Thursday, September 30, 2010

Applique

Tear Drop Flower


This applique design comes from my 21 July 2010 post. It is made using pieces cut with the feather die for the Go fabric cutter.

I want to see what kind of patterns I can create with it.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wonky Block

Birds in the Air

Yesterday I designed this quilt top using one of the wonky Birds in the Air blocks from my 26 September 2010 post.

What if I used other wonky Birds in the Air blocks in this design instead?

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Wonky Block

Birds in the Air


This is one of the 18 wonky Birds in the Air blocks from my 26 September 2010 post.

Today I'll play with it and see what turns up.

Monday, September 27, 2010










From My Pieced Alphabet:

Valley Ridge

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Wonky Block

Birds in the Air



This Birds in the Air block caught my attention. I wondered what it would look like as a 12" x 12" wonky block.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Quilting

Tear Drop Quilt


This applique quilt design comes from my 21 September 2010 post.

It needs quilting.

(To see the quilting better, you may need to click on the images below to enlarge them.)

Friday, September 24, 2010

Borders

Wonky Shoo Fly

This is one of the colored versions from yesterday's post.

I think it's time to give it some borders.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Colors

Wonky Shoo Fly Quilt


Yesterday I discovered this quilt design which features Wonky Shoo Fly blocks and sashing. Today I'm going to try different ways of coloring it.


Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Sashing

Wonky Shoo Fly Quilt





I used this wonky Shoo Fly block to create this pattern.

I find it interesting, but I wonder what it would look like with sashing between the blocks.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Applique

Floral Quilt


I want to use this design at the center of a 4' x 6' floral quilt.

Monday, September 20, 2010


















From My Pieced Alphabet:

Acadia

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Applique

Swoosh Quilt


I was looking at this applique quilt that I designed 16 September 2010, when it occured to me that the corners are crowded. They are busy and detract from the quilt.


Saturday, September 18, 2010

Sashing

Log Cabin


I want to add sashing to this Log Cabin block.


Friday, September 17, 2010

Quilting

Swoosh Quilt


Yesterday I designed this applique quilt top; today I want to design quilting for it.

(Click on the images to enlarge them and see the designs more clearly.)

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Applique

Swoosh Quilt


I was looking through some of my old posts and I found this placemat from 3 August 2010.

It is made by appliqueing simple swoosh shapes. Each one is about 1 1/2" x 2 3/4".


Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Borders

Wonky Jacob's Ladder


I picked this design from my 10 September 2010 post to add borders to.

What if I start by duplicating the block grid around the outside of the design?


Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Wonky Block

Jacob's ladder



When I change the grid on a Jacob's Ladder block I get a wonky Jacob's Ladder.

By asking what if and playing with various arrangements and color versions I hope to find something that I like.

Monday, September 13, 2010













From My Pieced Alphabet:

Whitehorn


Sunday, September 12, 2010

Colors

Tessellated Quilt


Yesterday I decided I liked this tessellated quilt pattern. Today I'm going to try coloring it different ways.


Saturday, September 11, 2010

Tessellation


I'm going to start very simple with these two reverse image blocks that were designed on a ninepatch grid.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Wonky Block

Jacob's Ladder


When I change the grid on a Jacob's Ladder block I get a wonky Jacob's Ladder block.

I'm going to play with this by asking what if over and over. Maybe I'll find something I like.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Applique

Friendship Star Quilt


This quilt top comes from my 7 September 2010 post, where I said I thought it was a good start to an applique quilt.

Today I'm adding the applique.


Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Amish Star #7

Borders

Amish Star Quilt


This quilt design is based on an Amish Star block. It comes from my 1 September 2010 post.


I think it could use some borders.


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Off-Center Quilt

Friendship Star


I want to divide a quilt into 4 quadrants using 6" Friendship Stars.

I don't quite like these proportions.



Monday, September 6, 2010
















From My Pieced Alphbet

Kingsland

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Off-Center Quilt

Pinwheel


This grid is for a 48" x 72" quilt top. I want the center of focus to be where the black square is.

What if I fill the grid with 6" Pinwheel blocks?


Saturday, September 4, 2010

Sashing

Contrary Wife


I was playing with the colors in a Contrary Wife block 31 July 2010 to see how it affected the pattern when I created this design.

Today I want to add sashing and see what affect that has.


Friday, September 3, 2010

Amish Star #6

Borders

Amish Star Quilt


This quilt design is from 1 September 2010. It is based on an Amish Star block.

Today I'm looking for borders for it.


Thursday, September 2, 2010

Amish Star #5

Borders

Amish Star Quilt


This quilt design is from yesterday it is based on an Amish Star block.

Today I want to see if I can find borders for it.


Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Amish Star #4

Sashing

Amish Star


This is one of the ways I came up with for coloring and Amish Star. (See my 7 August 2010 post.)

When I combine 4 of them rotated I get this new block.

I want to experiment with how 6 of these blocks look with sashing between them.