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Waterwheel Quilt Block

Posted on August 24, 2018 | 6 comments

I have been using the Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar 365 Quilt Blocks A Year to inspire myself to practice design. One of the August blocks is called Waterwheel.

I drew my block on 4 x 4 grid using Electric Quilt 8. You can certainly draw it with a pencil and graph paper.

I like to set the block side by side in a straight set just to get a feel for how it looks.

I had such a hard time getting inspired by this block that it has taken me weeks of procrastination to play with it.

Maybe sashing would make it look better?

Maybe rotating the blocks would help.

Rotated blocks without the sashing:

Maybe I’d like it better with a different colorway.

Or how about set on point?

Perhaps you might find a setting and/or a colorway for the Waterwheel block that really inspires you.

As for me…I am ready to move on to another block.

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Train Quilt Block

Posted on June 21, 2018 | Leave a comment

Some time ago, I thought it would be great practice for me to work my way through drawing the blocks found in Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar 365 Blocks A Year. The calendar was published in 1999. I don’t know that I have had it that long, but I’ve certainly had it a very long time.

Obviously, I don’t work a block a day, but I’ve worked (I should say played) my way through quite a few blocks. You can find them by clicking on the Quilt Blocks tab in my header.

And I have learned, and gained confidence, in using grids to draw blocks, as well as experimenting in quilt design.

The following block is simply named Train in Nancy’s calendar.