Chain ReAction - now quilted
06-17-2011, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by fireworkslover
Katrine,
Is that big block really made up of hex's the same size as the black/white print ones? I can't see your seams where it seems they should be if it is. How did you ever come up w/ a design for this? Did you draw it out on paper first and color the block sections in w/ colored pencils or something like that? The optical illusion of the blocks is fascinating to me. It's wonderful!!!
Is that big block really made up of hex's the same size as the black/white print ones? I can't see your seams where it seems they should be if it is. How did you ever come up w/ a design for this? Did you draw it out on paper first and color the block sections in w/ colored pencils or something like that? The optical illusion of the blocks is fascinating to me. It's wonderful!!!
I did use a chart which I coloured in each individual section of the big and interlocking cubes.
It's slightly weird making them because of course when you start joining them together, nothing looks "right" until the whole composition is on the wall.
If you look at the 3rd photo on my first post of this quilt, you can see the big cube a bit closer
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-68715-1.htm
In "One Block Wonders Cubed" the author recommends the chart etc and shows examples of layout. When I did "Ice Follies" I actually had 2 charts - one I worked from at the machine with a numbered cutting list, and a copy pinned on the wall as an aide to placement. The three big cubes on that had 232 separate pieces alone. Some of the hexes had 5 or separate pieces.
The book recommends only cutting 2 or 3 hexes at one time and putting them on the wall before doing more. I agree!
I used the free equilateral triangle graph paper here, for drafting
http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/trianglehex.html
06-17-2011, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by gwanma
I have been looking at your quilt more carefully and I think it is magnificent! All those new "flowers" you have created out of the lily fabric. and those cubes! interlocking and all is just boggling my mind. I think I am not ready for this pattern yet but maybe one day. It kinda gives me a headache trying to figure out how you lay this pattern out. Wonderful job!
06-25-2011, 08:40 AM
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Thank you! I'm a big fan of them too, have done lots, and currently have one awaiting quilting, two on the wall to finish off, one already made into hexes ready for a space on the wall, one cut not assembled yet!
09-20-2011, 09:03 PM
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Thank you! I also did one with 3 "biggie" cubes interlocking
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-75933-1.htm
They take time to do but are fascinating - I've got an idea for something similar too.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-75933-1.htm
They take time to do but are fascinating - I've got an idea for something similar too.
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