"Turning Over a New Leaf #2" OBW with octagons
02-04-2011, 03:14 PM
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I love them both and I am rather addicted to making them, too (ever so slow, though). I think it is because I only have to pick one colour and I haven't had the guts to try the octagon yet, seems from reading about it, more complicated to me.
02-04-2011, 03:44 PM
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I cannot decide which I like better because the light makes them look so different in color. I know you said they were the dame fabric, but it sure doesn't look like that. There is more sewing with the octogon. I will have to try an octogon. I have done a couple 4-patch posies, and hexes, so onward and upward! They are addicting. AND, I have that fabric!!!!!!!
02-04-2011, 06:15 PM
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I think some of the blocks stand out more in the octagons which is nice, but the hexagons have a better flow to them.
Each has it's own place, I would now have to stop and audition them both out of the next fabric I start cutting into, or buy enough to make a quilt out of each :D:D:D
I really love your octagon quilt!! :D:D:D
Each has it's own place, I would now have to stop and audition them both out of the next fabric I start cutting into, or buy enough to make a quilt out of each :D:D:D
I really love your octagon quilt!! :D:D:D
02-05-2011, 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted by k3n
Thank you! No fussy cutting, it's a process like stack n whack where you layer repeats of fabric and cut triangles from that to create the kaleidoscope effect. No waste and a surprise in every block! Check out the Topic List for more info on the books etc...http://www.quiltingboard.com/virtual_section_list.jsp
Awesome job on yours :thumbup:
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