Showing posts with label double four-patch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label double four-patch. Show all posts

25 March 2010

On my design wall

I enjoyed piecing the blue paisley Double Four Patch so much... ...that I decided to make another using some larger pieces of fabric from my stash. Here are the strips that I've already sewn together and cut apart again. They're ready to go into the four-patch blocks.

As I finish sewing the individual blocks together, I put them up on my design wall so I can watch the quilt pattern forming. Have I mentioned lately how much I love this design wall?

Finally, all the blocks are sewn. This quilt pattern is so nice for me because I don't need to have a huge chunk of time available to work on it. I can use any free 10 or 15 minutes to get a bit more done. And that makes it go really fast!

This morning, I got four rows sewn together in about 20 minutes.

So, five rows to go, then it'll be time to add borders.

Sad to say, but I've already thought of another group of fabrics I have that I'd love to sew into this quilt - using all primary (bright) colors for the 16-patch block and brights on black (it's a great floral) for the 4-patch units.

Quick Note: I have been working a bit on the Midnight in the Tropics applique blocks but only at my small quilt group meetings once a week. I need to get it laid out in the family room so it's handy. Unlike the Double Four Patch, I always feel like I need an hour chunk of time when I want to work on applique.

02 March 2010

Easy Double Four-Patch

My next pieced top is the Easy Double Four-Patch. I got the pattern from http://www.maryquilts.com/. I love that site. Mary has some great - and free! - patterns that make up quickly into really nice tops. For this quilt, I'm using a light blue paisley with a deeper-toned blue-on-blue fabric. Cutting out the strips went quickly as did sewing the long strips together. Once that was done, it was on to the sewing machine to start piecing the four-patch and 16-patch blocks together.
Here are some of the first blocks up on the design wall. I finished piecing all of the larger 4-patches first, then moved on to the 16-patch blocks.
And here are all of the finished blocks. I like it! The first two rows are pieced and the rest should go together quickly. Since I used up all the paisley fabric on the blocks, I'm not sure what I'll do for the border and binding. I may try to find a checkered fabric to use on the border.
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