Tagged: paper piecing
Sunday sketch #395
I imagined this design while drifting off to sleep one night – one of my most creative times for quilt designing (as long as I can remember the design in the morning!). I drew the block quickly in Electric Quilt 8 without overthinking it. The block is a bit hand-like; those extensions feel a bit like cartoon fingers. But this layout reminds me a little of dandelions, or maybe fireworks.
Sunday sketch #312
This week’s design is the logical progression from last week’s: the same zig-zagging motif, but without the curves.
It works in the other orientation too.
That second version’s quite busy; I think perhaps a 4 x 6 layout of blocks (rather than the 6 x 8 layout I’ve used here) would be better – that would allow the zig-zaggy design to have impact without being overwhelming. The wide borders help to rest the eye, too.
This design would be easiest to make into a quilt using paper piecing. The internal shapes are not quite half-rectangle triangles, although the block could probably be tweaked to make them proper HRTs, which would then allow you to use standard piecing. Otherwise, each block would require two identical (triangle-shaped) templates. As there are only two colours per block, it would be pretty straightforward to make. It’s a bit reminiscent of Northern Lights, which was based on Sunday sketch #124, though that one was a bit more complicated.
Sunday sketch #311
Combining two motifs today – a curve and some sharp points.
This week’s designs started with a simple block: a circle with some internal zig-zags (similar to two adjacent half-rectangle triangle units). Here’s some alternative layouts and colourings so it’s clearer to see what I started with.
There are some interesting internal shapes in there, which you can see if you get your eye in.
I used colouring to emphasise only one side of the circle in the first design. It also works in a vertical orientation too.
This week’s designs would probably be easiest to make using paper piecing. I’d do the zig-zags first, then cut them out in a circle shape and piece that into a larger outer piece. Maybe a bit pesky, but do-able. Which is not to say that I have any plans to do it… 🙂
