A Do Over

Mix & Match # 1

Last year some time I cut a Jacob's Ladder block into 4 quarters and then did the same with an Ohio Star block. I shuffled the pieces and came up with two new blocks. Then I used the blocks to design a quilt top.






The quilt top deserves a better border than the one I gave it. So I thought it was time I did something about that.

Mix & Match # 5

Jacob's Ladder
& Ohio Star

Ohio Star on the left and Jacob's Ladder on the right are two very traditional blocks that anybody can easily make.

Anybody means you.

Quarter of Nine #18

 Calico Puzzle

Waterwheel

 Twin Star

Jacob's Ladder

Card Trick

Mix & Match #1

What If Two Blocks Became
Two Different Blocks?

Jacob's Ladder           Ohio Star

What if you take two blocks. Cut them into 4 quarters each. Take 2 quarters from each block and sew them together to make a new block. What do you get?

We're about to find out as I'm going to do that very thing with a Jacob's Ladder block and an Ohio Star block.

Echo Block #3

Jacob's Ladder

This quilt design starts with  Jacob's Ladder blocks of two different sizes.

The two are combined to make what I call an Echo block.



There are 16 ways the two can be combined.

Color Play

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder is a traditional block I like. I've tried making it wonky. I've tried scrambling its units. I've tried cutting it into quarters and putting them back together differently. Now I'll try one more thing.

Scrambled Block #1

Jacob's Ladder

On occasion my mind wanders and I put a block together wrong. It occurs to me that this doesn't have to be a bad thing. What if I were to intentionally mix up the units for a block and make a new block? I can call them scrambled blocks.

Quarter of Nine #13

This Quilt

 

 

 

Begins With

 

 

 

A Jacob's Ladder Block

What If

You Change...

...The

Grid

On A

Jacob's

Ladder

Block?


You get a wonky Jacob's Ladder block, which I think is more interesting than the original.

Wonky Block

Jacob's Ladder

 I had so much fun playing with the wonky Jacob's Ladder block in my 10 September 2010 post that I thought I would see what sort of designs I could find using both it and the regular Jacob's Ladder block together.

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.

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.