Wednesday, August 31, 2011

There's A Color Lesson

In Your Tea Cup













Color saturation is one of those terms that sounds terribly technical. You just know that to understand it will take at least a Master's Degree in Color Theory.

Actually, the opposite is true. Understanding color saturation is as easy as brewing yourself a cup of tea.


Sunday, August 28, 2011

Who Says

All Blocks Have To Be Square?


























Nobody ever said all blocks have to be square. We just make them square from force of habit. But habits can be changed.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Do You Know

The Farmer's Daughter Block?


























The Farmer's Daughter block is new to me. I thought it might be fun to try coloring it various ways to see what happens.

So I did.

Friday, August 19, 2011

What Do You See















When You Look At A New Block?

Do you see possibilities? Do you see potential? I wish I did, but I don't. When I looked at Kansas Troubles for the first time all I saw was a block I'd never seen before.

But that was no reason not to try playing with it to discover some of its hidden potential and possibilities.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Quarter of Nine #1

What You Can Learn From

A Disappearing Nine Patch Block


























This quilt design was not made using Disappearing Nine Patch blocks; but it was inspired by them.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

This Quilt's By Karen



















Karen Trzcinski took this idea from my 30 July 2010 post and turned it into a quilt for her young cousin who chose the colors.





I like the fact that Karen used 3 colors instead of the original 2. But I really like the border treatment. The 2 vertical stripes is a great idea. I'm going to have to try that on one of my quilts.

Monday, August 8, 2011

You Don't Need A Fancy Block




















To Make A Fancy Quilt

This is not a fancy block. In fact it's so not fancy that I don't know what to call it. But that doesn't mean it can't be a useful and interesting block.