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Arkansas Crossroads Quilt Block Part 2

Posted on November 22, 2013 | 6 comments

Last week, I played with the Arkansas Crossroads quilt block in straight set designs.

Let’s see how it looks on point.

The next four on point designs are the same layout (Some of the blocks from the above design were rotated to get this new layout.) They look different simply because the color was moved around (the actual colors used remain the same).

The following on point design still features the Arkansas Crossroads quilt block, but also has a block called the Frayed Four Patch. This block can be made by deleting lines from the Arkansas Crossroads quilt block. However, I found it in Electric Quilt’s library.

Both blocks are used in the next design too. I like it better.

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Arkansas Crossroads Quilt Block

Posted on November 15, 2013 | 1 comment

I chose to play with the Arkansas Crossroads quilt block from Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar 365 Quilt Blocks A Year.

You may know the block as Road to Oklahoma.

It is drawn with a 4 x 4 grid.

Here is how the Arkansas Crossroads block looks when set side-by-side in a straight set:

When the alternate blocks are rotated, one sees how this block got its name:

Let’s move the color around. As in the first design, the Arkansas Crossroads block is in a straight set (I see blue and yellow bow ties!):

Surprise! Stars show up when rotating the alternate blocks:

Another design using just the Arkansas Crossroads quilt block without altering the block and using variations of the block, or adding other blocks, or sashing:

Only the corner block has been altered. I simply deleted a few lines of the Arkansas Crossroads block to create space.

On another day, perhaps I’ll play with adding other elements. However, it is nice to know that all we need is one block, some color and rotation to create several unique designs.