Eddie

When I say left and right pieces, what I mean is that the pieces on the left and right side of the braid are the same shape, it's just that the 45 degree cut that created them was cut in a different direction for each side. There is actually only one template that is used. What I did is taped the template to the underside of my Omnigrid 96L triangle and then stacked the strips beneath it right side up and made the cut (this made the pieces for one side of the braid). Then, for the strips for the other side of the braid the strips were laid right side down and the cut was made. So the pieces are shaped the same, it's just that one side has the right side facing up when the cut is made, and the other has it down when the cut it made, so that they will interleave as you stitch the braid.

Looked at another way, if you sort all of your layer cake pieces into two piles, one light and one dark, and then cut each pile into 2.5" strips (4 strips from each cake piece). For the light strips, you'd be cutting the 45 degree angle across the middle of the strip in one direction, whereas for the dark strips you'd be cutting the 45 degree angle across it in the opposite direction. What's nice about this pattern and using a layer cake is that you don't really even need a template - just cut the 10" long 2.5" wide strips across the middle of each one on a 45 degree angle (lights cut in one direction, darks the other).

Hope this helps!

judee0624

:D Great job,Eddie. I love the colors. Can I be your daughter?

judee

Pam Pollock

Great Quilt!! Love the green!!! Your daughter will treasure it!

charmpacksplus

Wow! That's one of the best looking braid quilts I've seen in a long time. I think I might have a Sultry jelly roll hanging around here somewhere. Now I know what I'm going to do with it. :D

justme

Love it, your colors are great! Lucky daughter.............

omak

That is a really nice quilt.
I appreciate your explaining what you did to accomplish the appealing pattern, and I think your supply list was great!
I can see why your daughter would LOVE that quilt!
One of the reasons I buy fabric, since I am seeing a BIG piece of fabric has to do with the pattern on the fabric. Rarely do I even consider the color or texture, though I have used that thought to accomplish some things.
I think your pattern/quilt did a good job of nicely displaying the pattern on the fabric in a big enough piece to actually be able to appreciate the fabric/texture/color all at one time.
Thank you for sharing with us.