Tag Archives: Electric Quilt

Wyoming Valley Star Quilt Block

Posted on May 24, 2013 | 10 comments

This week’s practice block is the Wyoming Valley Star.

It is drawn with a 6 x 6 grid.

And here is how it looks set side-by-side in a straight set:

How about a little color to add a spark to the quilt? All I did was draw a line across the four corners of the block and popped the color in.

Let’s open up the design a bit. This time I deleted lines from the Wyoming Valley Star quilt block to create alternate blocks.

The same block looks different when the color is moved around.

It is nice to have open spaces to show off your quilting skill.

The next design is similar to the first, but the Wyoming Valley Star quilt block is now set on point:

Another variation on point:

Lots of room for quilting!

If I were to make one of these last two, I think I would play with border variations. I might like something simpler to go with the simpler quilt design.

What do you think?

10 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged Electric Quilt, LCsCottage, patchwork, quilt blocks, quilt design, quilting, star, star quilt blocks, Wyoming Valley Star

Wedding Ring Quilt Block

Posted on May 17, 2013 | 5 comments

This week, I am playing with the Wedding Ring quilt block, found in the perpetual calendar, 365 Quilt Blocks a Year by Nancy Martin.

On the left, a traditional blue and white block is pictured. On the right, a more dramatic color scheme is shown.

Wedding Ring is drafted from a 5 x 5 grid.

Here is how the traditional colored block looks in a straight set:

And again, with sashing strips added:

The two-color quilt is soft and pretty, but what happens when we’re feeling dramatic?

I created alternate blocks by eliminating a few lines from the Wedding Ring quilt block.

Soft and pretty Wedding Ring set on point:

And again, set on point with alternate blocks created by simply eliminating lines from the Wedding Ring quilt block:

The next three variations are for the drama queen in all of us:

I think my favorite is #6, but I’m fickle…I could change my mind, as I often do, when I try different settings, color schemes, and blocks. Fortunately, Electric Quilt makes quilt designing easy and fun.

Which is your favorite?

5 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged Electric Quilt, LCsCottage, patchwork, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilt design, Wedding Ring

Triangle Weave Quilt Block

Posted on April 19, 2013 | 4 comments

I played with the Triangle Weave quilt block (from Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar 365 Quilt Blocks A Year) this week.

The block can be drawn with a 4 x 4 grid.

Here is how it looks set side-by-side in a straight set:

In the following design, I have switched the white and gray. I have also rotated some of the blocks.

Next, there are plain blocks added. The original block has been altered. You can see this by looking at a corner block.

Again, I’ve made a simple alteration to the Triangle Weave quilt block and the change creates a pinwheel in the center. I also deleted some lines to create another version of the block. This allowed the red points to really show up.

In this next design, I have changed some of the red from the Triangle Weave block to black. This new block created the illusion of space, yet it is the exact same block.