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Leavenworth Nine Patch Quilt Block – Part 1

Posted on January 4, 2013 | 14 comments

For this week’s practice, I chose the Leavenworth Nine Patch block from Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar.I thought that I would be bored with this block.

It is simply drafted from a 7 x 7 grid of squares.

Light, medium, and dark values can be placed in a myriad of ways to create lots and lots of designs. Here is a version from BlockBase…#2280c:

My challenge was to play with just these two variations.

Turns out, I’ve kept myself entertained for hours and I now have two large project files for this block; one for straight set designs, and one for on point designs.

This week, we’ll look at some of the straight set designs.

*Clicking on any of the photos will show a larger view.

For me, the above is unappealing. How about rotating some of those blocks?

That’s better. We could rotate some more, but let’s move on.

The following is the BlockBase version set simply side-by-side. It looks like it has been set with sashing, but not so.

Now we have a bit of an Irish Chain look with sashing, and yet, it is the Leavenworth Nine Patch (BlockBase version) set side-by-side with the alternate blocks rotated.

To create the following alternate block, I’ve deleted some lines in the Leavenworth Nine Patch grid.

Here’s what happens when the two blocks are set together.

I like it! Not boring at all!

Next week, I’ll show Leavenworth Nine Patch set on point.

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Indian Maze Quilt Block

Posted on December 28, 2012 | 6 comments

I have been enjoying playing with the Indian Maze quilt block.

This block is drawn with an 8 x 8 grid.

*Clicking on any of the photos will show a larger view.

Here’s what the Indian Maze quilt block looks like in a basic straight set with borders:

Let’s play!

Using Electric Quilt, it is very easy to delete a few lines from the original block and create a variation of this block.

Now let’s pair the two together:

Here is another variation created simply by deleting lines from the original Indian Maze block:

And a quilt designed with the original block and the new variation:

Now, for comparison to the straight set, let’s see what the Indian Maze quilt block looks like turned on point (with sashing and cornerstones).

I like it! It looks like tapestry to me.

And more designs on point, with the variation blocks included:

It isn’t hard to design your own quilts. Just by deleting a few lines to create new variations of a block, and perhaps adding a plain block, one can create lots and lots of quilt designs.

Play with color too. Be sure to have dark, medium and light values. Move them around…you’ll be surprised what a difference it makes!

Which design do you like?