Playing with Blocks

Wonky Oh Susannah

Like most blocks Oh Susannah is constructed on a regular grid.

What if I change the grid so that it is part of the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21...?

I get a wonky Oh Susannah block.

Playing with Borders

Fibonacci Corners

This border and corner have a grid based on the Fibonacci series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.....

I want to use this grid to experiment with a variety of corner treatments.

Playing with Borders

Fibonacci Corners

This is a grid based on the numbers 2, 3, and 5, which are taken from the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.....

What if I place this grid in the corner of a quilt border and extend the grid lines out into the border itself?

I can try various cornestone/border combinations in this grid.

Playing with Borders

Wonky Shoo Fly Quilt

I borrowed this quilt top, based on a wonky Shoo Fly block, from my 10 April 2010 post. I changed the colors a little.

It's time to add a border.

Playing with Colors

Wonky Shoo Fly Quilt

This oddly colored wonky Shoo Fly block wandered here from my 8 April 2010 post.

36 of them go together to make this quilt top.

These are not everybody's favorite colors. I don't mind them, but they're not my favorites either.

What if I try this using colors that are a little livelier?

Playing with Blocks

Wonky Shoo Fly

Change the grid dimensions on a regular Shoo Fly block and you get this wonky Shoo Fly block.  (See 4 March 2010)

What if I color the wonky Shoo Fly block, starting with dark green in one corner and shading to light green in the opposite corner?

Playing with Fibonacci

Wonky Shoo Fly

I was reading virtualquilter.wordpress.com the other day. Judy was using Fibonacci series numbers to determine sizes for her quilt borders. I started wondering, what if Fibonacci numbers were used to determine block proportions? So today I am going to redesign a Shoo Fly block using Fibonacci proportions and see what turns up.