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Ninepatch Pinwheel #7 26 Aug 2013 | 06:53 am
Rocky Mountain House To make a Ninepatch Pinwheel block I start with a design on a ninepatch grid. And then determine the piecing. I pick some colors. Then I use four of the block to make a kind of ...
Ontario Series #5 17 Aug 2013 | 10:51 am
Kingston Kingston is another in my series of blocks named after places in Ontario. These are all paper pieced blocks because they do not use standard half square triangles. To test the block I'll tr...
Log Cabin 30 Jul 2013 | 03:51 am
Modern Log Cabins You may have noticed that I like to change old blocks to make new ones. Today I'm going to experiment with a Log Cabin block. As you probably know a Log Cabin block starts with 2 s...
Wonky Block Update 17 Jul 2013 | 07:52 pm
Pillows By Roos Roos Kuypers sent me this picture of two pillows that she designed and then pieced and quilted by hand. She started the design by changing the grid on a tradional Capital T block, thu...
Color Play 15 Jul 2013 | 06:30 pm
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 differentl...
Swirl #3 A 14 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
How To Piece Bernice Yesterday I showed you quilt designs using my Bernice block. Today I'll show you how I would piece this block. On the left I show it as a 6"x 6" block on a 1/2"x 1/2" grid. On...
Swirl #3 13 Jul 2013 | 07:55 pm
Bernice I designed this swirl block and named it after my wife's mother Bernice. When I play with it this is what I get. I wish I could find the time to sew them all.
Paired Blocks #26 11 Jul 2013 | 07:33 pm
Linda Lorraine Having designed these two blocks, I thought it might be interesting to see what happens when I use them together to create a quilt design. Here are a few examples. ...
Swirl #2 A 7 Jul 2013 | 11:35 pm
How To Piece Lorraine Yesterday I showed you this block that I designed and named Lorraine. Today I'll show you how I would piece it. (You might decide there is a better way.) I've drawn it as a 6"...
Swirl #2 6 Jul 2013 | 07:55 pm
Lorraine Two days ago I did a post that I titled Swirl #1. That title suggests that there must be more than one, so I had to go back to my graph paper and design a second swirl block. I named this o...
