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Mother’s Choice Quilt Block

Posted on June 7, 2018 | 5 comments

I took some time this week to play with some virtual quilt designing.

The Mother’s Choice block shown in Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar 365 Quilt Blocks A Year was my choice to play with. I have had this calendar for years and am using it to inspire myself in design.

Drawn on a 12 x 12 grid.

Set in a side by side straight set:

Again, set side by side but with the addition of sashing and cornerstones:

What I like about this block is that when you shift the value, you can bring out the stars!

You can also add and/or delete lines within the block to create alternate blocks.

What I haven’t shown, but what I think would be great fun, is to sew this block with lots of colorful scraps. The block can be composed of many half square triangles creating lots of opportunities for using scraps.

Those half square triangles also create lots of opportunities to experiment with value placement to create interesting designs.

Happy quilting!

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RSC18 May

Posted on May 12, 2018 | 27 comments

The Rainbow Scrap colors for May are rose and pink.

I am having fun participating in the Squared Away Sampler project. Here are my three 5″ unfinished Baton Rouge blocks:

On the design wall are all of my blocks for the Squared Away Sampler:

I will be linking up with So Scrappy. Check out the link and see what others have done with pink and rose this month!

If you would like to participate in the RSC18 Squared Away Sampler project, click on the link to read all about it. You can also visit The Academic Quilter for great tutorials on making the blocks. No need to make the 5″ block size that I am making. Perhaps you want to make a 20″ block or something in between!

Learn about a variety of blocks, use those scraps and have fun!

Here is what else I have been working on: