Sometimes I'm surprised at how stupid I can be! Because we're making this quilt from a picture, not a pattern, I had to chart out everything. I've already told you about the ridiculous first seam. These "losenge" blocks have given me a hard time!
The quilt needs four of these and sixteen half blocks. I made a mistake when I drafted the block. I drew the points where the corner triangles meet to the cutting line, not the seam line. I didn't notice what I'd done, but I really noticed that I couldn't make the block work.
After eight blocks that weren't really right I decided to redraft the block. About time! As soon as I drew it out I realized what was wrong and corrected that problem.
Then I tried out the new pattern in scrap material. How come I didn't do that first time around? What's that definition of stupidity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to turn out differently?
This scrap block turned out perfectly on the first try! If I have enough material (and I think I do) I will make four good blocks when everything else is finished, before sewing the top together.
I also drafted the blocks for the inner border, and did make one of them. The light purple is a directional fabric so I cut half the blocks horizontal and half the blocks vertical, for the sides and the top/bottom. This inner border block will be positioned further out, not where it is in this photo, but I haven't sewed the blocks surrounding this center block yet.
After that it was easy to draft the half losenge block, though I haven't made any of them yet.
You can see a bit of the yellow that will be an accent fabric in the quilt. It doesn't belong in the losenge block, but in its own block, show in the next photo.
I think it's quite pretty all together.
Here's S's first block. Her colours are really pretty together!
The quilt needs four of these and sixteen half blocks. I made a mistake when I drafted the block. I drew the points where the corner triangles meet to the cutting line, not the seam line. I didn't notice what I'd done, but I really noticed that I couldn't make the block work.
After eight blocks that weren't really right I decided to redraft the block. About time! As soon as I drew it out I realized what was wrong and corrected that problem. Then I tried out the new pattern in scrap material. How come I didn't do that first time around? What's that definition of stupidity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to turn out differently?
This scrap block turned out perfectly on the first try! If I have enough material (and I think I do) I will make four good blocks when everything else is finished, before sewing the top together.
I also drafted the blocks for the inner border, and did make one of them. The light purple is a directional fabric so I cut half the blocks horizontal and half the blocks vertical, for the sides and the top/bottom. This inner border block will be positioned further out, not where it is in this photo, but I haven't sewed the blocks surrounding this center block yet.
After that it was easy to draft the half losenge block, though I haven't made any of them yet.
You can see a bit of the yellow that will be an accent fabric in the quilt. It doesn't belong in the losenge block, but in its own block, show in the next photo.
I think it's quite pretty all together.
Here's S's first block. Her colours are really pretty together!
With all the drafting work I've done for this quilt I should make a second top, just using a different colour combination. That would take a fraction of the time this top has taken!
Sorry about the strange positioning in this post. Sometimes the post doesn't look like what I make up. Pictures wander here and there and gaps appear. Who knows why or how to fix it? Not me.
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