quilting better, you may need to click on the images below to enlarge them.)

Borders

Wonky Shoo Fly

This is one of the colored versions from yesterday's post.

I think it's time to give it some borders.

Colors

Wonky Shoo Fly Quilt

Yesterday I discovered this quilt design which features Wonky Shoo Fly blocks and sashing. Today I'm going to try different ways of coloring it.

Sashing

Wonky Shoo Fly Quilt

I used this wonky Shoo Fly block to create this pattern.

I find it interesting, but I wonder what it would look like with sashing between the blocks.

Applique

Floral Quilt

I want to use this design at the center of a 4' x 6' floral quilt.

From My Pieced Alphabet:

Acadia

Applique

Swoosh Quilt

I was looking at this applique quilt that I designed 16 September 2010, when it occured to me that the corners are crowded. They are busy and detract from the quilt.

Sashing

Log Cabin

I want to add sashing to this Log Cabin block.

Quilting

Swoosh Quilt

Yesterday I designed this applique quilt top; today I want to design quilting for it.

(Click on the images to enlarge them and see the designs more clearly.)

Applique

Swoosh Quilt

I was looking through some of my old posts and I found this placemat from 3 August 2010.

It is made by appliqueing simple swoosh shapes. Each one is about 1 1/2" x 2 3/4".

Borders

Wonky Jacob's Ladder

I picked this design from my 10 September 2010 post to add borders to.

What if I start by duplicating the block grid around the outside of the design?

Wonky Block

Jacob's ladder

When I change the grid on a Jacob's Ladder block I get a wonky Jacob's Ladder.

By asking what if and playing with various arrangements and color versions I hope to find something that I like.

From My Pieced Alphabet:

Whitehorn

Colors

Tessellated Quilt

Yesterday I decided I liked this tessellated quilt pattern. Today I'm going to try coloring it different ways.

Tessellation

I'm going to start very simple with these two reverse image blocks that were designed on a ninepatch grid.

Wonky Block

Jacob's Ladder

When I change the grid on a Jacob's Ladder block I get a wonky Jacob's Ladder block.

I'm going to play with this by asking what if over and over. Maybe I'll find something I like.

Applique

Friendship Star Quilt

This quilt top comes from my 7 September 2010 post, where I said I thought it was a good start to an applique quilt.

Today I'm adding the applique.

Amish Star #7

Borders

Amish Star Quilt

This quilt design is based on an Amish Star block. It comes from my 1 September 2010 post.


I think it could use some borders.

Off-Center Quilt

Friendship Star

I want to divide a quilt into 4 quadrants using 6" Friendship Stars.

I don't quite like these proportions.

From My Pieced Alphbet

Kingsland

Off-Center Quilt

Pinwheel

This grid is for a 48" x 72" quilt top. I want the center of focus to be where the black square is.

What if I fill the grid with 6" Pinwheel blocks?

Sashing

Contrary Wife

I was playing with the colors in a Contrary Wife block 31 July 2010 to see how it affected the pattern when I created this design.

Today I want to add sashing and see what affect that has.

Amish Star #6

Borders

Amish Star Quilt

This quilt design is from 1 September 2010. It is based on an Amish Star block.

Today I'm looking for borders for it.

Amish Star #5

Borders

Amish Star Quilt

This quilt design is from yesterday it is based on an Amish Star block.

Today I want to see if I can find borders for it.

Amish Star #4

Sashing

Amish Star

This is one of the ways I came up with for coloring and Amish Star. (See my 7 August 2010 post.)

When I combine 4 of them rotated I get this new block.

I want to experiment with how 6 of these blocks look with sashing between them.

Off-Center Quilt

Shoo Fly

This 54" x 66" lap quilt design is made using 6" Shoo Fly blocks.

It's definitely different.  Can I make it work?

From My Pieced Alphabet

Queensland

Applique

Tessellated Quilt

This tessellated pattern is made by repeating a simple rotated block.

I want to see what it looks like in various colors.

And I want to try appliqueing on it with this figure composed of pieces cut on my Go fabric die cutter.

Colors

Friendship Star Quilt

Yesterday I decided I liked this quilt design. It is a combination of piecing and applique.

Today I decided I'm not totally happy with the colors. I'd like to tweak them.

Applique

Friendship Star Quilt

Two days ago, 25 August 2010, I designed this quilt top. Now I want to see what happens if I add some applique to it.

Off-center Quilt

Sawtooth Star

I want to design a 72" x 96" quilt top using 6" Sawtooth Stars.

What if I create a series of boxes that nest in the top right corner? I'll start with dark purple stars on the outside and transition to light purple in the center.

Off-Center Quilt

Friendship Star

I want to use 6" Friendship Stars to make a 36" x 48" quilt.

What if I create a rectangular box of blue Friendship Stars?

What if I create a smaller box of red Friendship stars, but instead of centering it I nestle it into the upper right corner?

Off-Center Quilt

Nine Patch

This is a 6 x 8 quilt grid of 12" squares.

When designing a quilt it is usual to make a design that is symmetrical about point A in the center of the quilt.

What if I create a design that is centered about point B instead?

From My Pieced Alphabet:

Hawkwood

Quilting

Circles Placemat

This placemat design comes from my 20 August 2010 post.

I want to experiment with ways of quilting it.

Borders

Ohio Star

This quilt design appeared in my 19 August 2010 post. It needs borders.

Applique

Circles Placemat

I want to create placemats by adapting some of the applique designs I created for circles 27 July 2010.