Carol W

Great blocks!!

Minnesewta-sam

very clever cutting and pretty results.

pegquilter8

WOW

merryhare

Beautiful! I love using stripes and can't understand why people are afraid of them or say they don't look good in quilt blocks.

bstanbro

When you said there is no shortcut for this, I wasn't sure whether you were referring to the use of stripes or the block itself. Actually, there is a shortcut for the block by Eleanor Burns. The pattern is called Winning Hand. I've made two of them and they are much easier than the Card Trick method:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-29503-1.htm

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-29504-1.htm

virtualbernie

I believe she was referring to the use of the stripes. I saw your card trick quilts and they were beautiful! However, I couldn't figure out how you would get the square effect of the stripes using Eleanor Burns method.

bstanbro

Yes, I think that's probably true. But for people simply interested in the block, there is a simpler way.

ann clare

Thank you. I love the idea of the border panel.

grammypatty7

Beautiful!

Lisa T

This is so cool! My mom collects border prints. I will have to show her this.