Playing with Blocks

Wonky Friendship Star

A Friendship Star is built on a ninepatch grid with consistent dimensions.

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

I get this wonky Friendship Star.

Quilting

Nine Patch Quilt

Strictly speaking this isn't a Nine Patch quilt. The original design was based on a Nine Patch block, but I found the piecing was simpler if I ignored the Nine Patch block. (See 10 March 2010)

In any case I need to design some quilting.

How I Gave Birth to a Book

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Tessellation

On 24 April 2010, using only these two blocks, I created this tessellated quilt pattern.

Now I'd like to play with it some more and see what else I can find.

Quilting

Shoo Fly Placemat

This placemat is made using 6 Shoo Fly blocks. I want to try quilting it.

From My Pieced Alphabet:

Pump House Script

I wondered, what if I try making a pieced alphabet that mimics handwriting?  My Pump House Script alphabet was the result.

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 Tessellation

I am going to start with these 2 simple blocks and see if I can produce a tessellation. (If you need a reminder, I explain tessellation in my 17 April 2010 post.)

Playing with Piecing

Toucan

I thought it might be fun to try piecing a Toucan. It has a very distinctive beak that is almost impossibly big. And it comes in wild tropical colors.

On Point

Hidden Star 

What if I use these on point Hidden Star blocks to design a quilt top?

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 Tessellation

Today I would like to design a quilt pattern that tessellates. (If you need a reminder of what tessellation is see my 17 April 2010 post.)

What if I start with this simple block that I created using a nine-patch grid?

From My Pieced Alphabet:

Inglewood

A week ago, on 12 April 2010, I showed you an alphabet that had a shadow. Today I want to show you one that is only shadow.

Playing with Borders

Empire Star Transformed

I transformed an Empire Star block into a new block and designed this quilt top 13 April 2010.

It needs a border.

What is Tessellation?

The word tessellation may sound scholarly and forbidding. It's not. Tessellating is as simple as tiling a floor.

Square tiles repeated over and over will cover a floor without any gaps. 

This is a tessellation.

Piecing

Eastern Kingbird

I want to design an Eastern Kingbird block for two reasons.  Its simple black and white coloring should be easy to duplicate.  And its official name, Tyrannus tyrannus, is intriguing (I was going to say cool, but I don't know if cool is still cool.)

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.

On Point

Hidden Star

I think Hidden Star would be an interesting block to try on point.

What if I make 2 different Hidden Star blocks using various greens?

Playing with Blocks

Empire Star Transformed

On 31 March 2010 I split an Empire block into 4 pieces and then reassembled the pieces to make a new block.

What if I take that new block, drain the color out of it and then recolor it differently?

It has been transformed yet again.

From My Pieced Alphabet:

Connaught Heavy Shadow

This alphabet has a history. It's not a terribly exciting history.  But it's not a long one either. So bear with me. On 4 January 2010 I introduced you to my Patchwork alphabet. On 11 January I modified it and it became Connaught. On 18 January I modified Connaught and it became Beltline. I'm going to modify Connaught one more time; this time I'm going to add a shadow.