Start With A London Roads BlockMake A Quarter of Nine Block QuiltA London Roads block is made from nine simple squares that can be colored a variety of ways. Its a ninepatch block; cu...
Designing Quilts On ComputerUsing PaintPart 1I dont use a quilt design program to design my quilts. I use the version of Paint that comes with Windows XP. It has its limitations but it is an easy way...
Another Look At WeyburnBrenda King sent me a smilebox for participating in the Weyburn quilt show. Id never even heard of a smilebox before let alone received one. I thought you might like to se...
This Is MeIn Weyburn SaskatchewanLinda and I just got back from Weyburn Saskatchewan, where every 2 years the Weyburn Crocus Quilters put on a quilt show.We had a great time and were impressed b...
What If You Change The Grid Of ......A Contrary Wife Block ?You get this wonky Contrary Wife block.I want you to notice 2 things about this block. First, there is no order to the dimensions; they do ...
What If You Change The Grid......Of ADutchmansPuzzleBlock?You get a wonky block. Notice that I didnt change all the dimensions. Notice also that I didnt make all the dimension different; I repeated s...
What If You Change......The GridOn AJacobs Ladder Block?You get a wonky Jacobs Ladder block, which I think is more interesting than the original.I like this block because there is so much more you ca...
What If You Change......The Grid On A Shoo Fly Block?You get a wonky Shoo Fly block.Now I dont know what you think, but I think that all by itself a Wonky Shoo Fly block is not much to look at ....
A Quick UpdateA month ago I showed you this quilt (On The Road to Weyburn) while my wife was still working on it and before it had borders. I thought you might like to see it finished.
What If You Made An Ohio Star Block.....Then Cut It IntoFour Quarters?To avoid problems later on, I pressed the seams of the hour glass squares on the sides of this Ohio Star block open be...
What If You Made A Friendship Star......Then Cut It Into Quarters?The result is 4 Quarter of Nine blocks that are really quite strange. When we cut up a Nine Patch block three days ago&nbs...
What If You Made A Churn Dash Block... ...Then Cut It IntoFour Quarters?You would have 4 small units to play with. I prefer to call them Quarter of Nine blocks since the original Chur...
What If You Made A Shoo Fly Block......Then Cut It Into Four Quarters?You could take the four squares that were in the center, move them into the corners and sew the quarters&nb...
What if You Made A Nine Patch Block......Then Cut It Into Four Quarters?You could make a new block by putting it back together like this... ... or like this... ...or e...
This Old QuiltGave Me Some New IdeasSeebe is one of the quilts from my Alberta series. It is named after a small hamlet where my wife Linda and I used to stop for ice cream on our way back from ...
I Used To Think This Was The Kings Crown BlockAnd, of course, it is. At least, according to conventional wisdom, it is.But then....So is this, with the diamond emphasized.And this, with all the squar...
I Have To Show You ThisThis is the quilt my wife Linda is currently working on.She took the Weyburn block that I showed you in my last post; decided to make it scrappy and added some sashing.I d...
Three Very DifferentIdentical BlocksIt is possible to dramatically change not only the superficial appearance but also the basic design of a quilt block by changing how it is colo...
You Can Use Old IdeasTo Make New QuiltsI was going through some of my old quilt design files when I found this block, High Prairie. Its named after a town in my home province of Alberta.Back when I d...
What Can I Do To A Friendship StarTo Make It My Own?Traditional blocks do not have to be traditional blocks. You can make new blocks from old ones if you put the pieces together differently.If t...
What Can I Do To A Shoo Fly Block ......To Make It My Own?It happens to everyone. Youre assembling a block and somehow the pieces dont go together the way theyre supposed to. So you say something lik...
What The Heck AreAnalagous Colors?When you are choosing a color scheme for a quilt you will sometimes hear the suggestion that you should use analogous colors. What the heck are analogous colors?Anal...
Hand AppliqueMy wife Linda and I just got back from 5 days in Canmore where we attended a David Taylor (go to his site, you wont be disappointed) workshop.If you ever get a chance to attend a David T...
What If You Use One BlockBut In Different Sizes?What Sort Of Quilts Can You Design?The best way to find out is try it.Im going to try it with Kings Crown in three sizes: full size, 3/4 size...
Change ThisTo ThisAnd What Do You Get?You get a new block to play with and a whole new series of quilt designs.To see quilts designed using the original block go to 22 January 2012.
SometimesYou NeedA Small AlphabetIf youve ever sewn a pieced alphabet, youve noticed that a lot of them can be quite large and take a lot of sewing.Even if you havent noticed this...
Sew Half-Rectangle TrianglesMethod 3Its nice to have a choice. When you are sewing a block its nice to be able to pick the method thats best suited to your talents and tastes.Ive shown you 2 methods ...
Sew Half-Rectangle TrianglesMethod 2There is no one right way to do things. Each of us has different abilities and sensibilities. What works for one person doesnt for another.When I teach q...
Sew Half-Rectangle TrianglesMethod 1A few days ago, on 22 January, I showed you quilt designs using this wonky block. Caroll Drudy of Attic Window Quilt Shop liked my designs...
NeverTry Anything NewNeverDo Something DifferentNeverTake A ChanceIts easy to follow these 3 simple rules and do the same old thing over and over and over and over. I must confess; Im as guilty of th...
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