Wayne Kollinger's Sketch Book

I designed this simple block and I want to see what can be done with it. By combining four of my block I can make this larger block....

I think you can agree this block is simple. Not hard to sew, but not much to look at either. What if I combine 4 of my simple block t...

The block on the left I originally called simple block #8. Not the most memorable name. So I decided to change it to Monday. I decided t...

After yesterday's post I got the urge to play some more with this unit. Even worse, I wanted to play with this arrangement of the...

In my last post I used a simple block to design this quilt top. My wife wants to make the quilt and asked me to ...

This quilt top was designed..... ....using this simple block.

This quilt top was designed using this simple block.

This quilt top was designed..... ...using this simple block.

This quilt top was designed ..... ...using this simple block from yesterday's post.

This quilt top was designed using.... ...this simple block

What if I use a square, a split square and a half square triangle to make a block? This is the block I came up with. Here are 4 ways...

Start with two simple units - a split square and a half-square triangle.    Combine them to make a simple block. Now comes the fu...

A four patch and a split square are both very simple units. Using 2 of each I designed this simple block. The question is: what ca...

I think you'll agree that a half square triangle and a 4 patch unit are both very simple to sew. I'll use these 2 simple uni...

In my last post I used these 2 simple units to make a simple block. I'm using them again to make another simple block. Here...

I am using these two simple units (a half square triangle and a split square).... ... to make this simple block that looks like an ...