Thursday, December 31, 2009

Playing with Quilting

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also:29 December 2009)

This quilt was designed using an Oh Susannah block.







I designed quilting for it once before.  I think it would be fun to see if I can come up with a different design.


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Playing with Blocks

Card Trick

I am going to start with this Card Trick block and try changing it.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Playing with Quilting

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 18 December 2009)







This quilt was designed using an Oh Susannah block.


How should I quilt it?


Monday, December 28, 2009

Playing with Backs

School House Alphabet Quilt  (See also: 19 December 2009)

This is the back of my School House Alphabet quilt.
























The front of the quilt consists of 9 School House blocks that contain the 26 letters of the alphabet and the numbers from 0 to 9.

How did I arrive at this design for the back?

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Playing with Borders

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 26 December 2009)








This quilt motif was designed using an Oh Susannah block that has been combined with other blocks. 

I need to find it a border.




Saturday, December 26, 2009

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah



Oh Susannah blocks are based on this outline pattern.


What if I use the outline pattern but lose some of the symmetry by coloring the block like this.

This is definitely not a traditional Oh Susannah block.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Playing with Piecing

Canada Goose  (See also: 21 December 2009)

I started to make this pattern for piecing a Canada Goose.  But I stopped at this point because it didn't feel right.
 
I now know what's wrong.  One of the wings is a narrow pointy triangle.  I over simplified it and took all of the curve out of it. It looks skinny, stiff and unnatural. 
 

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah






I am going to see what I can do with with this Oh Susannah block.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Playing with Borders

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 22 December 2009)



This quilt motif was designed using an augmented Oh Susannah block.

It needs a border.








Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah





The Oh Susannah block is symmetrical. As a result I can divide it into 4 identical units.


What if I re-assemble those units so that they all point the same way? I have a new block.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Playing with Piecing

Canada Goose

I found this free clip art image on the internet.


I want to use it to develop a pieced pattern.





Sunday, December 20, 2009

Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah






The Oh Susannah block is symmetrical. As a result I can divided it into 4 identical units.


What if I play with those units and re-assemble them into 3 new blocks?

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Playing with Letters
















From My Pieced Alphabet:

School House

I wanted to make an alphabet quilt using a School House block.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Playing with Borders

Oh Susannah Quilt  (See also: 17 December 2009)
















This quilt motif was designed using an Oh Susannah block.
It needs a border.

Thursday, December 17, 2009


Playing with Blocks

Oh Susannah





What if I start with the simplest of Oh Susannah blocks but use both it and its mirror image?




Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Playing with Borders

King's Crown Quilt  (See also: 15 December 2009)













This quilt motif was designed using a King's Crown block variation
I need to design borders for it.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Playing with Blocks

King's Crown
  





King's Crown blocks are based on this outline pattern.

What if I use the outline pattern, but lose some of the symmetry by varying the colors on the sides of the block?

To start, I'll try this variation.