Wednesday 2 May 2012

Experimenting

I've tried a few ideas over the last couple of months from Gwen Marston's Liberated Quiltmaking II. I don't own the book, I borrowed it from the library a while ago. My latest experiment was with a re-cut pinwheel block that I remembered seeing in her book. Without the actual book to refer to, I had to work a few things out along the way. Firstly I had to decide whether I wanted the centre of the pinwheel in the centre of the block:


Then I had to redo my shonky quilt maths so that I was able to cut more economically - the first blocks were way too generous size-wise.


I put a few blocks together. I'm going to pin them up on the wall for a few days and see if I like this idea for a larger project I have in mind. 


6 comments:

  1. I like those - and the fact the centre is off-centre. Together they have a nice sense of movement!

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  2. Oh wow - that is cool and I love the colour combination you have chosen. And I like your new "About Me" photo.

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  3. I really like these blocks! There something soft and flowy about how they look all together. Really, really like.

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  4. I like this a lot! They way you have them laid out make it look as if they are all spinning! Great color combo too.

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  5. Ooh la la! I'm liking it! How big are you thinking you'll make it?

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