How do you make OBW quilts with multiple sizes of blocks like this one?
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How do you make OBW quilts with multiple sizes of blocks like this one?
I came across this quilt and was wondering how you make it with multiple size blocks?? Her blog says she used 6 inch, 9 inch and 12 inch blocks.
I've made 2 OBW quilts and have fabric for 2 more. It would be nice to have the option of using multiple sizes to jazz it up a bit.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...rt=121&ndsp=42
I've made 2 OBW quilts and have fabric for 2 more. It would be nice to have the option of using multiple sizes to jazz it up a bit.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...rt=121&ndsp=42
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Oh, I get it. These are 8 sized (kaleidoscope) blocks. So she is able to piece the blocks across and the 6, 9 and 12 blocks work together like a puzzle. Now I have to figure out how to make the kaleidoscope block. Darn, I don't have enough for 8 repeats of what I have purchased.
ETA--what is she using to fill the spaces in the corners of each block?
ETA--what is she using to fill the spaces in the corners of each block?
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I think cuts from the same strips you cut the main triangles from. You'd have nice stacks of 8 so you could plan the corners out to have nice repeats. Not sure the exact dimensions but looks like 45-45-90 triangles.
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in the OBW book, she uses squares pieced like 4 patch posies:
http://www.connectingthreads.com/tut...lock__D20.html
http://www.connectingthreads.com/tut...lock__D20.html
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She makes each kaleidoscope hexagon, then she squares off each of the hexes by adding a triangle to 4 of the outer hexagons. Once she has square blocks to work with, as long as she is working with squares in sizes that are multiples of 3 ... she can mix and match. A 12" square can be matched to two 6" squares ... etc.
it's a very pretty quilt. It looks like she planned the placements before she added the squaring triangles to get matches at the corners, and it looks like she cut the matching triangles in a kaleidoscope pattern. Very clever, and well planned setting.
it's a very pretty quilt. It looks like she planned the placements before she added the squaring triangles to get matches at the corners, and it looks like she cut the matching triangles in a kaleidoscope pattern. Very clever, and well planned setting.
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in the OBW book, she uses squares pieced like 4 patch posies:
http://www.connectingthreads.com/tut...lock__D20.html
http://www.connectingthreads.com/tut...lock__D20.html
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