A Do Over

Modified Clay's Choice

This quilt top design was based on a modified Clay's Choice block.

It needs a border. I don't want to do a plain border. I want to do something that relates to the design itself.

One Block, Two Sizes

Clay's Choice
I've experimented with a Clay's Choice block many times before. But there is no limit to what can be done a with a block.So I decided to give Clay's Choice another go.

This time I'm using both a 12" block and an 8" block to create my designs.

Partial Block #2

What if

Clay's Choice

Wasn't All There?

What if I removed a quarter of a Clay's Choice block? What could I do with what was left?

Echo Block #4

Clay's Choice

Paired Blocks #25

Clay's Choice &

Drunkard's Path

I thought it would be interesting to combine an 8" Clay's Choice block with 4" Drunkard's Path blocks.

Scrambled Block #5

Clay's Choice

If you're looking for design inspiration, you might want to try starting with a traditional block and scrambling the units to make new blocks.

Clay's Choice is a traditional block that is constructed from eight units.

What Can You Do

With One Color? 

I chose red as the color I want to explore today.

When I think of one color quilts done in red I immediately think of redwork quilts - red embroider images in a setting of red patchwork designs. You probably do too.

This post isn't about that. It's about making monochrome quilts. Which is just a fancy way of saying one color quilts. But it implies the possibility of using different versions of the one color.

Offset Block #11

When You Offset Blocks

You Create Design Opportunities

Clay's Choice is a traditional block. It's also a very simple block, so you might think there's not a lot you can do with it.

You Can Make The Same Block

In Different Sizes

And Then Design With It


What if You take a Classic block like Clay's Choice...

..and make it three different sizes?  Perhaps, 8"x8", 6"x6" and 4"x4".

You Can Make

Quarter-Of-Four Block Quilts

Starting With Clay's Choice Blocks

Have You Sewn

An Interesting Border Lately?

You want your quilts to look their best. Right? So why would you dress them in drab uninteresting borders?

The right border can make a world of difference to a quilt. To prove this to you, I've taken some designs from my last 2 posts and added borders to them that are anything but plain.

If You Change Something Old,

You Get Something New

Yesterday I added an outside design to blocks with 3x3 grids and got new blocks with 5x5 grids.

SaraJoan liked the idea but used a block with a 4x4 grid and got new blocks with 6x6 grids. She also put borders (which I like) on her ideas to make them quilts. To see what she came up with go to Iridescent weasels and other beasties.

Colors

Wonky Clay's Choice

By changing the grid dimensions on a Clay's Choice block, I can create a Wonky Clay's Choice block.

What sort of patterns can I create when I change the way I color a Wonky Clay's Choice block?

Colors

Clay's Choice

Two days ago I experimented with tones. I colored Clay's Choice blocks in various shades of gray and then assembled the blocks to create designs.  Now I want to see what some of those designs look like in color.

Colors

Clay's Choice

I read somewhere that color gets all the glory and tone does all the work. (I wish I could remember where so that I could attribute the quote.)

I've decided to play with different tones to see how they affect the patterns I create using a Clay's Choice block.