Sashing

Card Trick

Sashing can change not only a quilt but a block.I've played with sashing occasionally and been amazed by the difference it can make.

Amish Star #8

Yesterday I played with an Amish Star by coloring it various ways and discovered this new block.

Today I want to play with the new block.

What Is It? #1

I'm going to explore some of the possibilities of an Amish Star block. But instead of playing with one block at a time I'm going to play with nine.

Instead of creating a block and then finding out what kind of quilt it will make I'm going to try creating a quilt and then discover what block was used to make it.

Paired Blocks #30

 Nine Patch

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I thought I'd try combining two very simple blocks and see what happens.

Paired Blocks #29

Snail's Trail

Log Cabin



I had fun playing with these two blocks in my last post; so I thought I'd play some more.

Paired Blocks # 28

Snail's Trail

Log Cabin

Snail's Trail and Log Cabin are two blocks that are made in a similar way. You start at the center and work your way out.
I wondered, what if these two blocks were paired up? So I set out to find out.

Recycling

This Old Block

This block is from my 18 April 2010 post.
What if I play with it again?
Can I find new things to do with it?

Something Simple

What if I start with these two simple units?

I can make these three blocks.





What if I play with these blocks? Try them in different combinations. Color them different ways.

I can make a lot of different quilts. Including These:

5 Patch Block #2

I designed this 10"x10" block on a 5x5 grid; it is a 5 patch block.

Part of the fun part of designing your own block is you get to color it any way you please.


The other part is seeing what happens when you do:

Echo Block # 5

Friendship Star

Friendship Star is a very simple block. Adding a second smaller star to it makes it more interesting. Quilts made with the new block have more variety and life as a result.

Drunkard's Path

Drunkard's Path Plus

I got to wondering - What if a Drunkard's Path block had two quarter circles instead of one?




Here's what happens.

Quilting

Shoo Fly Place Mat

Version 4

Once again I'm playing with the idea that quilting can change how a quilt looks.
This place mat is made using 6 Shoo Fly blocks.

Summer Sun & Waves

The Ladies in
Foam Lake
Saskatchewan
Made This Quilt

"Some lucky person will win this great quilt. We have had many great comments about this quilt and have sold a lot of tickets as a fund raiser for the new Foam Lake Water Park. We had fun doing this and many have commented on the different design."
Elaine

The quilt is from my pattern Winter Sun and Snow. However, the ladies decided to rename it Summer Sun and Waves.

A version of this quilt first appeared in my Sunday 10 April post.

Echo Block #4

Clay's Choice

5 Patch Block #1

I designed this 10"x10" block on a 5x5 grid.

The sewing is simple - Straight lines and connector corners (stitch and flip).

Quilting

Shoo Fly Place Mat

Version 3

 

 

 

 

I'm playing with the idea that quilting can change the way a block looks.

I'm testing the idea out on a place mat made of 6 simple Shoo Fly Blocks.  

In this case I'm using a kind of star to focus attention on the center of the blocks. 





Here's how I envision quilting this design:

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.

Quilting

Shoo Fly Place Mat

Version 2

This quilting is very different from that for Version 1.












The quilting is continuous. Here's how I suggest doing it:

Echo Block #2

Shoo Fly

The design starts with a large and a small version of a Shoo Fly block.

Echo Block #1

Ohio Star

I'm going to play with a kind of block I call an Echo block. I make an Echo block by combining a traditional block with a smaller version of it to make a new block.