One Block, Two Sizes

King's Crown

What if I start with
12" x 12" and 8" x 8"
King's Crown blocks?







What if I experiment with how an 12" block and an 8" block are placed side by side and with how they are colored?

Playing with Fabric

Elegant Spirit

by Kay Koeper Sorensen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recently on her blog, Quilts + Color, Kay Koeper Sorensen showed some fabric she had designed, called Elegant Spirit.

I Used To Think This Was

The King's Crown Block

And, of course, it is. At least, according to conventional wisdom, it is.




But then....

What If You Use One Block

But In Different Sizes?

What Sort Of Quilts

Can You Design?

The best way to find out is try it.

I'm going to try it with King's Crown in three sizes: full size, 3/4 size and 1/2 size.

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.

Borders

King's Crown

I developed the original idea for this quilt top in my 15 December 2009 post. Then on 15 August 2010 I added sashing to it. Now I'm going to add a border.

Sashing

King's Crown

When I repeat a King's Crown block I get a pattern that is pleasant but not very exciting.

What if I put sashing between the blocks?

Playing with Blocks

Wonky King's Crown

A week ago, 18 May 2010, I changed the grid dimensions on a King's Crown block and got a wonky King's Crown block.

On Point

King's Crown

I want to design an on point quilt.


What if I start with a King's Crown block and turn it on point?

Playing with Blocks

Wonky King's Crown

Like most blocks, the King's Crown block is designed on a regular grid.

What if I change the grid on a KIng's Crown block so that it is part of the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21...?

This is a remarkable change. The wonky King's Crown block looks nothing like the original.

Playing with Borders

King's Crown Quilt  (See also: 15 December 2009)

This quilt motif was designed using a King's Crown block variation
I need to design borders for it.

Playing with Blocks

King's Crown
  

King's Crown blocks are based on this outline pattern.

What if I use the outline pattern, but lose some of the symmetry by varying the colors on the sides of the block?

To start, I'll try this variation.